"VIPER" F-16C 388th Wing bird returning to March after an aborted attempt to do a 21 plane fly-over at the Nixon funeral due to bad weather

"VIPER" F-16C of the 4FS returning to March after an aborted attempt to do a 21 plane fly-over at the Nixon funeral due to bad weather

"VIPER" F-16C of the 4FS returning to March after an aborted attempt to do a 21 plane fly-over at the Nixon funeral

This Dragon Lady made its first flight on 1 May'81 and was delivered as TR-1A to NASA on 11 May'81. The TR-1A was handed over to NASA Ames at Moffet Field (CA) as N706NA on 10 Jun'81 and redesignated ER-2. It flew from Ames up to May'96. After a re-engine and modification period, with specific ("S") research systems, the ER-2 was redesignated into ER-2S. The original serial 80-1063 remained on the aircraft. The ER-2S was delivered to Dryden FRC on 3 Nov'97 and reregistered N806NA. It continued flying from DFRC up to Mar'04 when it went into flyable storage. Currently operating out of Palmdale

"VIPER" F-16C of the 34FS returning to March after an aborted attempt to do a 21 plane fly-over at the Nixon funeral

Stricken at NAS Oceana (VA) on 1 August 2002 and probably soon after scrapped. Here the Tomcat is seen with Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) Nine (AIRTEVRON NINE) "The Vampires". VX-9 was based at NAWS China Lake (CA) and ran a permanent detachment, named VX-9/Det, at nearby NAS Point Mugu (CA).

This 416th FLTS F-16B was retired from (test) service on 22 December 2005 and arrived that day on AMARG. It received inventory code FG0508.

Written off 10 May 1987 Brown Field, San Diego, CA

"WOLVERINE 37" QF-86F on short final to runway 21

The first dual seat F-18 seen here at the flightline of Dryden FRC. The Hornet, originally built by McDonnell Douglas as YF-18B-2 (ordered by the US Navy in FY76) was first seen, fresh from the production line, in late 1979 and del;ivered on 5 Jan'80. The US Navy designated it TF-18A. The Hornet was assigned to the Naval Air Test Center at Pax River as T1 and modex 150. It was recoded 7T-150 and transferred to the NASA on 24 Jul'86. It was used as a system research aircraft (SRA) and became a dedicated SRA with multiple modifications from Oct'91. It is reported stored from Jun'86 at Armstrong.

336ARS KC-135E seen on departure from March AFB

Just having moved from Norton AFB over to March during the summer, this Starlifter still wears the marks of the 445AW before being absorbed into the resident 452AMW

Ex 59-91596