Oh April 4, 1991, five RF-4Cs remained at Zweibrucken: 69-370, 68-555, 68-561, 68-589 and 69-383 ready for the deactivisation ceremony.

An RF-4C carrying special markings celebrating the 38th Aircraft Maintenance Unit.

RF-4C 69-368 was a 'SLAR jet'; the 'chin' dome under the nose transmitted SLAR imagery back to a ground receiver in near real time.

An RF-4C of the 38th TRS overflies the Rock of Gibraltar while on a TDY to Moron, Spain.

RF-4C 71-0259 on detachment in Italy. This was one of the aircraft with more aerodynamically-modified nose contours.

RF-4Cs 68-570 and 69-370 bank away over the German countryside. Both these aircraft fought in the Gulf War.

January 1980 with 69-375 providing the backdrop to an impromptu squadron photo on the occasion of the change of command from Travis Billingsley to Dick 'Pappy' Stromfors.

On April 16, 1991, 69-383 was finally delivered to Davis-Monthan. Tim Olsen signed his name alongside others who had signed at Zweibrucken 12 days before.

For a short while in the late 1980s the RF-4s of the 38th, including 71-0249, wore wrap-around 'European One' camouflage.

A veteran of the Gulf War, '370 flew a total of 17 missions over Iraq; it carried special markings for the close-out.

'Royal Flush' 1971: Captain Dempsey and Captain Bevis in the specially-painted '841.

'Big Click' was a NATO-sponsored recce competition held in 1972. The 38th won it; hence the special scheme.

Sensor download from '873 during 'Royal Flush' 1971. The speed in which the film could be downloaded was crucial to success in the competition.

RF-4C '369 over a Norwegian fiord in 1973. There is some reason to believe that this aircraft served at one time with the Israeli Air Force prior to its arrival at 'Zwei'.

68-0570 taxying in to the 38th area at Incirlik, proudly displaying its 25 mission symbols. It went on to fly a further two missions over Iraq.

RF-4C 69-373 of the 38th TRS lies in a field just short of the runway at Karup, Denmark, the victim of an ever-so-slight fuel shortage.