unexpected flypast of B52 c/s Fear and F35A c/s Loki

First visit of a B2 to RAAF Amberley Base.

4/45: TOS USAAF. Assigned to the 552nd BS/381st BG, RAF Ridgewell, England. It was the last plane assigned to this unit; did not see combat but was sent back to the USA after the war ended in Europe. 1948: Converted to MB-17G operating in the flying bomb project with the Guided Missile Wing, Eglin AFB, FL. Later converted to TB-17G. Then it went to the 3205th Drone Squadron, Eglin; converted to DB-17G and then DB-17P. 17 June '57: Flown to the Air Force Museum at Patterson Field, OH. 1988: Traded to the Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB for the recently restored "Shoo, Shoo, Shoo Baby.

Arrived very early morning and on a day stop.

Arriving Luqa in the last light of day from Manchester as "Nora 78".

461TFTS F-15A marked with '405TTW' from Luke AFB on short final to runway 32

Was stored at AMARC and then converted in May 1975 to QF-102A. It is listed as written off, so probably shot down as an aerial target.

This is a 196th TASS 163rd TASG California Air National Guard Skymaster, probably pictured at March AFB (CA). Since September 1992, this O-2 is preserved at Elssworth AFB (SD).

A F-105D Thunderchief T-Stick II version, which can be recognized by the upgraded avionics package placed on the (top) backbone hump from behind the cockpit to the tail. This representative T-Stick II version was only flown from (then) Carswell AFB, Fort Worth (TX) by the Air Force Reserves and this picture was taken on its home flightline. The 301st Tactical Fighter Squadron was home to F105D & F's.

Operated by 150 SOS, NJ ANG.