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  • Overview

    The late 1940s and 1950s saw wide-ranging changed in the enlisted force. With the introduction of the rank of Airman, the newly independent U.S. Air Force created a new rank structure for the enlisted. It incorporated new policies to improve the lives of airmen, such as a 20-year retirement, pay

  • Lt. Gen. Daniel James III

    A Family Tradition of ExcellenceDaniel James III is the first African-American to hold the post of Director of the Air National Guard. He assumed that command in 2002 following a flying career that included more than 300 combat missions in Southeast Asia and 4,000 flying hours. James, who retired in

  • Featured World War I Artifacts

    The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force has thousands of artifacts in its collection. In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of World War I, each week through November 2018, a significant or interesting artifact from the museum's WWI collection will be featured on this page. Featured

  • F-100 Super Sabre in Southeast Asia

    Although several F-100 units deployed to air bases in Thailand between 1961-1964, the Super Sabre did not enter combat in Southeast Asia until the summer of 1964. In June of that year, the 615th Tactical Fighter Squadron, based in Da Nang, South Vietnam, began flying the first of many F-100 strike

  • McDonnell F-101A and C

    T.O. 1F-101A-1 Airplane: The F-101A and F-101C are single place supersonic fighters built by McDonnell Aircraft. The RF-101G and RF-101H are single place, supersonic, long range photo-reconnaissance airplanes modified from F-101A and F-101C airplanes by Lockheed Aircraft Service Company. Their

  • Rockwell International B-1B

    T.O. 1B-1B-1 - DESCRIPTION. The B-1B aircraft, designed and manufactured by Rockwell International, is a long-range supersonic bomber with the capability of high-speed flight at low-level altitude.The aircraft has a blended wing-body concept with variable-sweep wings, a single vertical stabilizer

  • Northrop YB-49

    Two YB-35s were modified by replacing the four Pratt & Whitney R-4360 radial engines driving dual contra-rotating propellers with eight Allison TG-180 (J35) turbojet engines. The Army Air Forces approved the change order in June 1945 for the conversion program. Besides the jet engine installations,

  • Boeing YB-9

    The YB-9 was originally owned, developed and tested by Boeing as the XB-901 (NX10633). The plane was based on the Model 200 commercial transport but was enlarged and adapted to the bomber role. The YB-9 was powered by two Pratt & Whitney R-1860 radial engines which gave it a top speed of 163 mph.

  • Republic Night/Adverse Weather A-10 (YA-10B)

    In March 1979, the first preproduction A-10A (S/N 73-1664) was returned to the Republic factory for conversion to a prototype two-place variant of the A-10. The modifications took about three months and when complete, the aircraft was re-designated Night/Adverse Weather A-10. As the name suggests,

  • Bellanca C-27C

    In 1934, 13 C-27s -- four Y1C-27s and nine C-27As -- were fitted with a Wright Cyclone radial engine and re-designated as C-27Cs. The new engine was rated at 750 hp and was the most powerful engine installed on a C-27 series airframe. In addition to the new engine, the Townend ring cowl used on the