All six Blue Angels (153072/1, 153081/2, 153084/3, 153829/4, 153876/5 & 153076/6) along with their support KC-130F. At the end of the following year, the team re-equipped with the smaller A-4F

53 Sqdn's "Heracles" was one of the 10 Belfasts delivered to the RAF in 1965 and went on to become Heavylift's G-BFYU

This was Blue Angels Fat Albert #1 in the original white colours - although there are many online shots of the later blue/yellow colours on the replacement Hercules (surprising to find six different ones have been used since), it is much less commonly found in this scheme. Replaced a C-121J support aircraft in 1970 and served the Angels till 1973, then reverting to a normal Marines career which took her through to AMARC retirement in 2.06

Taken soon after delivery to RAF Bentwaters, Suffolk, for operation by the based 81 Tactical Fighter Wing. It retains the all-grey factory finish and buzz code FJ-855.

Delivered to USAF in January 1963, remaining in service until at least 2003.

There are plenty of images on the internet of an F-4 in the Speyer museum pretending to be 153072, but this is the real Blue Angels ship #1 and was only the second production F-4J. Written off in a collision with 153081 (ship #4) at NAS Lakehurst, NJ on 26.7.73 - just two months after this photo - during a practice session