KC-135A 63-8022 is refuelling F-15D 78-0567/ZZ, 67th TFS commander's aircraft, over Australia, accompagnied by F-15C 78-0479/ZZ and RAAF Mirage IIIO(F) A3-11 and Mirage IIID A3-113. Official RAAF photo.

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.

Lit up nicely by a low winter sun, this was one of half a dozen Eagles from the 493rd Fighter Squadron deployed to Leuchars to take part in a CQWI course.

Short final for full stop landing after an inflight emergency by this 492nd FS Strike Eagle. The callsign of the aircraft was "Gremlin 31" - in hindsight, perhaps this was asking for trouble!

From the 493rd Fighter Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing.

Arrivals day for Leuchars Airshow, and "Sapper 11" is about to touchdown.