written off 30 September 1987. Photo via Coen van den Heuvel

Two-way traffic.

Thunderbird no. 5

Seen on a ramp tour of Luke AFB. Some of the F-15's are still in the early blue camouflage scheme. Operated by the 58th TFTW. Also in the picture is F-15A 73-0106 / LA c/n A040/49 and F-15B 76-0131 c/n B033/240. 73-0109 was later transferred to the IDF/AF in Israel with serial 109.

Seen on a ramp tour of Luke AFB. Some of the F-15's were still in the early blue camouflage scheme. Operated by the 58th TFTW. Retired to AMARC with inventory code FH0160 on 17 May 2007. Scrapped by Aug 2014.

Seen on a ramp tour of Luke AFB. Some of the F-15's were still in the early blue camouflage scheme. Operated by the 555th TFTS - 58th TFTW. Later with the 405th TTW which took over from the 58th TTW. Crashed into the Pacific on 17 Feb 1981. Pilot ejected but was killed.

To the Detroit Institute of Aeronautics as a ground trainer in 1973. Registration N86599 allocated but not applied. Flew the last ever C-124 flight to McChord AFB, WA in 1986. Preserved at the McChord Air Museum.

Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB with park code AE218 in 1992. Scrapped in 1996.

Seen during a ramp tour at Luke AFB. Owned by the WGAF these F-104's were operated by the 69th TFTS - 58th TFTW of the USAF. German F-104 training was done in Arizona where the weather was so much better than in Western Europe. This aircraft was built by Lockheed in 1961. Carried WGAF serials KF+102, DA+321, BG+122 and 20+21. Transferred to the USAF as 63-13243 in 1963. In 1982 the aircraft starred in the movie 'The Right Stuff'. Sold to the USAF on 19 Jul 1983. Later transferred to the Republic of China Air Force as 4368. Crashed in a fatal accident on 24 Mar 1990 in a collision with 4385.

I cannot find much info on this aircraft. Last sighting Dec 1982. No record of it at AMARC.

Retired to AMARC as inventory code FP183 on 28 Dec 1988. To Saylor Creek Range, ID as a range target on 08 Oct 1998. Also in shot is F-4C 63-7550 / LA c/n 584.

The California ANG operated the Rhino till the early nineties.

56 TFW visiting from MacDill AFB, Florida. Retired to AMARC as FP574 on 10 Oct 1990. Scrapped in 2000.

One of the first USAF fighter aircraft to be painted with the then new low viz black serials. To AMARC as FP035 on 26 Jan 1987. To Tucson in Mar 1995 for salvage.

Retired to AMARC as FP053 on 10 Apr1987. Sent to be a target on the Tolicha Peak Range, Nevada on 10 Feb 1991.

To Mildenhall, UK for use as a battle damage repair trainer in 1986. Airlifted to Lakenheath by a US Army CH-47D in 1990. Scrapped in 1996.