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Vandenberg Air Force Base hosted an airshow over Halloween weekend. The weather was sunny, breezy, and cool. The show featured a peformance by the new Raytheon T-6A Texan II.
Microcosm Scorpius rocket.
Orbital Sciences Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, N140SC Stargazer launches the Pegasus-XL rocket,
Orbital Sciences Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, N140SC Stargazer
Luftwaffe Panavia Tornado 44+38
Lockheed-Martin-General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon, 92-407 of the 412th Operational Group
based at Edwards Air Force Base.
Former Flight Systems Canadair CT-33A, N303FS.
Boeing E-3B Sentry, 73-1675 of the 962 AACS based at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska.
Boeing-McDonnell-Douglas C-17A Globemaster III, 03-3121 of the 412th Test Wing
based at Edwards Air Force Base.
Boeing-McDonnell-Douglas C-17A Globemaster III, 03-3121 of the 412th Test Wing
based at Edwards Air Force Base.
Canadian Air Force Boeing-McDonnell-Douglas CF-18 Hornet, 188933
English Hawker Hunter Mk58A, N58MX is owned by Robert Guilford of
Wilmington, Delaware. It was built in 1959.
English Hawker Hunter Mk58A, N58MX is owned by Robert Guilford of
Wilmington, Delaware. It was built in 1959.
English Hawker Hunter Mk58A, N58MX was still wearing Swiss Air Force camouflage when it appeared at the Miramar Marine Corps Air Station Airshow on October 18, 2003.
North American Rockwell T-39G NA-265-60 Sabreliner, N607CF. Its North American construction number is 306-118.
Beech T-34A Mentor, restored as Navy 0115
Beechcraft D17S Staggerwing, NC67736 was built in 1943. Its Beechcraft construction
number is 4848. It has been registered to Archie Lane of Cyprus, California since
August 1997.
Sikorsky HH-60G Blackhawk, 88-26115.
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress, N9323Z Sentimental Journey still carries its original Army Air Force serial number, 44-83514. It was retired from the Air Force in January 1959. In the sixties, Sentimental Journey flew for Aero Union Corporation of Chico, California as tanker #E17. It is currently registered to the American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum of Midland, Texas. It is operated by the Arizona Wing of the Confederate Air Force out of Falcon Field near Mesa, Arizona.
Lockheed MC-130P Combat Shadow, 66-0212 of the 58th Special Operations Wing based at
Kirtland Air Foce Base, New Mexico. It is equipped with Fulton recovery gear to
retrieve personnel from the ground or to snatch reconnaissance packages from satellites.
MC-130P Combat Shadow operates along various low level routes day and night in
areas south and west of Kirtland AFB, eastern Arizona and southern Colorado.
It refuels both the MH-53J and the HH-60G. The Shadow often flies formation
approaches to Alexander-Belen and landings at Roswell. It flies at airspeeds
ranging from 110 to 250 kts and altitudes ranging from 300 ft to 3000 ft AGL
day or night. In the Kirtland area, they operate under the call sign "Shadow"
and "Akela".
Link to a picture of Lockheed HC-130P Hercules, 66-0212 taken long ago.
Link to a web site of the 58th Special Operations Wing.
Lockheed-Martin F-117A Full Scale Development (FSD) Stealth Fighter, 79-10782
of the 412th Test Wing based at Edwards Air Force Base. This is the oldest
Stealth Fighter still flying.
The two older F-117s are on display at the Air Force Museum and Nellis Air Force Base.
Convair C-131D Samaritan, N131CW of the Southern California Wing of the Commemorative
Air Force.
NASA F/A-18A Hornet, N850NA based at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center.
Cessna T-37B Tweety, 68-8024 of the 559th Flying Training Squadron
Team Billygoatbased at
Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.
Piper Pa-23-160 Apache, N4164P was built in 1959. Its Piper construction number is 1649.
Mitsubishi A6M-3 Model 22 "Zero", NX712Z, Curtiss Warhawk Mk. 1, N940AK, and North American P-51D Mustang, N451TB Kimberly Kaye.
Mitsubishi A6M-3 Model 22 "Zero", NX712Z is part of the collection of the
Southern California Wing of the Commemorative Air Force. I has been registered
to the Liberty Aero Corporation since February 1998. Its Mitsubishi construction
number is 3869. It was found on New Guinea near the town of Babo. Its restoration
was begun in Russia and completed in the United States. It is powered by a Pratt &
Whitney R-1830 radial engine.
Curtiss Warhawk Mk. 1, N940AK is restored as P-40E 41-13521. It was built for the
Royal Air Force as AK940, but it was diverted to the Royal Canadian Air Force, which it
served as 1058. It was recently restored in New Zealand. It is currently based at Livermore, California.
Link to the Warbird Registry page about P-40E, N940AK.
North American P-51D Mustang, N451TB Kimberly Kaye is restored as 44-11153.
It served the Army Air Corps as 45-11559. It is currently based at Dover, Delaware.
Link to the Mustangs Mustangs P-51D Survivors page for P-51D Mustang, N451TB Kimberly Kaye.
Cessna P206, N2599X was built in 1965. Its Cessna construction number is P2060059.
Stearman E75, N68828 of Sadie Andrieni Airshows
North American AT-6C Texan, N884TA is restored as 42-48884.
North American AT-6D Texan, N8451B was built in 1943.
Yak-9U-M, N900EA Barbarossa was built in 1996. It is flown by Eddie Andrieni.
North American P-51D Mustang, N2580 Six Shooter has been registered
to Charles Hall of Annis, Montana since January 1996. It was rebuilt as
a Cavalier T Mk. 2 two seater in the 1960s. It received a new Air Force
serial number, 67-22580, and was delivered to the FA Boliviana as FAB 520
on January 19, 1968. It was recovered by Arny Carnegie of Edmonton, Alberta
in December 1977 and recieved the Canadian registration C-GXUQ. McClain
Flight Service of Strathmmore, Alberta bought it in August 1978. Richard
Korff of Lockport, New York reigstered it as N151RK (the standard 51 and
owner's initials registration applied to so many Mustangs) in October 1986.
North American SNJ-5 Texan, N1038A War Dog was built in 1944. Its U.S. Navy Bureau Number
was 90917 and it still wears that number on its tail. After retirement from the U. S. Navy,
it served for many years with the Japanese Air Self Defense Force. It has been a familiar sight on
the airshow circuit for many years. It is owned and piloted by John Collver.
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.
North American AT-6G Texan, N49939 is restored as a Marine Corps SNJ-7. It served
the Air Force as 49-3352. Its North American construction number is 168-465.
North American B-25J Mitchell, N8195H Heavenly Body
was manufactured by North American at Kansas City in late 1944 and was accepted by
the U.S Army Air Force in February 1945 as B-25J-25-NC, 44-30748. Its North American
construction number is 108-34023.
Link to the Warbird Registry page about North American B-25J Mitchell, N8195H Heavenly Body.
Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat, N7825C originally wore Navy BuNo 122674.
Its Grumman construction number is D.1227. It was built in 1948.
E. Weiner of Los Angeles registered it under its current tail
number in 1958. It was bought by Leo Demeers of Aurora, Oregon in
1963. Richard Tobey of Newport Beach, California in acquired it
in 1966 and then sold it to Paul Finefrock of Hobart, Oklahoma in
1969. Gary Levitz picked it up later that year. It has belonged
to the Confederate Air Force since 1972. It underwent a major
rebuild from 1989 to 1991. It made its first flight after the
rebuild on December 17, 1991.
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