[Nikon D500 + Tamron SP 24-70/2,8]

Towed past the crowd line instead of the infamously fast taxiing that the Viggens always did...

Former USAF 74-1536 was transferred to the US Navy in early 1992. The aircraft is here seen assigned to VFA-127 Cyclones. It was later transferred to VFC-13 and stricken on 13 March 2012. It was last reported as stored at Fort Lauderdale (FL) in 2019. Current fate unknown.

White 45 on display at Fantasy of Flight museum. This I-16 Type 24 originally fitted with a 1,000 hp M-62R engine was one of six rebuilt in Russia in 1997 for the Alpine Fighter Collection from remains discovered in the Leningrad region. It was sold to CAF in 2001 and to Kermit Weeks in 2019. First flown on 31 Dec 1933, the I-16 was then on par with other fighter aircraft. Later outclassed, the 'Ishak' bore the brunt of the Luftwaffe's attack during the opening days of Op Barbarossa. A few I-16s from 123rd and 124th Fighter Aviation Regiment deliberately rammed Luftwaffe fighters in combat.

Photographer Kurt Thomsen

Registered in May 1994 ex VH-JJG. Tony Arbon photo

Sold in the US as N30425 in March 2002. Bob Kerr photo

Assigned to the 527th Tactical Fighter Training Aggressor Squadron stationed at RAF Alconbury. Transferred to the US Navy as 741545 in 1988. Withdrawn from use in 2008. To Grumman, St. Augustine, FL for parts.

On static display at the 2006 Nellis show. Now based at Gillespie Field and part of the San Diego Air & Space Museum.

Special markings for the Centennial of Navy Aviation in 2011 are worn on 163745/45 when it is seen taxiing on Oceanas huge apron after a mission.

Recovered from crash site near Leningrad in 1991. Restored in Russia for the Alpine Fighter Collection in New Zealand, and registered ZK-JIP. Sold to the Commemorative Air Force in 2001 and registered as N30425. Sold to Kermit Weeks in 2019, and has current registration N30425.

Delivery registration. Bob Kerr photo

Jan Jørgensen (via Erik Frikke)