The TCA was the Dutch Operational Conversion Unit at the time.

Temp. based at Leeuwarden for target towing.

A common visitor in the eighties was the CF-104. German based Canadian Starfighters used Leeuwarden for gun practise camp.

This Fokker 60 made its first flight on 2 November 1995 with Fokker test registration PH-UTL. The aircraft was delivered to the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (Royal Netherlands Air Force) on 25 July 1996 and was soon after named 'Marinus van Meel'. The aircraft was withdrawn from use on 22 October 2007 while deployed to Hato (Curaçao). It was moved to Woensdrecht air base (the Netherlands) for storage with Fokker on 23 November 2007. The Fokker was sold to Peru as AE563 and delivered on 23 February 2010.

After this 1982 F/A-18B was retired in 2009, the dual seat legacy Hornet was preserved at Chino (CA) from Aprul 2012 onwards.

This 1983 legacy Hornet started its career with the famous Blue Angels late 2005. From April 2017, the Hornet became an instructional airframe at the Naval Air Technical Training Center (NATTC) at NAS Pensacola (FL)

After this 1982 F/A-18B was retired in 2009, the dual seat legacy Hornet was preserved at Chino (CA) from Aprul 2012 onwards.

After this 1982 F/A-18A was retired on 22 February 2010, the aircraft was preserved at NAS Kingsville (TX)

This '84 F/A-18A was used by the USNFDS up to 21 Apr'07. During the final minutes of the air show over MCAS Beaufort (SC), the pilots were doing a maneuver which involved all 6 Hornets joining to form a Delta triangle. 162897 did not rejoin and crashed, eight people on the ground got injured and the pilot, Lt.Cmdr. Kevin "Kojak" Davis (Blue Angels #6), was killed. The mishap was caused by a failure to perform a proper Anti-G Straining Maneuver, resulting in the pilot's suffering from possible physiological effects that contributed to his loss of situational awareness of his rate of descent.

After a long career with the US Navy, NASA (N848NA) and the US Naval Reserves, this 1982 F/A-18A became a Blue Angels in 1999. The Hornet was retired on 26 March 2009, was moved to the National Museum of Naval Aviation at Pensacola (FL) but loaned to the Valiant Air Command Museum at Titusville (FL) since April 2011.