MiG-21MF of the National People's Army (in German, the Nationale Volksarmee, NVA) during its take-off from homebase Holzdorf. The aircraft was assigned to Jagdgeschwader (JG) 1. After the Wall came down, the Fishbed was integrated within the Luftwaffe as 23+23.

MiG-21MF of the National People's Army (in German, the Nationale Volksarmee, NVA) during its take-off from homebase Holzdorf. The aircraft was assigned to Jagdgeschwader (JG) 1. After the Wall came down, the Fishbed was integrated within the Luftwaffe as 23+03.

635 in take-off from homebase Preschen. The Fulcrum belonged to Jagdgeschwader drei as part of the Nationale Volksarmee.

Three cockpit covered MiG-29s next to the runway of Preschen air base. Besides 677, you can see 604 (c/n 2960525106/3412) that went to the Luftwaffe as 29+01 in October 1990, while 786 (c/n 2960526319/3715) that became 29+21 in the Luftwaffe in that same month. 677 became 29+11. The three aircraft belonged within the NVA to JG3.

This great coloured Skyhawk was returned to basic white/orange colours within the Naval Training Command as A-765 with TW-1/VT-7 from February 1992. The Skyhawk went into storage as AMARC as 3A0858 from 9 September 1999.

Stored at AMARC/AMARG with inventorycode 3A0750 from 17 March 1994. The last user of the aircraft was VF-126 as NJ-615 from jun92.

On-30 of Open Skies, belonged to 226 OSAP, 4 GTsPAP i VI

A Ghostriders F-14A during a detachment at NAS Fallon (NV). The aircraft was involved in a so-called work-up period at Fallon for an upcoming deployment with the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69).

This beauty was once delivered to VC-7 at NAS Miramar and stored in the late seventies at AMARC with inventory code 3A527. The aircraft returned to service via Naval Air Rework Facility (NARF) Pensacola (FL) and assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 127 "Cyclones" at NAS Fallon where it started to fly in this striking colour scheme with code/modex NJ-702. After VFA-127 was disestablished (March 1996) the aircraft moved to NAS Miramar again to operated with Fighter squadron (VF) 126 "Bandits" as NJ-600, NJ-623 VF-126 before it went to AMARC (again) as inventory code 3A0748 in March 1994.

This Kfir C1P was used by Fighting Squadron 43 "Challengers" as an adversary aircraft. The aircraft received the F-21A Kfir designation in US service. 999710 was former Israeli Air Force serial 710 and arrived in the US Navy in August 1985 and was returned to Israel after the lease contract was ended in March 1988. It was assigned tailcode AD but this was not carried. 710 is stored sinds the mid-90s at Tel Aviv Ben Gurion with IAI.

This Kfir C1P was used by Fighting Squadron 43 "Challengers" as an adversary aircraft. The aircraft received the F-21A Kfir designation in US service. 999703 was former Israeli Air Force serial 703 and arrived in the US Navy in early 1986 and was returned to Israel after the lease contract was ended in March 1988. It was assigned tailcode AD but this was not carried. 03 is preserved at Ramon air base (Israel) since February 2004.

Composite Squadron (VC) 12 was the Navy's first Reserve Fleet Composite Squadron. The sqn used the single seat A-4E/F and dual seat TA-4J Skyhawks and was assigned the support mission with air intercept and dissimilar air combat maneuvering (ACM) training for Atlantic and Pacific fleet units. This near black Skyhawk used JY as tailcode (not visible) in 1987 (later on the sqn was redesgnated VFC-12 and used tailcode AF). After VC-12 service this aircraft returned to Naval Training with Training Squadron (VT) 7 i the early 90s and became white/orange again. The airframe crashed on 25 Jun'92.

Adversary Skyhawk of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 127 "Cyclons" at homebase Fallon. The squadron ws once established as Attack Squadron (VA) 127 on 15 June 1962 at NAS Lemoore (CA). It was redesignated VFA-127 on 1 March 1987 and eventually disestablished on 23 March 1996.

Composite Squadron (VC) Twelve was the Navy's first Reserve Fleet Composite Squadron. The squadron used the single seat A-4E/F and dual seat TA-4J Skyhawks and was assigned the support mission with air intercept and dissimilar air combat maneuvering (ACM) training for Atlantic and Pacific fleet units. This near black Skyhawk used JY as tailcode (not visible) in 1987 (later on the squadron was redesgnated VFC-12 and used tailcode AF) and was stored at AMARC in August 1993.

159006 was scrapped at Tucson in July 2007 after a lengthy career within the US Navy. Number 67 was the final Block 70 aircraft constructed and was delivered in April 1974 to VF-124 Gunfighters. It served also VF-2 Bounty Hunters before it was transferred to VF-102 Diamondbacks. The aircraft was retired to AMARC on November 1991 and struck off the US Navy inventory on 17 October 1994.

A Sukhoi killer at NAS Oceana. This VF-41 "Black Aces" Tomcat (at that time coded AJ-102) shot down a Libyan Su-22 over the Gulf of Sidra, off the coast of Libya, on 19 August 1981. This engagement marked the first USA versus Libya air-to-air engagement. 160403 flew that combat mission together with 160390 (AJ-107) when two Libyan Su-22 Fitters fired upon the Tomcats. The two F-14s subsequently shot down both Su-22s. 160403 received a kill-marking that was still visible six years later. The Tomcat is now preserved at Midland-Odessa (TX).

Helicopter Attack Squadron / Light (HAL) 4, "Red Wolves" operated this HH-1K since late 1970, it was a former NAS Albany SAR Huey in support of RVAH-5, a RA-5C squadron. HAL-4 was established 1 Jul'76 at NAS Norfolk (VA) to provide dedicated support for Naval Special Warfare, Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen teams. HAL-4 was redesignated into Helicopter Combat Support Special Squadron (HCS) 4 on 1 Oct'89 and equipped with the HH-60H. HCS-4 became Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 84 on 1 Oct'06 and eventually disestablished on 19 Mar'16.

This Maryland Air National Guard A-10A was eventually modified to A-10C. Strikingly, this particular aircraft flew its entire career with the same unit, and that's quite rarely for an USAF aircraft. From early 2006 to early 2007 the Warthog was temporary on loan to the 422nd TES, but from the late seventies up to now, the aircraft is assigned to the 175th Wing of the MD ANG. The wing and squadron were the first Air National Guard unit to receive the A-10 when they received brand-new Thunderbolt IIs from the Fairchild factory in Hagerstown, Maryland, replacing the Cessna OA-37 Dragonfly.