Thunderbird Aircraft

Today

Many, many of the aircraft flown in the 118th Thunderbirds over the nearly 9 years the unit served in Vietnam were returned to the United States for further service. Following maintenance and oft times major repairs, they were placed in service again with the U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard forces. After this further service, some ended up in museums, parks and even sold to foreign governments. Below is a tabulation of all those aircraft as provided by a British Vietnam War enthusiast, Sid Siko, who searched the Internet. Also, a former Thunderbird Crew Chief, Harvey Morton provided the matching serial numbers with the Thunderbird tail numbers as he had recorded them in April 1969.

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SERIAL

FATE

DATE

UNIT

AFTER US MILITARY SERVICE

LAST NOTED

In 4-1969
62-02046 Written Off 9/2/1965 118 AHC

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63-08592 Written Off 5/28/1965 118 AHC

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63-08594 Written Off 5/28/1965 118 AHC

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 63-08739      118 AHC  The VFW Post 4252 in Hernando, FL    
63-08825

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 Preserved Fort Dodge, Iowa l/n 6/96

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63-08826 Written Off 10/9/1969 118 AHC (Blue 10 in 4-69)

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 Blue 10
63-08857

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 To Civil N3180K, N857SD

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63-12979

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 Army NG l/n 1/76

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64-13611

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 Preserved Arroyo, PR as "017598" l/n 10/07

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64-13670

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 Preserved Angel Fire, NM (Photo Today)

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64-13698 Written Off 11/8/1967 118 AHC

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64-13699

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 To Civil N83NW, crashed 24 July 1998

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64-13700 Written Off 9/1/1967 118 AHC

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64-13702 Written Off 8/12/1967 118 AHC

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64-13704 Written Off 3/5/1967 118 AHC

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64-13705 Written Off 8/26/1969 128 AHC

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64-13708 Written Off 3/9/1967 118 AHC

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64-13709

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 Preserved at the Louisiana Maneuvers and Military Museum at Camp Beauregard located in Pineville, LA. l/n 4/04

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64-13714 Written Off 11/10/1969 114 AHC

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64-13722 Written Off 9/3/1967 118 AHC - - -
64-13725 Written Off 5/11/1967 605 TC CO - - -
64-13726 Written Off 1/17/1967 118 AHC - - -
64-13727 Written Off 7/23/1967 118 AHC - - -
64-13732 - - - Army NG (Red-5 in 4-69) l/n 1/76 Red 5
64-13813 - - - To Civil N614NH Nov 7, 2005 (Blue 5 in 4-69) - Blue 5
64-13877 - - - Sold to Colombia, 1997 - -
64-13878 Written Off 6/14/1969 118 AHC - - -
64-13880 - - - To Civil N56CF, crashed 25/3/2001 - -
64-13895 - - - Preserved Tucson-Pima, AZ - -
64-13896 - - - In use combat arms firing range, Davis Monthan AFB l/n 6/98 -
64-14154 - - - Came from 92 AHC to 118th AHC to 162 AHC (Yellow 4 in 4-69) - Bandit 4
65-09450 - - - Army NG (Bandit Yellow-6 in 4-69) l/n 1/76 Bandit 6
65-09489 Written Off 3/19/1971 48 AHC B/2/20 1st Cav to Thailand to 79th Trans to 68 AHC to 118 AHC - -
65-09506 - - - China Lake (See photo in 118th web site "A/C History and Incidents" page) (Photo today) - -
65-09507 - - - First in 118 AHC to 173 AHC to 174 AHC to NASA l/n 1/76 -
65-09509 Written Off 9/15/1966 118 AHC - - -
65-09510 - - - 118 AHC to 71 AHC to 117 AHC l/n 1/76 -
65-09511 Written Off 9/5/1968 117 AHC - - -
65-09512 Written Off 3/30/1970 155 AHC - - -
65-09547 - - - D/227/1Cav to 118 AHC l/n 1/76 -
65-09548 - - - Preserved Firebaugh, CA - -
65-09549 - - - - l/n 6/69 -
65-09551 Written Off 8/12/1968 118 AHC - - -
65-09564 Written Off 7/27/1968 118 AHC - - -
65-09671 - - - Fort Benning l/n10/90 -
65-09707 Written Off 2/8/1968 118 AHC - - -
65-09736 - - - US Proving grounds, Yuma (Red 5 1968) l/n 5/93 -
65-09815 - - - Sold Civil use - -
65-09906 - - - Suffolk CAP, NY? l/n 9/98 -
65-09908 - - - Sold to Colombia - -

65-09909 - - - Army NG l/n 1/76 -
65-09914 Written Off 2/4/1967 118 AHC - - -
65-09918 Written Off 1/23/1967 118 AHC - - -
65-09926 - - - To Civil N890AS- - -
65-09942 Written Off 3/19/1967 118 AHC - - -
65-09943 - - - UNC Helicopters l/n 10/92 -
65-09952 - - - To Civil N127PT - -
65-09957 Written Off 4/22/1967 118 AHC - - -
65-09961 - - - (Photo Recently) To Civil N503TW(Photo Today) - -
65-09965 - - - MN NG l/n 6/96 -
65-09971 - - - Stored Fort Rucker l/n 1/02 -
65-09974 - - - Preserved Fort Rucker, crash scene - -
65-09999 - - - Stored Buckley ANGB (Red 7 in 4-69) l/n 4/98 Red 7
65-10064 - - - - - -
65-10065 - - - Sold to Colombia, 1997 - -
65-10086 - - - Army NG l/n 1/76 -
65-10119 Written Off 3/16/1969 118 AHC (Blue 1 in 4-69) - Blue 1
65-10126 - - - Preserved Smithsonian at Chantilly UDVA (Photo Today - -
65-12863 Written Off 11/24/1969 118 AHC (Red 8 in 4-69) - Red 8
65-12866 - - - Army NG l/n 1/76 -
65-12868 - - - VVA Chapter 620, Miami, FL - -
66-00530 Written Off 10/9/1969 118 AHC - - -
66-00558 - - - Army NG l/n 1/76 -
66-00562 Written Off 3/5/1968 118 AHC - - -
66-00627 - - - Army NG l/n 1/76 -
66-00643 - - - Preserved McEntire ANGS, SC - -
66-00644 - - - Sold to El Salvador as "320", preserved museum (Yellow 8) - Bandit 8
66-00655 - - - - l/n 1/76 -
66-00687 - - - Army NG (Bandit Yellow-2 in 4-69)currently on display at the American Freedom Musuem located at Bullard, TX just outside Tyler, TX l/n 1/76 Bandit 2
66-00696 Written Off 5/9/1971 173 AVN - - -
66-00720 Written Off 5/31/1969 135 AHC - - -
66-00731 - - - Stored Lansing, MI l/n 10/96 -
66-00760 - - - Stored Phoenix Regional, AZ (Red 4 in 4-69) l/n 10/09 Red 4
66-00771 Written Off 11/21/1969 118 AHC - - -
66-00813 - - - - l/n 11/70 -
66-00814 - - - Sold to Greek Army as "ES-815" - -
66-00821 - - - VA ARNG (Blue 7 in 4-69) l/n 10/97 Blue 7
66-00828 - - - To Civil N792CF - -
66-00831 - - - Stored Otis ANGB l/n 9/98 -
66-00838 - - - (Blue 9 in 4-69) l/n 1/76 Blue 9
66-00841 - - - Stored Fort Carson, CO l/n 6/99 -
66-00886 - - - Sold to South Korea as "00886" - -
66-00896 - - - Sold to Colombia, 1997 (Blue 4 in 4-69) - Blue 4
66-00912 - - - Sold to Argentine Army as "AE-437", 1997 - -
66-00973 - - - Sold to Colombian Police as "PNC-0707" - -
66-00975 Written Off 11/4/1967 118 AHC - - -
66-01004 Written Off 10/5/1968 118 AHC Red 8 in 67-68 - -
66-01010 - - - Sold to Colombia - -
66-01032 Written Off 1/17/1968 118 AHC - - -
66-01034 Written Off 7/22/1968 118 AHC - - -

66-01036 - - - NASA l/n 1/76 -
66-01037 Written Off 5/19/1967 118 AHC - - -
66-01163 - - - NASA l/n 12/75 -
66-01171 - - - TX ARNG (Blue 3 in 4-69) l/n 8/93 Blue 3
66-01180 - - - - l/n 1/76 -
66-01194 - - - Stored Ozark, AL l/n 3/98 -
66-15015 Written Off 11/27/1968 118 AHC - - -
66-15029 Written Off 4/20/1969 118 AHC (Bandit Yellow 3 in 4-69) - Bandit 3
66-15054 - - - - l/n 1/76 -
66-15066 - - - - l/n 1/76 -
66-15132 - - - - l/n 1/76 -
66-15183 - - - Preserved Amarillo, TX, museum now closed - Bandit 1
66-15193 - - - "Miss Mini" at Ft. Indiantown Gap, PA (Yellow 5 in 4-69) (Photo Today) l/n 5/00 Bandit 5
66-16045 - - - To Civil N4207R - -
66-16072 - - - Sold to Colombia - -
66-16086 - - - Preserved Birmingham, ANG l/n 1/09 -
66-16131 - - - - l/n 9/95 -
66-16146 - - - - l/n 10/96 -
66-16191 - - - Sold to El Salvador as "208" - -
66-16194 - - - Sold to El Salvador as "209", cockpit preserved in museum (Red 10 in 4-69) - Red 10
66-16236 - - - Preserved VFW3006, Salisbury, NC (Photo Today) l/n 4/98 -
66-16521 - - - - l/n 1/76 -
66-16523 - - - Army NG l/n 2/71 -
66-16739 - - - To VNAF - -
66-16821 - - - Sold to Colombia as "PNC-136" - -
66-16870 - - - Sold to Bolivia as "FAB705" (Red 11 in 4-69) - Red 11
66-16883 - - - NG (Blue 11 in 4-69) l/n 1/76 Blue 11
66-17082 Written Off 12/22/1968 13 CAB - - -
66-17090 - - - Kelly Field East, TX (Red 6 in 4-69) l/n 10/06 Red 6
67-17444 - - - To VNAF - -
67-17505 - - - - l/n 1/76 -
67-17728 - - - VT ARNG l/n 10/97 -
67-17739 Written Off 12/22/1969 118 AHC - - -
67-17761 - - - To VNAF - -
67-17802 - - - Stored Fort Belvoir (Red-2 in 4-69) l/n 9/98 Red 2
67-17808 - - - (Birdwatcher in 4-69) l/n 3/93 Birdwatch
67-17814 - - - Sold to El Salvador as "249", preserved museum (Blue 2 in 4-69) - Blue 2
68-15369 - - - Preserved Belle Plain, MN (Photo Today) - -
68-15378 - - - - l/n 1/76 -
68-15433 - - - Sold to Jordan - -
68-15470 - - - - l/n 4/95 -
68-15490 Written Off 2/23/1971 118 AHC - - -
68-15543 - - - VFW Post 139, Milford, PA (Photo Today) l/n 6/00 -
68-15672 Written Off 1/14/1971 118 AHC - - -
68-16195 - - - UNC Helicopters l/n 3/95 -
68-16197 - - - To Civil N10432 (Photo Today) - -
68-16257 Written Off 4/19/1971 240 AHC - - -
68-16377 Written Off 5/30/1971 - - - -
68-16386 Written Off 5/4/1971 142 TC CO - - -
68-16400 - - - To VNAF - -
68-16519 - - - Dept of State Air Wing - -
69-15020 - - - To VNAF and written off 4/9/71 - -
69-15022 - - - Stored Navarre, FL (Photo Today) l/n 10/03 -
69-15087 Written Off 4/4/1971 57 AHC - - -
69-15088 Written Off 3/18/1971 173 AVN - - -
69-15213 - - - - l/n 12/85 -
69-15410 - - - To VNAF - -
69-15469 - - - Stored Orlando Sanford l/n 4/05 -