On the Road Again
United States
2017 - 2023
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| On the road again..... Aircraft wrecks and relics found along the road side when travelling from base to base, museum to museum in the United States. |
Left to right July 2023: Republic F-84F Thunderstreak (51-1631). Built in 1951 to serve with 366th Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW) at England AFB in Louisana before it was transferred to the 4520th TFW at Nellis AFB, Nevada, then assigned to 122 TFW at Baer Field, Fort Wayne Indiana and finally with New Jersey ANG 141st Fighter Squadron (FS). Retired in 1971. It was renovated by the Veterans of Foreign Wars in 2012. On display at the Community Park in Monroeville.
Republic F-84F Thunderstreak (51-1763) ex 401 FBG, 119 FS New Jersey ANG, 366 TFW, 122 TFW, Indiana ANG, retired in 1971, at the Community Park in Hoagland. |
| Left to right July 2023: Republic F-84F Thunderstreak (51-9514) ex 163 FS, Indiana ANG. Outside Allen County Coliseum, Fort Wayne. |
Left to right July 2023: North American F-86H Sabre (53-1298 'TT') ex 3595 CCTW, 104 TFS Maryland ANG, 118 TFS Connecticut ANG, Struck off charge June 1970. Preserved in the Community Park, Churubusco.
Republic F-84F Thunderstreak (51-1739) ex 162 FS, Ohio ANG. Preserved in the Community Park, South Whitley. |
| Left to right July 2023: Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (51-4271 registered N271AP) ex 3525 PTW, 4347 CCTW, registered N8682E to Chicago Board of Education 1962, registered N271AP to Shooting Star Aviation LLC, Manassas VA in 2010, to Huntington September 2015. Preserved in the Community Park, Huntington. |
Left to right July 2023: McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II (63-7623 'FG') accepted USAF October 1964, to 80 TFS/347 TFW, to 433 TFS/8 TFW, converted to EF-4C, to 4453 CCTW, TO 58 TFTW, to 113 TFS/181 TFG Indiana ANG. Retired March 1988. To Chanute as instructional trainer (GF-4C). To ALP 313, Fairmount.
UH-1H Iroquois (68-16504) ex US Army. |
| Beech C-45H Expeditor (52-10645 registered N9772Z), stored Brooks Field. |
Left to right July 2023: Beech C-45H Expeditor (52-10645 registered N9772Z), stored Brooks Field.
Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (58-0509 'FT-509/ADC' registered N57969, N333JX) ex USAF. To Kirtland Community College, Roscommon in 1972, later Jackson County Airport in 1999 where it is still preserved. |
Left to right July 2023: Bell UH-1H Iroquois (73-21712) ex US Army. Preserved in Great Lakes Field, River Rouge.
Bell UH-1H Iroquois (66-0796) ex IA NG, US Army. Preserved at VFW6691, Fraser.
Beech JRB-4 (UC-45J) Expeditor (44648 registered N4658), transferred to US Navy. To Southwestern Michigan College, Dowagiac as instructioal airframe. Transferred to Vicksburg. |
Left to right July 2023: Bell HH-1K Iroquois (157197) ex USN, (USMC scheme). Preserved in Freedom Hill Park, Sterling Heights.
McDonnell Douglas F-4D Phantom II (66-8755 'MI') ex BDRT Selfridge, to Freedom Hill Park 1990. |
| Left to right July 2023: McDonnell F-101B Voodoo (57-0430) ex 75 FIS, 178 FS/119 FG North Dakota ANG. Preserved outside ALP 4, Mount Clemons since 1979. |
| Left to right July 2023: Bell UH-1M Iroquois (66-0632) ex US Army. Preserved at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Monroe. |
| Left to right July 2023: Bell AH-1S Cobra (68-15074) ex US Army. Preserved at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Monroe. |
Left to right July 2023: Bell UH-1H Iroquois (66-17031) ex Iowa ArNG. Preserved with VFW 1584, Adrian.
Republic F-105G Thunderchief (62-4425) ex 116 TFW, Georgia ANG. Preserved with ALP 325, Blissfield since 1987. |
Left to right July 2023: Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (51-16988 'TR-988') ex USAF, to Montgomery County Airpark, Rockville, MD in 1965, to ALP 18, Centreville, in 1993, to Williams Park, Gibsonburg in 2008.
Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (51-9263 'TR-263') ex Ohio ANG, USAF, Retired April 1964 and preserved at Municipal Center, Brooklyn later that year. |
Left to right July 2023: McDonnell Douglas NF-4E Phantom II (66-0284 '1') ex 'Thunderbirds'. Preserved Marjorie Rosenbaum Plaza, Cleveland/Burke-Lakefront Airport.
McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II (153812 '1') painted in 'Blue Angels' scheme.
Boeing KC-97L Stratofreighter (52-2604 registered N97GX) ex 145th ARS, Ohio ANG. To Dross Metals Inc, Tucson in 1986 Converted from 2017 for use as a bistro at the Cleveland I-X Center, Cleveland/Hopkins International Airport. |
Left to right July 2023: Lockheed P-2E Neptune (131522 'LB-3') ex US Navy at Liberty Union Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) 3761, Baltimore.
Accepted by USN July 1954, stricken from active inventory with 6,179 flying hours March 5, 1972. Transferred to USAF for fire rescue duties in 1979, to VFW 3761 in 1982. Painted as 'LB/3' of VP-7, as allocated to the aircraft between 1961 an 1964. |
Left to right July 2023: UH-1H Iroquois (70-16428) ex US Army at Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) 5137 Medina.
T-33A Shooting Star (53-5545) ex USAF, preserved by Wadsworth Airmen's Association at Wadsworth Municipal
A-7A Corsair II (153142) ex US Navy at High School, Alliance. |
Left to right July 2023: AH-1S Cobra (67-15490) ex Ohio ARNG, Ohio Veterans Memorial Park, Clinton.
T-33A Shooting Star (52-9604) ex USAF at Cambridge airport.
F-105B Thunderchief (57-5792) ex USAF, painted in 335 TFS/4 TFW markings as worn between 1960 and 1964 at Zanesville. |
Left to right July 2023: F-4C Phantom II (64-0683 'FE') ex 4453 CCTW, Licking airfield, Newark.
AH-1S Cobra (71-21009) ex Ohio ARNG at American Legion Post 283, Pickerington. |
Left to right July 2023: Beech UC-45B Expeditor (43-35482, RAF HB113, RCAF 5844 registered CF-SFI, N9045V). Delivered 1944 and retired 1965. In 1988 preserved Historical Aircraft Squadron, Lancaster Fairfield County.
T-33A Shooting Star (52-9776) ex USAF at Sidney Municipal Airport.
Bell UH-1H Iroquois (67-17562) ex US Army. Preserved outside ALP 423, Orland. |
| Left to right July 2023: Douglas F5D-1 Skylancer (142350, NASA213, NASA802) used at Edwards AFB as flying test bed for radar systems, instruments and armament, assigned to NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, NAS Moffett Field, later the NASA Ames Research Center 1957 to 1961. Later used for flying qualities, stability and control, and performance evaluations and as test bed for supersonic research and to train pilots for the X-20 Dyna-Soar program. Retired in 1970. Neil Armstrong flew the aircraft. On display outside the Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum, Wapakoneta. |
Left to right July 2023: Republic F-84F Thunderstreak (51-1747 painted '52-709') ex 401 FBG, 366 FBW, 162/166 FS Ohio ANG. Preserved in Baldwin Park, Montpelier.
Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (53-4932 'TR/932') ex USAF, retired 1965. Bowling Green, Wood County Airport. |
| Bell UH-1H Iroquois (65-9587 '176') ex US Army. Preserved in Veterans' Memorial Park, Harrod. |
Left to right: Bell UH-1H Iroquois (65-9587 '176') ex US Army. Preserved in Veterans' Memorial Park, Harrod.
Bell UH-1H Iroquois (65-9888) ex Ohio ArNG. Preserved outside VFW 4161, Arcanum.
Bell UH-1H Iroquois (65-9696) ex Ohio ArNG. Preserved outside VFW 9582, Vandalia. |
| Terlingua Ranch, Texas. This is the most remote landing strip I have visited, a 16 miles dirt track from the main road just north of Big Bend National Park. A few weeks earlier Special Forces with OV-22 Osprey had used this strip. |
Left to right: F-4D Phantom (65-0796 'HS') William E. Dyess Elementary School on Jennings Drive, Dyess AFB, Abilene March 2019. This F-4D was responsible for the last USAF kill in Southeast Asia, when it shot down a MiG-21 on January 8, 1973.
Bell UH-1H Iroquois (65-10068) National Vietnam War Museum, Weatherford, Mineral Wells, Texas, March 2019.
Sikorsky VH-34 (unknown) as above. |
Left to right: Parks and Wildlife Deptartment, Big Bend Ranch State Park airstrip, elevation 4,250 feet, located in the northern Chihuahuan Desert in Texas, near to the Mexico border February 2019.
Hughes TH-55 Osage (67-16969 registered N7058J) previously with the McLennan County Sheriffs Department, Waco, TX. Now Fort Walters Helicopters Inc at Mineral Wells in February 2019.
Hiller OH-23D Raven (585459 registered N5985) as above. |
| Left to right: Gila Bend Airport Gate, McDonnell RF-101C Voodoo (56-130 and 56-112) in March 2019. |
Left to right: AMARG Davis-Monthan, Tucson scrapyard - Grumman S-2 Trackers (136539 and 147877) in March 2019.
Grumman HU-16E Albatross (1275 registered N330LL) as above. |
| Left to right: AMARG Davis-Monthan, Tucson scrapyard - Douglas C-118B Liftmaster (131601) US Navy and Douglas EC-118A Liftmaster (53-3245) US Air Force. |
| Left to right: Former Edwards AFB NF-4D Phantom II (66-7716 'ED') and Saab Sk-35XD Draken (AT-153) ex Royal Danish Air Force and latterly the National Test Pilot School at Mojave as N167TP, both now with the Saxon Aerospace Museum at Boron in March 2019. |
| Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress (44-85738 'K') 'Preston's Pride' at Tulare. |
Left to right: Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress (44-85738 'K') 'Preston's Pride'. It has been on display as part of the American Veterans Memorial outside Tulare since May 1958. Apparently it has twice been hit by vehicles, first in 1982 and again in 2003, but has been repaired each time.
McDonnell F-4C Phantom II (64-0912 'TJ') both at Tulare in October 2017. |
