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Enlisted Force Exhibit

These twenty-three USAF Airmen en route to the Mayaguez died when their helicopter crashed due to a mechanical malfunction.
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Enlisted Force Exhibit

Staff Sergeant Fisk operates a mini-gun on the back of an HH-53 helicopter. Sergeant Fisk served as a paramedic-gunner during the Son Tay Raid in 1970.
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Enlisted Force Exhibit

FINAL COMBAT: THE MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT AT KOH TANG After South Vietnam fell to communist forces, the US was again involved in combat in Southeast Asia. In May 1975, the Cambodian Khmer Rouge Navy seized the American cargo ship SS Mayaguez and its crew of thirty-nine in international waters. President Gerald Ford acted decisively to rescue the crew. Air Force gunships sank three Cambodian patrol boats to prevent them from taking the Mayaguez’s crew from Koh Tang to the mainland. Soon after, US Marines boarded the Mayaguez and found it abandoned.
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Enlisted Force Boom Operators

A boom operator attaches a drogue to the boom of a KC-135 during the Southeast Asia War. The drogue is the red cone-shaped attachment you see here, used to refuel aircraft that have a probe instead of a receptacle.
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Chief Master Sergeant Wayne Fisk

Technical Sergeant Fisk at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, following the Mayaguez Incident, May, 1975.
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PT-17

The Tuskegee Airmen PT-17 trainer sits in the restoration hangar at the National Museum of the USAF.
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PT-17

(L-R) David Tillotson,III, director of the National Museum of the USAF and Rob Collings, executive director of the Collings Foundation, review historical photos of the PT-17 Stearman. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lisa M. Riley)
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Museum Light Conservation

Sarah Gilcrease, textile conservator in the Collections Division of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, utilizes the blue wool system for monitoring the light damage to artifacts in the museum. Blue wool test strips are installed in the exhibit cases and are then compared with an unexposed blue wool test strip to determine the amount of fading from light damage. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ty Greenlees)
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Kellett XR-8 Helicopter

DAYTON, Ohio - Restoration of the Kellett XR-8 Helicopter began in the Summer of 2023 . Developed as a prototype for the USAAF in 1940s, the Kellett XR-8 tested the idea of stabilizing a helicopter by using dual offset horizontal rotors to eliminate the need to power a tail rotor. Nicknamed “Eggbeater,” the design used two intermeshing wooden propellers above the two person cabin. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ken LaRock)
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Kellett XR-8 Helicopter

DAYTON, Ohio - Interior view of the Kellett XR-8 during restoration at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Developed as a prototype for the USAAF in 1940s, the Kellett XR-8 tested the idea of stabilizing a helicopter by using dual offset horizontal rotors to eliminate the need to power a tail rotor. Nicknamed “Eggbeater,” the design used two intermeshing wooden propellers above the two person cabin. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ken LaRock)
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Kellett XR-8 Helicopter

DAYTON, Ohio - Interior view of the Kellett XR-8 during restoration at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Developed as a prototype for the USAAF in 1940s, the Kellett XR-8 tested the idea of stabilizing a helicopter by using dual offset horizontal rotors to eliminate the need to power a tail rotor. Nicknamed “Eggbeater,” the design used two intermeshing wooden propellers above the two person cabin. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ken LaRock)
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Kellett XR-8 Helicopter

DAYTON, Ohio - Interior view of the Kellett XR-8 during restoration at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Developed as a prototype for the USAAF in 1940s, the Kellett XR-8 tested the idea of stabilizing a helicopter by using dual offset horizontal rotors to eliminate the need to power a tail rotor. Nicknamed “Eggbeater,” the design used two intermeshing wooden propellers above the two person cabin. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ken LaRock)
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Kellett XR-8 Helicopter

DAYTON, Ohio - Interior view of the Kellett XR-8 during restoration at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Developed as a prototype for the USAAF in 1940s, the Kellett XR-8 tested the idea of stabilizing a helicopter by using dual offset horizontal rotors to eliminate the need to power a tail rotor. Nicknamed “Eggbeater,” the design used two intermeshing wooden propellers above the two person cabin. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ken LaRock)
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Kellett XR-8 Helicopter

DAYTON, Ohio - Exterior view of the Kellett XR-8 during restoration at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Developed as a prototype for the USAAF in 1940s, the Kellett XR-8 tested the idea of stabilizing a helicopter by using dual offset horizontal rotors to eliminate the need to power a tail rotor. Nicknamed “Eggbeater,” the design used two intermeshing wooden propellers above the two person cabin. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ken LaRock)
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Kellett XR-8 Helicopter

DAYTON, Ohio - Exterior view of the Kellett XR-8 during restoration at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Developed as a prototype for the USAAF in 1940s, the Kellett XR-8 tested the idea of stabilizing a helicopter by using dual offset horizontal rotors to eliminate the need to power a tail rotor. Nicknamed “Eggbeater,” the design used two intermeshing wooden propellers above the two person cabin. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ken LaRock)
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Kellett XR-8 Helicopter

DAYTON, Ohio - Exterior view of the Kellett XR-8 during restoration at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Developed as a prototype for the USAAF in 1940s, the Kellett XR-8 tested the idea of stabilizing a helicopter by using dual offset horizontal rotors to eliminate the need to power a tail rotor. Nicknamed “Eggbeater,” the design used two intermeshing wooden propellers above the two person cabin. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ken LaRock)
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Grey Berets Forecasting Weather Behind Enemy Lines

USAF Staff Sergeant Bryce Howser, Special Operations Weather Team (SOWT) member, measures the depth and flow rate of a river in Afghanistan. SOWTs use this data to determine whether or not a river is safe to cross on foot.
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Grey Berets Forecasting Weather Behind Enemy Lines

A SOWT checks wind readings using a Kestrel in a sandstorm during a Special Forces mission in Afghanistan.
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Grey Berets Forecasting Weather Behind Enemy Lines

Attached to the 3rd Special Forces Group, USAF SSgt. Jason Beyer sets up and checks a Remote Meteorological Weather System (RMWS) on the dirt landing strip at Khowst, Afghanistan, in 2002. RMWS were set up along mountain ranges and other remote areas to send back weather data to enable accurate target and route forecasts.
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Grey Berets Forecasting Weather Behind Enemy Lines

USAF Staff Sergeant Bryan Carnes stands in front of a Forward Arming and Refueling Point in Orgun-E, Afghanistan. Carnes provided weather support to a small contingent of the 82nd Airborne Division in October 2002.
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