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Holloman Memorial Park & The Latest Addition!

Posted: 07 Apr 2008, 02:34
by djnocturnal
Took these pictures today with the family, the F-117A was put on display this last saturday.

F-117A 85-0816
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F-15A 76-037
The 49th tactical fighter wing flew the F-15A from 1977-1992. Flew some of the first air superiority missions over the southern Iraqi no fly zone during operation southern watch.
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AT-38B 60-576
This T-38 was the first to land at Holloman AFB in 1973, remained in service until 1991.
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F-105D 61-145
In 1951, republic aviation began a project to develop a supersonic tactical fighter-bomber to replace the F-84F. The result was the F-105D Thunderchief, nicknamed the "Thud" Delivered to the Air Force on 27 April 1962. This F-105 served with the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing from 8 July 1962 until Dec. 1966 at Spangdahlem AB, Germany.
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QF-106A 56-454
All weather interceptor was developed from the convair F-102 Delta Dagger. The first F-106A flew on 26 Dec. 1956. The Aircraft later returned to Holloman AFB in the 90's and served as targeting drone for detachment 1 82D ATS.
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....more to come

Posted: 07 Apr 2008, 02:43
by djnocturnal
some more...

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...and one of my favorites from today.
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Posted: 07 Apr 2008, 03:11
by Javier Tapia
Nice photos, really nice display, the aircraft look amaizing, specially since they are i nthe outside, aircraft in display like that here on the southernmost part of the world usually don't last long in that conditions :( actually the only palce to find them in that conditios are in indoor museums (only one in Chile, for what i've seen)

Posted: 07 Apr 2008, 20:34
by Paul
The picture of the F-105 reminds me of a story my father had told me. He had joined the Air Force right after high school. He was apart of the maintenance crew and was on the wing of an F-105 and fell off straight on his tail bone and broke it. In the ER the nurse came in to take a look and gasped. My father was like "What what?" and she said "You have a crack that big." He said he could've killed her because it made him laugh so hard that it made it hurt even worse. He was in the Air Force for 4 years I think and got out and work Lockheed for awhile and re-enter the service in "72". But this time it was the Navy, until he retired.

Paul