On display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. "Dennis the Menace" is in the markings of the 97th FIS based at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base during the mid-1950s.

Unidentified SR-71A seen from a KC-135Q in 1989.

On display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. This Kingcobra is ex 43-11728, painted as an RP-63A manned target aircraft for aerial gunnery practice.

Three Corsairs of the Ohio ANG around 1986 (exact year needs confirmation).

On display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. The Apache was the dive bomber version of the Mustang. It was used by the USAAF in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and India. This Apache is painted to represent the aircraft flown by Capt. Lawrence Dye of the 522nd FBS, 27th FG in World War II.

"Night Mare" on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. This aircraft was delivered to the Royal Australian Air Force in 1942. It is painted to represent the Beaufighter flown by Capt. Harold Augspurger of the USAAF 415th Night Fighter Squadron, which operated from North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Corsica, before moving to France and Germany by the end of the war.

Late 1970s photo of two 118th TFS Super Sabres. In the back is F-100D 56-3033. In 1979, the 118th transitioned to the A-10A. The year in which this photo was taken needs confirmation.

This KC-135E is seen refuelling F-15Cs 79-0078 and 80-0028 of the 53rd TFS / 36th TFW at Bitburg AB, Germany.

KC-135E 55-3143 is refuelling two F-15C from Bitburg, including 79-0078. This Eagle is now preserved at Robins AFB.

The 318th FIS operated the F-15A from 1983 until 1989, when the unit was disbanded. This particular aircraft crashed on 18 May 1989. From eyewitness and newspaper accounts, it seems that the a/c struck a guy-wire attached to a broadcasting antenna (WMBB-TV Panama City/FL) with the left wing, however the pilot managed to recover to Tyndall AFB with the F-15 left side trashed from the wire. On landing it departed the runway and wound up on its nose when the nose gear failed. The pilot made a hasty exit and left the #2 engine running which proceeded to suck up dirt until Flight Safety came and shut it down. Apparently the refueling probe structure was all that was holding the left wing on. Usable parts were removed and the rest was recycled.

Late 1970s or early 1980s photo of 57th FIS Phantom intercepting a Soviet Bear near Iceland. Year of this photo needs confirmation.

On display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. With its unmistakable "Droop Snoot" nose, "Bird of Prey" is one of eight modified C-135s that was a joint project between NASA and the DoD to provide mobile tracking and telemetry as an Apollo/Range Instrumentation Aircraft (A/RIA). It became operational in Jan. 1968 and went on to serve with the 4950th Test Wing and 412th Test Wing over a 32-year career. The bulbous nose contains a steerable seven-foot antenna.

On display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. This Voodoo served with the 18th Fighter Interceptor Squadron and with the 142nd Fighter Interceptor Group. It was flown to the museum in Feb. 1981.

On display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. These aircraft were highly modified versions of the World War II A-26 Invader, used for ground-attack missions along the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

On display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. This Phantom is painted to represent "Scat XXVII", the 8th TFW aircraft in which Col. Robin Olds flying as Tampa Lead on MiG CAP shot down two MiG-17s using a Sparrow and a Sidewinder near Bac Giang in northeast Vietnam on May 20, 1967. The left splitter vane carries two red stars.