Aircraft D-6694 is wearing a special TWM 1970 badge on its tail during this event at Spangdahlem. On June 5th, 1974 this aircraft was lost in an accident. Photographer sadly unknown, part of my private slides collection.

One of the highlights of the Open House at Spangdahlem in 1992, was the US Navy delegation, with among others, S-3B 159390 of VS-30.

Visiting the 1992 Open House at Spangdahlem, LX-N90453 is pictured here from the wall surrounding the visitor's apron, providing an overview of the static display as well.

Written off 8 October 2019., it crashed into a wooded area near Zemmer, north of Trier (Germany). The pilot ejected, but was injured and taken to hospital. The F-16 with callsign "Warhawk 11" issued an emergency (squawk 7700) but it has been suggested that it could have been the wing man of the aircraft in trouble. The USAF Accident Investigation Board Report was released on 11 February, 2020. A combination of partail electrical power loss and poor weather immediately after take-off caused the pilot to eject and the US$ 25,551,000 F-16 came down 8 nautical miles south of Spangdahlem.

Former 81st FS. 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 flightline, taxiway and runway yield the quartet F-4s, including this 259 which was fully unmarked in its Egypt One color scheme. The F-4 was stored at AMAG from 28 February 1996 up to 30 July 1997 with inventory code FP1020. 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 23 May 2000.

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 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).

52 Fighter Wing markings

Spearheading the Hungarian delegation to the 1992 Spangdahlem Open Day was this MiG-23UB 14 of 47 HVO. This aircraft was written-off on 13 September 1995.

One of the highlights of the 1992 Spangdahlem Open House was the visit of an Hungarian delegation, consisting of two MiG-23s and this An-26.

Spangdahlem Open House on the 4th of July 1992 showing 52nd FW's new CO-bird at the time, replacing 84-1250.

Photographer: Unknown photographer.

Slide is part of private collection, photographer unknown. The aircraft is wearing the Tactical Weapons Meet 1970 badge on its tail, provided by the Dutch Air Force team.