Photographer unknown - 10.1977 was with 28 BW

The visit to Australia of 55-0033 aroused considerable attention. The RAAF had ordered 12 C-130As in 1957 marking a major step up in the RAAF's transport capability. It had been using Douglas Dakotas plus a few Bristol 170s supplied by the British government specifically to support the Woomera rocket range. Photo by: Ken Oram / Michael Oram

Last serving with the Oregon Air National Guard, this F-15 was retired to AMARC in May 2007 and scrapped by 2014.

Visiting from its home base at Minot, North Dakota. Crashed into the ocean off California, May 8th 1974.

Photo by Thomas Hildreth.

Photo by Thomas Hildreth.

Delivered factory-fresh to Soesterberg AB on 15 July 1980. It served the United States Air Force in Europe up to 14 September 1990. At that date the aircraft was deliverd to the Royal Saudi Air Force as 4215 and assigned to 42sq at Dahran. It was later reserialled by the RSAF to 1303 with 13sq at Dahran.

This Eagle was delivered to the USAF in the 1980s and arrived brand-new at Soesterberg. It served the Wolfhounds up to 14 April 1992 and was returned to CONUS and assigned to the 95th FS of the 325th Fighter Wing at Tyndall AFB (FL). The F-15C crashed into Gulf of Mexico some 100 miles south of Tyndall AFB (FL) on 15 March 1993. The pilot was able to eject safely and was picked up. The aircraft was later recovered and its wreck was reported at Tyndall in January 1996. Its tailsection was already preserved at Tyndall from November 1995. So far nothing is revealed about the cause of the crash.

Delivered to the USAF on 23 March 1983 and assigned to the 32nd TFS Wolfhounds at Soesterberg AB. It left its USAFE duty on 25 September 1992 and was then assigned to the 57th FIS ('IS'-code) at Keflavik (Iceland). It was assigned to the 2nd FS ('TY'-code) at Tyndall from November 1995 and the 1st FS (also 'TY') from January 1996. The Eagle was transferred to the 173rd FS of the Oregon ANG, and eventually arrived at the 309th AMARG on 29 July 2010. It received inventory code AA FH0283 and is still (by late 2024) stored at Davis Monthan

"The Flying Yankees 1923 - 1993 70 Years of Global Power". Photo by Thomas Hildreth.

Photo by Thomas Hildreth.