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  • Itazuke Tower

     Sign from the control tower at Itazuke Air Base in Japan. Countless Air Force personnel flew combat missions from Itazuke AB during the Korean War. The sign was sent to the museum when the air base was phased out by the USAF in 1971.Note: The sign is displayed in stabilized, unrestored

  • VB-13 Tarzon Bomb

    First developed in 1946, the enormous VB-13 Tarzon offered much greater destructive power than the VB-3 Razon on which it was based. The Tarzon was essentially a British 12,000-pound "Tall Boy" bomb fitted with a forward shroud to provide lift, with flight control surfaces in the tail. The name came

  • VB-3 Razon Bomb

    The VB-3 Razon (for range and azimuth) was a standard 1,000-pound general purpose bomb fitted with flight control surfaces. Development of the Razon began in 1942, but it did not see use during World War II.19th Bomb Group B-29s dropped 489 Razons during the Korean War, the first in August 1950.

  • Nudelman-Suranov NS-23 Cannon

    Bore: 23mm Muzzle velocity: 2,260 feet per second Rate of fire: 550 rounds per minute Bullet weight: 6.2 oz. (175 grams) Gun weight: 81lbs. Click here to return to the Korean War Gallery.

  • Nudelman N-37 Cannon

    Bore: 37mmMuzzle velocity: 2,260 feet per secondRate of fire: 400-450 rounds per minuteBullet weight: 27 oz. or 1.7 lbs. (760 grams)Gun weight: 227 lbs.Click here to return to the Korean War Gallery.

  • Browning M3 Machine Gun

    Bore: .50-cal. (12.7mm)Muzzle velocity: 2,870 feet per secondRate of fire: 1,250 rounds per minuteBullet weight: 1.7 oz. (49 grams)Gun weight: 65 lbs.Click here to return to the Korean War Gallery.

  • 5-inch HVAR

    USAF fighter-bombers used the High Velocity Aircraft Rocket (HVAR) to knock out communist tanks, trains and bunkers. Developed by the U.S. Navy in World War II, the HVAR's warhead carried a deadly load of TNT that sped to the target at 1,360 feet per second.Click here to return to the Korean War

  • Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis

    The Soviet Union developed the MiG-15 following World War II and the fighter entered service in 1949. By 1952 the Soviets provided the MiG-15 (NATO code name "Fagot") to a number of communist satellite nations, including North Korea. In 1950 the Soviets began production of a more capable version,

  • North American L-17A Navion

    American military services used the L-17 from the late 1940s through the early 1960s for liaison, reconnaissance, light cargo carrying and forward air control (FAC) missions. Six even became target drones. Designed for civilian aviation and first flown in 1946, it was introduced commercially as the

  • Sikorsky UH-19B Chickasaw

    The UH-19B is a U.S. Air Force version of the Sikorsky S-55, an aircraft used by all U.S. military services in the 1950s and 1960s. After the first helicopter flew in November 1949, the USAF ordered production 50 H-19As in 1951. The USAF later acquired 270 H-19Bs with increased engine power, and in