Warplanes of the USA: Oklahoma, Historic Photos

Oklahoma Warplanes

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A U.S. Air Force General Dynamics F-16C Block 42E Fighting Falcon (s/n 89-2040) from the 125th Fighter Squadron, 138th Fighter Wing, Oklahoma Air National Guard, based at Tulsa, Oklahoma (USA), flies over the Gulf of Mexico, during a "Combat Archer" mission to fire an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) at a target drone near Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida (USA), on 13 January 2003.

(USGOV-PD Photo)

508th Fighter Squadron - Republic P-47D-30-RA Thunderbolt 44-32794.

(USAAF Photo)

506th Fighter Squadron - P-47 Thunderbolts, likely at Kelz Airfield (Y-54) or Fritzlar Airfield (Y-86), Germany, 1945.

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Vultee BT-13A Valiant flown by Wilda Winfield (WASP Class 44-W-8), from Frederick AAF, Frederick, Oklahoma on a photographic mission, ca 1944.

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F-84G 51-1231 137th/48th Fighter Bomber Wing - Chaumont Air Base, France 1953.

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McDonnell F-4C-15-MC Phantom II (Serial No. 63-7410) during weapons tests, armed with AGM-12 Bullpup missiles in the early 1960s.  This aircraft was the third F-4C built for the USAF and crashed at Tulsa, Oklahoma, on 24 January 1981.

(Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation Photo)

LTV A-7D Corsair II (Serial No.  69-6239), 125th Fighter Squadron/138th Fighter Group, Oklahoma ANG based at Tulsa IAP, Oklahoma, 13 June 1988.

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125th Tactical Fighter Squadron A-7D-15-CV Corsair II 73-1014 1971: Delivered to 57th Fighter Weapons Wing/66th FWS, Nellis AFB, NV (c/n D-410) Transferred to 355th Tactical Fighter Wing, Davis-Monthan AFB, 1972 Transferred to 125th Tactical Fighter Squadron, OK Air National Guard, 1979.

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125th Tactical Fighter Squadron A-7D Corsair II 75-0407 1977: Delivered to 152d Tactical Fighter Squadron, AZ Air National Guard, 1977 (c/n D-407) Transferred to 174th Tactical Fighter Squadron, IA Air National Guard, 1981 Transferred to 128th Tactical Fighter Squadron, OK Air National Guard, 1989 Struck off charge, 1992 moved to Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. Disposition: Sunk inside the hangar bay of the USS America (CV-66) during the sinkex testing southeast of Cape Hatteras, MA, 14 May 2005.

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125th Tactical Fighter Squadron A-7D Corsair II 70-0976 1972: Aircraft delivered to 354th Tactical Fighter Wing/355th TFS, Myrtle Beach AFB, SC (c/n D-062) Transferred to 125th Tactical Fighter Squadron, OK Air National Guard, 1977 Transferred to 149th Tactical Fighter Squadron, VA Air National Guard, 1989.

(USGOV-PD Photo)

125th Tactical Fighter Squadron A-7D-16-CV Corsair II 74-1745 1975: Delivered to 23d Tactical Fighter Wing, England AFB, Louisiana (C/N D-421) Transferred to 146th Tactical Fighter Squadron, PA Air National Guard, 1981 Transferred to 125th Tactical Fighter Squadron, OK Air National Guard, 1988.

(Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation Photo)

LTV A-7D Corsair II (Serial No. 74-1745), 125th Fighter Squadron/138th Fighter Group, Oklahoma ANG based at Tulsa IAP, Oklahoma, 13 June 1991.

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185th Airlift Squadron - Lockheed C-130H-LM Hercules 78-0806. 2000.

(USGOV-PD Photo)

465th Air Refueling Squadron/185th Air Refueling Squadron Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 58-0121 (Upgraded to KC-135R).

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465th Air Refueling Squadron Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 62-3503 (Upgraded to KC-135R).

(Master Sgt. Preston L. Chasteen, USAF Photo)

A U.S. Marine Corps Sikorsky VH-3D Sea King from Marine helicopter squadron HMX-1, on the runway at the Oklahoma Air National Guard Base, Tulsa, Oklahoma, on 9 December 2004.

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125th Fighter Squadron - General Dynamics F-16C Block 42E Fighting Falcon 89-2017.,

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General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons from the Air National Guard's 125th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, based in Tulsa AGB, Oklaholma, arrive at Joint Base Balad, Iraq in 2004.

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Oklahoma ANG F-16C block 42, (Serial Nos. 89-2138 and 89-2145), 2010.

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125th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron - General Dynamics F-16C Block 42D Fighting Falcon, AF Ser. No. 88-0539, prepares to take off from Balad AB, Iraq, on 30 Sep 2008.

(Terry Wasson, USAF Photo)

Northrop T-38A-75-NO Talon, Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 23 November 1997.

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(USGOV-PD Photo)

Aircraft of the 71st Flying Training Wing. From left: A T-38 Talon, T-6A Texan II, and a T-1 Jayhawk are posed in front of the base control tower on the Vance flightline.

(Drwooden -Template Combat Camera Photo)

The MC-12W is a military version of the Hawker Beechcraft Super King Air 350ER.

(USAF Photo)

MC-12W.