Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Airshow
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Davis-Monthan Air Force Base hosted an airshow on March 16, 1975.
B-52H 61-0036 on static display at the Davis-Monthan AFB
Open House on March 16, 1975. It carries the standard Strategic
Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP) camouflage of three tone green
(FS-34079, FS-34159, FS-34201) over gloss white. Even the nose
radome is white.
B-52H 61-0036 at Davis-Monthan AFB on March 16, 1975.
B-52H 61-0036 at Davis-Monthan AFB on March 16, 1975.
B-52H 61-0036 at Davis-Monthan AFB on March 16, 1975.
B-52H 61-0036 at Davis-Monthan AFB on March 16, 1975. TF-33 fanjet engines were introduced on the B-52H.
B-52H 61-0036 at Davis-Monthan AFB on March 16, 1975.
B-52H 61-0036 at Davis-Monthan AFB on March 16, 1975. An M61 Vulcan six-barrel gatling gun replaced the four machine gun turret of previous models.
Army Golden Knights parachute demonstration team C-47H 41-7276 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on March 16, 1975. It was ordered by the Army Air Corps as C-47A-1 43-48518 but diverted to the U.S. Navy as R4D-6 BuNo 17276. Its Douglas construction number is 25779. It was designated C-47H on September 18, 1962. It was retired to MASDC as 4ZB025 in May 1968. It was assigned to the Army Golden Knights in October 1974. Internatinal Field Studies of Columbus, Ohio registered it as N48159 on July 3, 1975, but its registration was revoked due to "enforcement". Consolidated Air Freight of Hialeah, Florida bought it on February 6, 1981. Its registration expired on August 27, 2012.
EC-97G 53-0106 on static display at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base airshow on March 16, 1975, shortly after its retirement. Its construction number is 16888. It was modified to fly cold-war ELINT missions over East Germany in the Berlin air corridor. It carries an extra bulge under the fuselage between the main landing gear.
EC-97G 53-0106 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on March 16, 1975.
EC-97G 53-0106 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on March 16, 1975.
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is home to Fairshild-Republic A-10A Warthogs, Lockheed EC-130H Compass Call Hercules, Sikorsky UH-60A Blackhawks of the Customs and Border Protection Serice, and AMARG.p>
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