On 04AUG2024, the U.S. Air Force (USAF), and the Arkansas Air National Guard, used Highway 63, near Bono, as a runway for transport and special operations aircraft. It was part of the greater Emerald Warrior 24 Field Training eXercise (FTX) II (2).
Arkansas Air National Guard photo by Airman First Class Samuel Zang, 04AUG2024.
For the first time, Arkansas Air National Guard’s 189th Airlift Wing used Highway 63 as a runway for it’s C-130H Hercules aircraft. Officially it is to “expand the Arkansas Air National Guard’s capabilities that can be used in humanitarian and disaster relief.”
On Hurlburt Field, Florida, Special Operations Airmen board a C-146A, bound for HWY 63. USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Joseph Pick, 02AUG2024.
The USAF’s 492d Special Operations Wing (SOW) sent their C-146A Wolfhound (Do-328).
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ty Pilgrim, 04AUG2024.
An MC-130J crewmember preps to fuel an AC-130J. USAF photo by Senior Airman Ty Pilgrim, 04AUG2024.
The 492nd SOW also sent their MC-130J Commando-2 to act as a FARP (Forward Arming Refueling Point) to resupply a 1st SOW AC-130J Ghostrider Gunship.
An AC-130J rolls in for fuel and ammo. USAF photo by Airman First Class Saisha Cornett, 04AUG2024.
French Alpha Jet at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, 13NOV2019. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Mikayla Whiteley.
USAF photo by Airman First Class Mikayla Whiteley, 13NOV2019.
French Air Force Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet from Tours – Saint-Symphorien Air Base arrives at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, 29AUG2018. USAF photo by Airman First Class John A. Crawford.
USAF photo by Airman First Class John A. Crawford, 29AUG2018.
In January 2018, Portugal’s last Alpha-Jet took off on its final flight.
Air Affairs Australia and Discovery Air Defence Services, contracted Alpha-Jets, March 2017.
Canada’s TopAces offers contracted military training Alpha-Jets.
Top Aces’ Alpha Jet, Cold Lake, Alberta, 14JUN2018. Canadian Forces photo by Corporal Bryan Carter.
A Top Aces’ Alpha Jet, Cold Lake, Alberta,18JUN2018. Canadian Forces photo by Ordinary Seaman Erica Seymour.
A Top Aces Dornier Alpha Jet over Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, 07FEB2018. Canadian Forces photo by Corporal Manuela Berger.
A Top Aces Alpha Jet on Holloman AFB, New Mexico, 09FEB2018. Canadian Forces photo by Corporal Manuela Berger.
Royal Thai Alpha Jet, Korat Air Base, March 2016. USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Aaron Oelrich.
Royal Thai Alpha Jet, U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Mandaline Hatch, 16FEB2015.
Edited video, from videos by Airman Greg Cerny and Staff Sergeant Laura Beckley, Royal Canadian/TopAces Alpha Jets at Happy Valley-Goose Bay, October 2015:
A contracted Canadian Forces Alpha Jet flies over the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, in Michigan, 11AUG2014. Michigan Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant David Kujawa.
A Michigan C-130 Hercules escorted by Royal Canadian/TopAces Alpha Jets over Rogers City, Michigan, August 2014. Michigan Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Scott Thompson.
Belgian Alpha Jet refuels in Germany, 11FEB2014. NATO photo by Andre Joosten.
Egypt operated (operates?) Alpha-Jets known as versions MS1 and MS2.
Some of Morocco’s Alpha-Jets have been upgraded for atmospheric/cloud seeding work.
In 2007, a single privately owned (H211) Alpha-Jet began atmospheric testing operations under the code name AJAX. It’s based at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California, and was recently featured on the Discovery Channel:
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