91 TFS/81 TFW USAFE

On this day, Spangdahlem air base (Germany) said goodbye to its venerable F-4G Phantom II. The final four Wild Waesels left the air base, bound for CONUS. An early morning visit to the flightline, taxiway and runway yield the quartet F-4s, including this 558. This Wild Weasel was scrapped by HVF West, Tucson (AZ) by mid 2018 after a storage period at 309th AMARG, with inventory code FP1033, from 26 March 1996 up to 6 June 2018.

On this day, Spangdahlem air base (Germany) said goodbye to its venerable F-4G Phantom II. The final four Wild Weasels left the air base, bound for CONUS. An early morning visit to the flight line, taxiway and runway yield the quartet F-4s, including this 558. This Wild Weasel was scrapped by HVF West, Tucson (AZ) by mid 2018 after a storage period at 309th AMARG, with inventory code FP1033, from 26 March 1996 up to 6 June 2018.

Former 81st FS. On this day, Spangdahlem air base (Germany) said goodbye to its venerable F-4G Phantom II. The final four Wild Waesels left the air base, bound for CONUS. An early morning visit to the flightline, taxiway and runway yield the quartet F-4s, including this 286, fully unmarked in its Egypt One color scheme. The F-4 was stored at AMAG from 28 February 1996 up to 7 November 1997 with inventory code FP1021. It was selected for the QF-4G program, and after conversion it was assigned to the 82nd ATRS and eventually shot down over the Gulf of Mexico as target drone on 7 December 2001.

This Hornet was written off on 28 June 2004 at homebase MCAS Beaufort, (SC) when it ran off the runway during landing and overturned when in serice with VMFA-122 as DC-03. Unfortunately, the pilot was injured and died later in a hospital. Here 164269 is seen in happier times, when it was assigned to Carrier Air Wing Three during the Gulf War, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Leading a large pack of Tutors in storage at Mountain View, 114067 went into long term storage on 25 November 1999, later in storage at Aerospace & Telecommunications Engineering Support Squadron, CFB Mountain View, Ontario.

US Marine Corps Hornet deployed within a US Navy Carrier Air Wing. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 312 "Checkerboards" had this honour to deploy with CVW-3 on board the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) during Operation Iraqi Freedom. It was the during the maiden cruise of the Truman.

Unmarked but the AX code refers to 14 Sq RAF Germany. photographer unknown

With Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment at Cold Lake in 2003, in special red, white and black finish. Stored outside at CFD Mountain View, Ontario from 11 April 2005. On US register by 2007, registered as N133HH.

This Fighting Falcon, with 52 Fighter Wing commanders markings on its tail, was written off on 14 September 2006. The F-16s left main landing gear struck a far field monitoring antenna that was part of the airfield's instrument landing system when the pilot was too low for landing. He aborted the landing but discovered the landing gear was broken. After burning fuel, the pilot made a controlled bail-out over a nearby unpopulated area and came down near the village of Oberkail (Germany).

Photographer: Enrique Fernandez