Previously embargoed and stored at AMARC the ex Pakistani F-16's have found new homes around the USA with this example (ex PAF 93739) now in use with the 412TW at Edwards AFB.
The first extraction parachute has just stabilised prior to the load emerging from the hold during the C-17 air drop demonstration at the 2006 Edwards AFB Open House.
Previously registered G-ASGP as a Super VC-10 with BOAC and latterly British Airways, '242 still continues to provide sterling service to the RAF although her days are slowly becoming numbered.
Sharing the cold and misty ramp with a USAF C-37 and the Turkish Government A319, this VC37 was one of many jets bringing VIPs to Zurich for the 2006 WEF held at Davos.
A bitterly cold morning at Zurich-Kloten and this JASDF 747 has just been towed to its remote parking spot following its arrival with the Japanese delegation for the WEF 2006 being held at Davos.