The fin of Top Aces Skyhawk '542' celebrates 70 Years of NATO on this side and the 60th Anniversary of Jagdgeschwader 71 (Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 71) on the port side.
Skyhawk '532' (BuAerNo 159534) is ex Israeli IDF/AF and was registered in the USA as N266WL before transferring to the Canadian register as C-FGZO in February 2015.
'Skyhawk-4' coming back from the morning sortie, acting as high speed target north of the Frisian Islands. Former IDF/AF '321' was registered C-FGZS in February 2017.
'495' (BuAerNo.159823) patiently awaiting her pilot. Later in the morning the aircraft provided target facilities over the western coastline of Schleswig Holstein under callsign 'Skyhawk 8'.
The third prototype of the EH-101/AW-101 Merlin was configured as a civil variant. G-EHIL was allocated British military serial ZH647 in 1993 and continued development flying until April 1999.