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Naval Air Station Pt. Mugu is home to four squadrons of Grumman E-2C Hawkeyes, VP-65 Naval Reserve squadron of Lockheed P-3 Orions, NP-3D phased-array radar equipped Orions of VX-30 Bloodhounds, Lockheed C-130T Hercules of VR-55 Minutemen, and Channel Islands Air National Guard C-130 Hercules. It is also visited by numerous civilian airplanes operating under government contracts.
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Swearingen SA227-AC Metro, N784C.
Omega Air, Incorporated operates Boeing 707-321C Air Refuelling Tanker Aircraft, N707AR. It is equipped with a pair of pump and reel systems mounted under the rear fuselage. Omega Tanker 707-321C was delivered to Pan American Airlines as 707-321B, N892PA on March 4, 1969. Pan Am delivered it to Global International on March 24, 1983 and repossessed it again on September 14, 1983. Falcon Aircraft Conversion acquired it on May 8, 1984 and registered it as N729Q in May 1985. Senter Air bought it in May 1985 and leased it to Skystar International in June 1986. National Express leased it in June 1987 and returned it on September 23, 1987. Jetran acquired it in June 1988 and leased it to Pluna on June 15, 1988. It was withdrawn from use in 1991. JARO registered it a EL-AKS on June 15, 1995. Omega Air acquired it in June 1996 and modified it as a tanker in 1999. In recent days, it had flown operations at R-2508 in the Mojave Desert, W-291 off the Pacific Coast, and the Chocolate Mountain gunnery range in southeastern California.
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Grumman E-2C Hawkeye, BuNo 165820, #602 of VAW-116 Sun Kings.
Grumman E-2C Hawkeye, BuNo 165817, #600 of VAW-116 Sun Kings.
Link to the VAW-116 web site.
Fairchild SA227-AC Metro N26974.
Phoenix Air Group Grumman G-159 Gulfstream, N164PA.
Link to the Phoenix Air Group charter web site.
Lockheed NP-3D Orion, BuNo 150499, #337 of VX-30 Bloodhounds.
Lockheed NP-3D Orion, BuNo 150522, #340 of VX-30 Bloodhounds.
You can buy a 2006 calendar featuring my photographs of Special Purpose Airplanes in Southern California.
Photos of a dozen special purpose airplanes taken in southern California in 2005.
Airplanes pictured include:
Department of Homeland Security Lockheed P-3B Airborne Early Warning Orion, N144CS, March Air Reserve Base, March 23, 2005;
NASA Airbus Super Guppy 201, N941NA, Boron, California, April 14, 2005;
Volga-Dnepr Antonov An-124-100 Ruslan, RA82704, Vandenberg Air Force Base, May 20, 2005;
McDonnell-Douglas DC-10-10, N450AX, 10 Tanker Air Carrier, Victorville, June 17, 2005;
Royal Australian Air Force Boeing 737-7ES Wedgetail, N378BC, Victorville, July 9, 2005;
Lockheed NP-3D Orion, BuNo 150522, VX-30 Bloodhounds, Naval Air Station Pt. Mugu, July 26, 2005;
Omega Tanker Boeing 707-321C, N707AR, Naval Air Station Pt. Mugu, July 27, 2005;
Scaled Composites Model 318 White Knight, N318SL, Mojave Airport, August 2. 2005;
Boeing 747-Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, N905NA, Space Shuttle Discovery, Edwards Air Force Base, August 19, 2005;
Dornier Do-24ATT, RP-C2403, Santa Barbara Airport, October 10, 2005;
McDonnell-Douglas NF-15B Eagle, NASA 837, Edwards Air Force Base, October 21, 2005;
Scaled Composites Model 281 Proteus, N281PR, Mojave Airport, December 10. 2005.
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Channel Islands Air National Guard Lockheed C-130E Hercules, 62-1862 of the 115th Airlift Squadron of the 146th Airlift Wing.
Swearingen SA227-AC Metro, N784C.
Channel Islands Air National Guard Lockheed C-130J-30 Hercules, 02-1463 of the 115th Airlift Squadron of the 146th Airlift Wing has six-bladed propellers and is thirty feet longer than the C-130E.
Cessna 208B Caravan, N208EB.
Phoenix Air Group Grumman G-159 Gulfstream N195PA.
Boeing 707-321C Air Refuelling Tanker Aircraft, N707AR.
Hawker Hunter F Mk 58, N323AX from Hunter Aviation in Wilmington, Delaware. It carries Hawker construction number 41H-679995. It was registered on March 9, 2005.
Hawker Hunter F Mk 58, N322AX from Hunter Aviation in Wilmington, Delaware. It carries Hawker construction number 41H-697454. It was registered on March 4, 2005.
Omega Tanker 707-321C, N707AR was at Naval Air Station Pt. Mugu in June. On Thursday June 16 it made two flights off the coast of southern California. It returned from the first flight shortly before 1:00 PM.
NAS Pt. Mugu displays.
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