TUFF 72 B-52G 93BW starts it's take-off roll during a bombing competition held by 15AF

TA-4J ex-VFA-127, still wearing it's aggressor style camouflage awaiting it's turn at the EOR. Aircraft was scrapped Oct 2019

FREELANCER 205 F-14A on short final to NAS Miramar. That day the entire squadron came off the Boat and recovered at Miramar

TA-4J taxis down to depart runway 08. Of note is the red modex number.

Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB with park code FE579 from 1979. To Tracor Flight Systems at Mojave in 1986 for conversion to target drone QF-100D 261. Destroyed in 1989.

Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB with park code FE590 from 1979. To Tracor Flight Systems at Mojave in 1986 for conversion to target drone QF-100D 259. Destroyed in 1988.

Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB with park code FE574 from 1979. To Tracor Flight Systems at Mojave in 1986 for conversion to target drone QF-100D 260. Destroyed in 1988.

Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB with park code FE281 from 1975. To the museum in 1983. Later painted with fake markings 55-777.

Montana ANG F-106B in the static line up

Arriving as 'DRAGON 01' this 318FIS F-15A sits in the static line for the 1986 Castle show

Bright yellow 777s have become common at LAX during the pandemic, primarily operated by AeroLogic and Kalitta. I saw three during a pair of short visits on consecutive days. This one was delivered in June 2020.

F-14A VF-2 on short final to NAS Miramar

Taking off from Mojave to do some touch & Go's

All the markings on this Boeing were either taped over or painted out but if you look closely you can make out the fleet number, 514, in the top of the tail.

A ruthless scam! Although the International F-18, or F-17W, could carry up to six people, this machine was ill-prepared for a flight to Hawaii. It was entered for the Dole Air Race by stunt pilot and actor Frank Clarke who apparently acted that he intended to take part while owner Parkford and aircraft broker Charlie Babb tried to sell the aeroplane, in the words of writer Alan Herr, 'to some desparate aviator in search of fame and fortune.' It was certainly offered to Charles Kingsford Smith who was stunned. Miss Hollydale was either disqualified or withdrawn and Clarke and Babb left Oakland in it on 13 August. Photo from: California State Library

The deadliness of the Dole Air Race was caused not only by the dangers of flying to Hawaii, but also by the participation of hurriedly built, barely tested aircraft. Most were conventional enough in configuration, but the M-1 by Leland Bryant, an architect, was a push-pull with two Bristol Lucifer engines and side-by-side seating by the looks of it. It was built here at Vail Field near LA - note the Douglas M-2 mailplane of Western Air Express. The photo is thought to have been taken in July 1927. On 12 August, four days before the postponed start of the race, the M-1, named Angel of Los Angeles, crashed on a test flight. The British pilot, Arthur Rogers, was killed. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum

Ex United Airlines N1813U, registered 22nd Oct 1998. Converted to freighter Oct 1998 and to MD-10 standard Dec 2004. Retired at KVCV (Victorville) 15th Jan 2010 and slowly cannibalized for spares.

Delivered new 25th Sep 2014 and current at time of upload