Air International 2020-02
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A USMC AV-8B Harrier II pilot from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit(MEU) prepares to take off during an air power demonstration.
Many aircraft hosted by the 309th AMARG are gutted for spares, as seen in this bird's-eye view of rows of F-15s and F-16s sitting in the desert.
Omega Air is taking two ex-Dutch KDC-10s tankers, which will give the company an on-demand book refuelling capability.
Draken International's single-seat Mirage F1M, N574EM - a former Spanish Air Force fighter - now set for a new life as a civil-operated aggressor aircraft wearing new 'digital camouflage'.
A Republic of Korea Navy P-3C Orion arrives at Marine Corps Base Hawaii for Exercise Rim of the Pacific on June 26, 2018, the day after South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration announced it will acquire the Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft to replace its P-3C Orion aircraft.
USAF C-130s stored at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, in September 2019. The AMARG is also home to aircraft in deep storage from across all services of the US military.
A US Forest Service C-130H, acquired through the secondhand market and modified as a firebomber.
AMARG is the largest aircraft storage and preservation facility in the world. Not all aircraft stored here make it onto the surplus sales market - many will likely spend the rest of their lives in the 'boneyard', like these retired C-5 Galaxy aircraft.
Draken International's twin-seat Mirage F1B, N552EM, completed its post-regeneration flight in November 2019.
The US Army’s last operational OH-58D unit was 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment. Its Kiowa Warriors were retired following its final deployment to Yongin, South Korea, in 2016.
An RC-135W Rivet Joint (ZZ664) of the RAF's No 51 Squadron departs RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, in 2014. The three RAF aircraft are reworked ex-USAF KC-135S.
309th AMARG mechanics work to remove a resident F/A-18C Hornet's stabilator in June 2016. The aircraft was later moved to a Boeing maintenance facility in Jacksonville, Florida, to be upgraded and returned to service with the US Marine Corps.
An early twin-seat Eurofighter Typhoon T1. These are now being reduced to spares under the UK's Reduce to Produce (RTP) scheme.