Thanks to its capabilities, the Fouga Magister was adopted as an aerobatic aircraft of several acrobatic teams, including the Patrouille de France which used it for 24 years (from 1956 to 16/9/1980).
painted as 63-7535/HO, to honor the Nov 5th, 1966 MIG-kill of 1Lt Latham Jr / 1Lt Klause against a MIG-21. The original 63-7535 was lost during a NVA rocket attack on DaNang AB on July 15th, 1967