Since 1989 she was sitting in the Arizona sun waiting on the things to come. In her case, a move to the Military Aviation Museum in Soesterberg (the Netherlands) in 2011. Here she was restored as an F-4E of the 32nd TFS (although she had never been assigned to this unit). Lt. Col. Lyle L. Beckers and 1Lt Thomas M. Griffin scored a kill in her against a MiG-21 on Sept 12, 1972

Once a 707-338C airliner, delivered to Qantas as VH-EAB on 10 Jan'68 saw a long civil career. It is ex OO-YCL with Young Cargo from 28 Dec'77, ex P2-ANA with Air Niugini from 23 May'79, ex TF-AEC with Air Arctic Icelandic in Jul'85, ex SU-DAE ZAS Airline of Egypt from 23 Dec'85, ex ST-ALL Nile Safaris Aviation from 10 Jul'88, and ex 5B-DAY Avistar Aviation from 29 May'90, before it was transferred as N4131G to Grumman Aerospace on 28 May'92. Converted to E-8C JSTARS. It made its first flight as such on 17 Aug'95 and was accepted by the USAF in Feb'96. Retired to 309th AMARG on 14 Feb'22.

Seen at George AFB during its last few months of service, in February 1980 this Wild Weasel "Thud' was ferried to the National Museum of the USAF, where it is now preserved (per my December 2024 photo)

To support Operation Unified Protector, the fight against Lybian dictator Khadaffi, this Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) was based at Souda. It is former Boeing N1785B (Jan'70), was sold as a CC-137 tanker to the Royal Canadian Air Force (serial 13702) on 28 Feb'70. Omega Air bought the aircraft on 20 Dec'93, it became HR-AMF. Served then TransBrasil Linhas Aereas up to 6 Apr'94. Became PT-TCU, and later EL-AKT. Sold to the USAF on 27 Feb'97, was modified to JSTARS and assigned to the 116th Air Control Wing at Robins AFB (GA). It was moved to AMARG on 12 Jul'22.

To support Operation Unified Protector, the fight against Lybian dictator Khadaffi, this Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) was based at Souda. It is former Boeing N1785B (Jan'70), was sold as a CC-137 tanker to the Royal Canadian Air Force (serial 13702) on 28 Feb'70. Omega Air bought the aircraft on 20 Dec'93, it became HR-AMF. Served then TransBrasil Linhas Aereas up to 6 Apr'94. Became PT-TCU, and later EL-AKT. Sold to the USAF on 27 Feb'97, was modified to JSTARS. It was moved to AMARG on 12 Jul'22. It is here pictured (with permission from Souda) from outside the base

"PEACH" F-15A turning final to land. Aircraft was written off on June 26 2007 whilst flying with the 123FS Oregon ANG.

The former Wardair B707-396C C-FZYP (my photo here) was seized by the US Justice Department after a drug smuggling incident in May 1981 and allocated USAF serial 85-6973. Modified by Northrop Grumman as a JSTARS aircraft and reserialled 00-2000, it was active with 128th ACCS Georgia ANG here at Robins AFB from 2003 to September 2019. To Museum of Aviation in July 2023

Photographer unknown - Upgraded to F-4G , later converted to QF-4G as AF211

Photographer unknown - Updated to F-4G

Photographer unknown

Photographer Frank Mk Meiken

Photographer unknown - w/o 26 june 1990

Photographer unknown - Upgraded to F-4G and later converted to QF-4G

Photographer unknown

Photographer unknown - W/o 2 july 1979

Photographer Benjamin Knowles Jr. - Update to F-4G and later converted to QF-4G

Has Mig kill markings from the Vietnam war. Preserved at McGuire AFB, NJ from 1991.