Awaiting delivery to Australia. Bob Kerr photo

Withdrawn from use in 1970 and sold to the Indian air force. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand

France produced an armada of large flying boat types. The prototype 01 of the four-engine Br 730 maritime patrol aircraft flew in April 1938 but crashed in July. This seems to be the first production machine, No 1, but confirmation is sought. No 1 was completed in Vichy French colours but not flown until December 1944 after the liberation of southern France. On one photo it seems to wear invasion stripes. This would be a later shot. The aircraft entered service as a transport, named Véga. It crashed in Arzew, Algeria in January 1949. Three more aircraft were completed, Sirius, Altair and Bellatrix, the latter two to Br 731 standard with a redesigned nose.

"HELLCAT 04" F-16C makes a low transition take-off on it's way to Nellis AFB as the 79FS participation in AF 24-1/Bamboo Eagle comes to an end.

Taxiing out for takeoff after the airshow.

This was the first T-45C built.

Unknown photographer- on back of photo 153165 LTV A-7A VA-147 NE-307 USS Ranger North Island NAS. No date. Other aircraft in this range delivered around 1967. Forgotten jets has no dates for VA-147 assignment. I think its @1967-68. It was with VA-122 as NJ-2xx in 1969 and W/O on 21 Jan 1969. VA-147 'Argonauts' was commissioned as the U.S. Navy's first A-7 Corsair II Squadron on 1 Feb 1967 at NAS Lemoore. The Sqn received its first A-7A on 28 Jun 1967. Deployed on CVW-2 USS Ranger in Dec 1967 to South East Asia. Currently designated VFA-147 operating the F-35C from NAS Lemoore, CA.

Visiting the event from its base at Sculthorpe.

To N9045P July 1993, XA-SNT February 1994.

Preserved at RAF Wattisham between 1955 & 1967. Allocated maintenance serial 7242M. Used for taxying scenes in the Battle of Britain film. Used as a travelling display exhibit at the time of the photo, wearing fictitious squadron code "AU-Y". To the Polish Aviation Museum at Kraków in 1977, displayed as "TB995".

Marking the 50 years since the USAF was first formed...1947-1997...

Correct serial in 53-5096. Relocated to Joint base Elmendorf-Richardson when Kulis closed in 2011.