Cool helicopter at a hot place. 166297 during its warm-up at a spot at China Lake.

This F/A-18F-53 was part of the US Navy Fiscal Year 1998 budget. It was delivered in February 2000 and assigned to the Naval Weapons Test Squadron at China Lake and later to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 31 Dust Devils at the same base. It is seen here during its take-off run at the hot desert base.

An Air Traffic Control view on a grey Lightning F6. It was pictured from the tower of Soesterberg during a squadron exchange between the F-15s of the 32nd TFS at Soesterberg and 11sq from RAF Binbrook.

Delivered factory-fresh to Soesterberg AB on 15 July 1980. It served the United States Air Force in Europe up to 14 September 1990. At that date the aircraft was deliverd to the Royal Saudi Air Force as 4215 and assigned to 42sq at Dahran. It was later reserialled by the RSAF to 1303 with 13sq at Dahran.

Pictured during a squadron exchange with the 32nd Tactical Fighter Squadron at Soesterberg. The Lightning was towed away from the runway after a burst tire on the runway.

This Eagle was delivered to the USAF in the 1980s and arrived brand-new at Soesterberg. It served the Wolfhounds up to 14 April 1992 and was returned to CONUS and assigned to the 95th FS of the 325th Fighter Wing at Tyndall AFB (FL). The F-15C crashed into Gulf of Mexico some 100 miles south of Tyndall AFB (FL) on 15 March 1993. The pilot was able to eject safely and was picked up. The aircraft was later recovered and its wreck was reported at Tyndall in January 1996. Its tailsection was already preserved at Tyndall from November 1995. So far nothing is revealed about the cause of the crash.

Delivered to the USAF on 23 March 1983 and assigned to the 32nd TFS Wolfhounds at Soesterberg AB. It left its USAFE duty on 25 September 1992 and was then assigned to the 57th FIS ('IS'-code) at Keflavik (Iceland). It was assigned to the 2nd FS ('TY'-code) at Tyndall from November 1995 and the 1st FS (also 'TY') from January 1996. The Eagle was transferred to the 173rd FS of the Oregon ANG, and eventually arrived at the 309th AMARG on 29 July 2010. It received inventory code AA FH0283 and is still (by late 2024) stored at Davis Monthan

A rare Rhino turning to the runway of its test base. The Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 31 Dust Devils F/A-18F is marked with a lot of high contrast black and white calibration marks that are used as visual reference points, so that the trajectory of the aircraft and any stores that are launched/dropped can be followed more accurate.

France sold 24 Mirage 2000Cs to India at a price of €1 million per plane. In September 2021 the deal was signed. Thirteen were sold in a complete condition, of which eight were planned to be used by the Indian Air Force. Most probably, all other were transferred for cannibalization to secure the operational availability of the Indian Air Force two existing Mirage squadrons. This 100 was transferred to, no clue if it was one of the lucky eight.

Arriving in late afternoon at homebase Cambrai after a mission over northern France. This serial was became an instructional airframe at Rochefort St Agnant in May 2019.

Running down the taxiway at Cambrai

Getting some maintenance in one of the hangars at homebase Cambrai.

Postioned on the Cambrai runway, this Tiger pilot is performing some final checks before he pushes the throttle. Serial 109 mis stored at Istres-Le-Tubé from mid-2022. From 15 May 1952 to 30 March 2012, SPA 162 ' Tigre' was the first squadron of EC 1/12 "Cambrésis". It was then moved to St. Dizier from 1 April 2012 onwards. Until 1 June 2016, SPA 162 was the 3rd squadron of the EC 1/7 "Provence". Since 1 June 2016, SPA 162 has been the third squadron of the EC 3/30 "Lorraine" fighter squadron at Mont-de-Marsan

After its military career, this Charley was stored at Istres Le Tube from November 2021. Here it is parked in one of the maintenance hangars of then homebase Cambrai.

Seen here while getting maintenance in one of the hangars at Cambrai. This Mirage 2000C was retired in May 2019 and became an instructional airframe at Rochefort St Agnant (France).

This Mirage 2000 is stored at Istres Le Tube by late 2022. The aircraft is seen here taxying to the runway of Cambrai in a nice winter sun. The L'escadrille SPA 166 'Tarn' is inactive.

Quite a unique moment, unexpectedly this formation appeared, old and new in formation near the Thomas-Jefferson memorial. Strikingly, the green colour of the Sea King is slight different compared of the colour of its successor, the Patriot. The VH-3D Sea King (BuNo 159359) is together with 159357 (which was seen earlier this day) is one of the last operational Sea Kings of HMX-1.

A few minutes after take-off from Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (DC), this Huey (former BuNo 158562) was in a north-bound hurry over the Potomac into the direction of the Thomas-Jefferson memorial. After its career with the US Marine Corps, the Huey arrived at AMARG on 26 Jan'11 with inventory code 7H0057. After some 7 months of storage, the USAF selected the Bell for conversion. It was taken from AMARG on 18 Aug'11 and was moved to Fleet Readiness Center East Cherry Point (NC) for depot-level maintenance overhaul. During '14 it was taken on strength of the 1st Helicopter Squadron at Andrews.

168280 from FY2011 is the first presidential Osprey (LRIP Lot 15). It flew first on 23 Jan'13 and was delivered to Marine Helicopter Squadron (HMX) ONE 'the Nighthawks' on 3 May'13. The Marine One Osprey's replaced a small number of CH-46 and CH-53s within HMX-1 and are used as support aircraft. They lack the white paint at the top of the fuselage (thus the nickname "white tops") that the VIP transport helicopters have. On 11 Aug'13 two MV-22Bs made their presidential debut ferrying Secret Service agents, White House staff, and members of the media from CGAS Cape Cod to Martha's Vineyard (MA).

Wow, this Black Hawk could be just a US Army one, but when going into detail, the word Army on the tail section is removed, the marking on the engine housing is not US Army, and the crew clearly show a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) patch. And indeed, this UH-60M belongs to the FBI. The fiscal year of the serial is not 100% confirmed