RH Aircraft Photo Collection

RH Aircraft Photo Collection My aircraft photo collection starting in the 1960's to the present. Most photos I have taken as I traveled around on USN P3's.

Some photos I have collected from various sources and the source will be noted when known.

P-3CUII 161009 of VP-26 in hangar 4 at NAS Brunswick, ME in 1980 shortly after delivery from the factory.History from ht...
07/26/2026

P-3CUII 161009 of VP-26 in hangar 4 at NAS Brunswick, ME in 1980 shortly after delivery from the factory.

History from https://www.p3orion.nl/news.html
161009 (5692)
P-3C-II 31oct79 VP-26 LK-9/9; jul92 VP-30 LL-55; 13jun94 accident at NAS Jax in wash rack (rebuilt with tail section from #154585); feb96 VP-30 LL-50; 19nov97 P-3C CDU mod NADEP Jax; 23jan98 VP-30 LL-50; jul99 VP-45 LN-009; sep99 VP-26; jul00 VP-5 LA-009; sep03 VP-10 009; jun05 VP-16; aug05 SOC to AMI Corp Winston Salem, NC

FB-111A 67-7196 at NAS Brunswick, ME in 1980.History from https://www.crouze.com/baugher/usaf_serials/1967.html7196 (MSN...
07/26/2026

FB-111A 67-7196 at NAS Brunswick, ME in 1980.

History from https://www.crouze.com/baugher/usaf_serials/1967.html
7196 (MSN B1-10) named "Ruptured Duck" with 590th BW in May 1989. Converted to F-111G. To AMARC from 428th FS/27th FW, Cannon AFG, AFB, NM as FV0156 Mar 2, 1993. Still on AMARC inventory Jan 15, 2008. To HVF West, Tucson, AZ Jun 8, 2012 and scrapped.

B-17G 44-83575 painted as 42-31909 of the Collins Foundation at Brunswick, ME in 2015. Aircraft started as B-17G, was t...
07/26/2026

B-17G 44-83575 painted as 42-31909 of the Collins Foundation at Brunswick, ME in 2015. Aircraft started as B-17G, was then converted for search and rescue. Flew in numerous squadrons. It was then used in Operation Tumbler-Snapper testing parked aircraft to small air burst nuclear bomb three times in 1952. Was retired and became fire bomber 99 in 1965. Retired again and sat until Collins Foundation purchased and restored it in 1987. Crashed in 2019.

See full history at https://www.crouze.com/baugher/usaf_serials/1944_05.html

Torpedo drop taken from the bomb bay inspection window in the floor of a P-3B in 1977. When the torpedo hit the bright s...
07/25/2026

Torpedo drop taken from the bomb bay inspection window in the floor of a P-3B in 1977. When the torpedo hit the bright sunlight the reflection off the orange paint saturated the 35mm film causing the halo.

C-130H 82-0056 of Ohio ANG at Maxwell AFB in 2019.History from https://www.c-130.net/aircraft-database/C-130/airframe-pr...
07/25/2026

C-130H 82-0056 of Ohio ANG at Maxwell AFB in 2019.

History from https://www.c-130.net/aircraft-database/C-130/airframe-profile/7495/
Unknown [act] 82-056 [USAF] C-130H
Unknown [act] 82-056 [USAF] USAF 144 TAS C-130H
15 Mar 1992 [act] 82-056 [USAF] USAF 144 AS C-130H
Unknown [act] 82-056 [USAF] USAF 144 AS 'AK' C-130H
Unknown [act] 82-056 [USAF] USAF 144 AS C-130H
24 May 2013 [act] 82-056 [USAF] USAF 164 AS C-130H
16 Jul 2015 [act] 82-056 [USAF] USAF 164 AS C-130H " Spirit of Lexington"
07 Sep 2021 [sto] 82-056 [USAF] USAF AMARC C-130H

A-6E 152596 of VMA(AW)-224 at NAF Washington in 1986.History from https://www.crouze.com/baugher/navy_serials/thirdserie...
07/25/2026

A-6E 152596 of VMA(AW)-224 at NAF Washington in 1986.

History from https://www.crouze.com/baugher/navy_serials/thirdseries_19.html
152596 (MSN I-144). 1966: Delivered to the United States Navy. 1966-67: VA-35 as NG-500. 1967: VA-65 as AA-5xx. 1968: VMA(AW)-242 as DT-11. 1969-70: VA-35 as NL-506. Upgraded to A-6E. 1974: VMAT(AW)-202 as KC-14. 1985: VMA(AW)-332 as EA-04. 1985-86: VMA(AW)-242 as DT-09. 1986: VMA(AW)-224 as WK-09. 1986-87: VMA(AW)-332 as EA-09. 1990-91: VMA(AW)-533 as ED-407. In 1991 based at Sheikh Isa Air Base, Bahrain during Operation Desert Storm. 1993: VMA(AW)-224 MCAS Beaufort, SC. To AMARC as 5A0071 Jun 24, 1993. To HVF West, Tucson, AZ Aug 22, 2018. Scrapped

P-3CAIP+ 163294 of VX-30 at Brunswick, ME in 2021. Second to the last USN P-3 built.History from https://www.p3orion.nl/...
07/24/2026

P-3CAIP+ 163294 of VX-30 at Brunswick, ME in 2021. Second to the last USN P-3 built.

History from https://www.p3orion.nl/news.html
163294 (5823)
P-3C-III 18jan90 VP-91 PM-04/PM-294; oct98 VP-92 LY-294; oct00 VP-92 294 first Orion in new glossy gray paint scheme LY-294; jan04 P-3C AIP mod; sep04 VP-47 294; jun05 VP-4; jun06 VP-47 RD-294; oct06 VP-16; jun07 VP-45 294; may09 VP-8 LC-294; oct09 VP-10 LD-294; aug10 VP-5 LA-294; nov11 VP-26 LK-294; dec12 VP-46 294; nov13 VP-4 YD-294; sep15 P-3C AIP+ mod; sep15 VP-62 294; may16 VP-4 294; dec16 VX-30 303; jun21 SOC
Pt.Mugu; mar23 stored at Pt Mugu

C-5A with open nose around 1978.
07/24/2026

C-5A with open nose around 1978.

TA-4J 153671 of VF-43 at NAS Memphis in 1975. Now on dispaly at Grissom AFB Museum.History from https://www.crouze.com/b...
07/24/2026

TA-4J 153671 of VF-43 at NAS Memphis in 1975. Now on dispaly at Grissom AFB Museum.

History from https://www.crouze.com/baugher/navy_serials/thirdseries_19.html
153671 (MSN 13609)1966-67: VMT-103. 1968: VF-126. 1968: VA-125. 1969-70: VA-43. 1970: VA-45. 1971: VA-43 as AD-300. 1/1971: Converted to TA-4J. 1971-73: VA-43 as AD-300. 1973-75: VF-43. 1976-80: VF-43 as AD-304. 1980-83: VMA-124. 1984: VMA-124 as QP-21. 1985-87: VMA-124. 1987-90: VT-7. 1991-98: VT-7 as A-716. 8/2000: Struck off charge at Goshen, IN On display at Grissom AFB Museum in Peru, Indiana, on loan from National Naval Aviation Museum. Plane painted as 153671 at Historical Aviation Memorial Museum at Tyler, TX is actually 154291.

C-212 6502 of 502 Esq Portuguese AF at 50 Battle of Britain Air Show in 1990.History from https://www.airhistory.net/pho...
07/23/2026

C-212 6502 of 502 Esq Portuguese AF at 50 Battle of Britain Air Show in 1990.

History from https://www.airhistory.net/photo/443971/6502
Delivered to the Portuguese Air Force as 6502 in 1974. Reserialled to 16502 in 1994. Stored at Beja by 2005. Sold in 2018 and went to a scrapyard at Tucson, AZ by 2019.

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