2007 Naval Air Station Point Mugu Airshow
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Naval Air Station Point Mugu played host to a wide variety of Air Force combat airplanes at the 2007 airshow over the weekend of March 30 - April 1. The headline performer of the show was the Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor. The weather was clear, warm and nearly windless. Humid conditions near the coast resulted in spectacular clouds forming in the low pressure above the wings of the performing airplanes.
Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 58-0049 of the 940th Air Refueling Wing based at Beale Air Force Base, California.
Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 58-0049 of the 940th Air Refueling Wing
Link to the web site of the 940th Air Refueling Wing
Grumman E-2C Hawkeye 2000 BuNo 166504 #603 Graceland of VAW-116 Sun Kings assigned to the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln has been updated with eight-bladed propellers.
E-2C BuNo 166504 #603 Graceland of VAW-116 Sun Kings.
Link to the web site of VAW-116 Sun Kings
MiG-15UTI, N41125 was built in 1954. Its serial number is 242266.
Hunting Percival Jet Provost Mk 5A N4XW was built in 1971.
Beechcraft T-1A Jayhawk 91-0102 of the 12th Flying Training Wing based at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.
Link to the web site of Randolph Air Force Base
Navy Northrop F-5E Tiger II 730855 of VFC-13 Fighting Saints based at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada.
Link to the web site of VFC-13 Fighting Saints
Navy Raytheon T-6A Texan II BuNo 165968.
Grumman C-2A Greyhound BuNo 162168 #36 of VRC-30 Providers based at Naval Air Station North Island, California.
North American CT-39G Sabreliner BuNo 160053.
Lockheed-Martin C-130J Hercules, 04-8152 of the 146th Airlift Wing based at Channel Island Air National Guard Station.
Boeing B-52H Stratofortress 60-0026 of the 23rd Bomb Squadron of the 5th Bomb Wing based at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota.
B-52H 60-0026 of the 23rd Bomb Squadron
Lockheed NP-3C Orion BuNo 152150 #303 of VX-30 Bloodhounds.
McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18B Hornet BuNo 163115 #200 of VX-30 Bloodhounds.
Navy Lockheed DC-130A Hercules 570497 of VX-30 Bloodhounds was delivered to the Air Force as C-130A 57-0497. It is specially modified to carry and launch drones. It is the oldest C-130 in U.S. military service.
Teledyne Ryan BQM-34S Firebee target drone
Northrop Grumman BQM-74E Chukar target drone simulates low-altitude anti-ship cruise missiles, highly maneuverable fighter aircraft and attack bombers.
DC-130A 570497 of VX-30 Bloodhounds and BQM-74E Chukar.
DC-130A 570497 of VX-30 Bloodhounds
Douglas DC-3C, N2805J served the Army Air Corps as 43-16369. Its Douglas construction number is 20835. Warbirds of America Squadron 14, Inc. has restored it as AC-47, 43-48770 Spooky.
Link the American Flight Museum Squadron 14 web page.
Douglas DC-3C, N2805J
Fedex Express Boeing 727-2S2F N217FE was the last 727 built. Its Boeing construction number is 22938. It first flew on August 28, 1984 and was delivered to Federal Express on September 18, 1984.
Lockheed-Martin F-22A Raptor 05-4084 of the 1st Fighter Wing based at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia.
Lockheed-Martin F-22A Raptor 05-4086 of the 1st Fighter Wing based at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia.
F-22A 05-4084 of the 1st Fighter Wing.
F-22A 05-4086 of the 1st Fighter Wing.
F-22As 05-4084 and 05-4086 of the 1st Fighter Wing.
Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk 84-1827 of the 8th Fighter Squadron of the 49th Fighter Wing based at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico.
F-117A 84-1827 of the 8th Fighter Squadron
Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk 84-1825 of the 8th Fighter Squadron of the 49th Fighter Wing.
North American P-51D Mustang N151AF Val Halla wears post war Air Force markings. Its North American construction number is 124-48278. It has been registered to the Heritage Flight Museum of Eastsound, Washington since February 1999. Its pilot is Bill Anders, who was on the Apollo 8 mission to the moon in 1968. Val Halla still wears its original Army Air Force serial number of 45-11525. It entered the civil register in March 1982 as N91JB. It was owned by John Macguire of Texas. After 1984, it was operated as Silver Ghost by the War Eagles Air Museum of Santa Theresa, New Mexico.
McDonnell-Douglas F-15E-47 Strike Eagle 89-0483 of the 4th Fighter Wing based at Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina
Phoenix Air Grumman Gulfstream G-159 N195PA.
Swearingen SA227-AC Metro N784C.
Phoenix Air Grumman Gulfstream G-159 N164PA.
Thunderbirds General Dynamics F-16 Flying Falcons.
Thunderbirds General Dynamics F-16C Flying Falcon #3.
Naval Air Station Point Mugu played host to a wide variety of Air Force combat airplanes at the 2007 airshow over the weekend of March 31 - April 1. The headline performer of the show was the Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor. The weather was clear, warm and nearly windless. Humid conditions near the coast resulted in spectacular clouds forming in the low pressure above the wings of the performing airplanes.
NAS Pt. Mugu displays.
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