A California Army National Guard Huey at the Mather platform. The helicopter was after its Army career transferred to the US Department of State Air Wing, probably as 446.

This T-43A flew first on 15 Jan'74 and was delivered to the USAF on 28 Jan'74. After a career with the 455th FTS, it was assigned N5175U with EG&G (known as Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier, Inc., a United States national defense contractor). In Aug'89, the T-43A was transferred to the 58th ALS/86th FW at Ramstein AB (Germany) for VIP services. From Jan'94 it was stored at Phoenix, went to San Antonio (TX) late '97 and was assigned to the 310th AS ('HW'), later on with the 6th ARW. The T-43A was stored at AMARC as AA TH0003 from 28 Sep'01 onwards and eventually scrapped by Aug'18 by HVF West.

A military Beech 56TC Baron was designated in the US Army inventory as T-42A Cochise. Here you can see the aircraft serving the California Army National Guard. It was retired some months after this picture was made, and was replaced by a C-12D (82-23783). The Cochise was sold on the civil market and is currently flying from Bennett (CO) as N50780, still in the US Army colours.

This T-43A flew first on 2 Jul'74, it was delivered to the USAF on 12 Jul'74. The Gator was assigned to the 455th FTS, part of the 323rd FTW. After the Wing ceased operations, the T-43A went to the 558th FTS ('RA') in '96, later to the 562nd FTS ('RA'). It was retired to AMARC on 25 Sep'97 (AA TH0002) up to 03 Mar'99. It was selected for NT-43A conversion and was seen at Goodyear (AZ) for modification of radomes on nose and tail from Mar'00 to Feb'01. It is now a sneaky and rarely seen radar test bed.

The artwork was carried on both sides of the aircraft nose. The aircraft can be seen here

11405 was one of 19 modified 737-200s in use with the USAF for training navigators. The T-43 was retired by the USAF Air Education and Training Command in 2010 after 37 years of service. They were initially assigned to the 455th Flying Training Squadron, part of the 323rd Flying Training Wing of the Air Training Command (ATC) at Mather AFB (CA). The 323rd was inactivated in 1993. 11405 made its first flight on 19 October 1973 and was delivered to the USAF on 4 November 1973. It was reited to AMARC on 19 April 2005 and received inventory code TH0005. It was scrapped by August 2018 with HVF West

73-1155 leading a flightline of T-43A Gators. The modified 737-200 was used by the USAF for training navigators. The USAF had 19 on strength. The T-43 was retired by the USAF Air Education and Training Command in 2010 after 37 years of service. They were initially assigned to the 455th Flying Training Squadron, part of the 323rd Flying Training Wing of the Air Training Command (ATC) at Mather AFB (CA), plus two additional aircraft assigned to the Colorado ANG at Peterson AFB (CO) to support introductory air navigation training for cadets at the USAF Academy. The 323rd was inactivated in 1993.

57-6468 was the first production B-52G. At the time the photo was taken it was the oldest B-52 still in service, hence the name "Eldership". The aircraft was retired just one month later. The nose logo can be seen here

From the 126th Medical Company, California Army National Guard, at its Mather AFB base.

Resident helicopter at Mather AFB with the 126th Medical Company, California Army National Guard.

From an unknown unit of the California Army National Guard.

This Bobcat is from Stockton AAF (the letter K was one of the training field code letters), as indicated by the "Stockton Field" titling below the windscreen. It was written off at La Junta AAF, CO on 27 Feb 1943.

Early Boeing 80. Location given as Mather Field which was supposedly dormant in 1929. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum

Photographer: David Menard

Photo taken a few weeks before it went into storage at Davis-Monthan AFB with park code 6A237. Scrapped in 2004.

Delivered as F-105F and later converted to F-105G. This Thunderchief has been on display at the former Mather AFB since March 1988, and was still there by 2016.