I scanned some of my slides yesterday, and now I can finally put in a small contribution to this wonderful topic of this dream airbase from the past:
19-10-1987, runway 09 in use, we heard jets landing from the West and they did NOT sound like F-15's...we heard the 'thump' of drag chutes, and to our surprise three RF-4C's of Zweibrücken's 38th TRS landed, one by one, on Soesterberg's characteristic black tar runway! Bathed in sunlight these guys came taxiing in: canopies opened, one arm hanging out the window, a big phat Phantom under their arses, two singing J-79's behind their backs....it doesn't get any cooler than that...!!! And I loved the lizard scheme when in full sun: the ultimate combat colors! What a great first day of our NS Tienertoer... I was 15 at the time.
68-0555/ZR RF-4C 38th TRS, 26th TRW
68-0554/ZR RF-4C 38th TRS, 26th TRW
I can't remember exactly, but judging by the maximum armament pack, this must have been an alpha- or practise scramble in progress; the Queen's Own took their air defence responsibility VERY seriously!! And I believe they were the only USAF unit that was integrated into the command structure of a foreign air force
Wolfhounds forever!!
79-0020/CR F-15C 32nd TFS
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Stephan