eigjb's photos with the keyword: Navy

VR-53 Hercules at its home base, Andrews AFB 17/05/2008

now painted in USN colours - March Field Museum, CA. 18/10/09. Originally delivered in 1945 to the USAAF as 42-72636 it was immediately transferred to the US Navy as 56514. Its believed to have taken part in both the Berlin Airlift and the Korean War. It was retired from military service in 1965 and stored for almost ten years at Davis Monthan. It was registered N67062 in 1975 and later served with Central Air Services as an airtanker (Tanker # 148) until it was wfu in 1994. Acquired by March Field Museum it arrived there on 19th January 2002 on its final flight from Tucson still in tanker colours.

preserved at Hermeskeil 04/04/2006

a stretched Marines Herc parked on a remote taxiway at Baldonnel 03/07/2009. Also visible to the right of the control tower is the tail of US Navy C-9B 159113.

Florennes 12/05/09

landing at a very wet Florennes 12/05/2009

noted aboard NRP Vasco de Gama (F330) at Dublin Port 12/04/08

Shannon 07/01/2006

Fairford 18/07/2005

Fairford 18/07/2005

Volkel, Netherlands 16/06/2007

Fairford 18/07/2005

Shannon 07/01/2006

named "City of St.Augustine", Dublin 06/11/2005

berthed at Ocean Pier, Dublin Port 28/04/2012

on the heli-deck aboard Russian Naval destroyer "Admiral Chabanenko" - visiting Dublin Port, 25/07/2011

Shannon 25/03/2013

Shannon 03/04/2013