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  • Thomas-Morse S4C Scout Model

    Note: This model is currently on display in the museum's Early Years Gallery.How Airplanes Were Built 100 Years AgoThis model of a Thomas-Morse S4C Scout training plane is a faithful 1:5 scale reproduction of the real aircraft. It shows how airplanes were built in World War I using wood frames and

  • North American F-100D Super Sabre

    Developed as a follow-on to the F-86 Sabre used in the Korean War, the F-100 was the world's first production airplane capable of flying faster than the speed of sound in level flight (760 mph). The prototype -- the YF-100A -- made its first flight on May 25, 1953, at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

  • Boeing X-32A

    The Boeing X-32 was a Concept Demonstrator Aircraft (CDA) built as a multi-purpose jet fighter in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) contest which started in 1996.Boeing built two variants, the X-32A and X-32B, which together performed Conventional Take-Off and Landings (CTOL), Short Take-Off and

  • Bell-Boeing CV-22B Osprey

    The CV-22 Osprey is a tiltrotor aircraft that combines the vertical takeoff, hover and vertical landing qualities of a helicopter with the long range, fuel efficiency and speed characteristics of a turboprop aircraft. Its mission is to conduct long-range infiltration, exfiltration and resupply

  • McDonnell Douglas F-15 Streak Eagle

    This aircraft is on public display in the R&D hangar (May 28,2024)The F-15 is a twin engine, high-performance, all-weather air superiority fighter. First flown in July 1972, the Eagle entered the USAF inventory in November 1974. It was the first U.S. fighter to have engine thrust greater than the

  • Douglas B-23 Dragon

    Note:  This aircraft was offered for exchange as NMUSAF Solicitation 24-001(Closed).Douglas B-23 Dragon (S/N 39-0037 / C/N 2723) Aircraft Project, owned by the NMUSAF and determined excess to collection needs.  Aircraft has two Wright R-2600 Cyclone 14 engines and is not airworthy or suitable for

  • Boeing B-17F Memphis Belle™

    Boeing B-17F Memphis Belle The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress flew in every combat zone during World War II, but its most significant service was over Europe.  Along with the B-24 Liberator, the B-17 formed the backbone of the USAAF strategic bombing force, and it helped win the war by crippling

  • Troop Carrier Groups

    Troop Carrier/Tactical Airlift - front I backIX Troop Carrier Command Pathfinders9th Troop Carrier Squadron13th Troop Carrier Squadron15th Troop Carrier Squadron20th Troop Carrier Squadron32nd Troop Carrier Squadron33rd Troop Carrier Squadron39th Troop Carrier Squadron40th Troop Carrier Squadron40th

  • Pilot, Cadet & OCS Classes

    Flying Cadet Class 40-AFlying Cadet Class 40-GFlying Cadet Class 40-HFlying Cadet Class 41-BFlying Cadet Class 41-CFlying Cadet Class 41-EFlying Cadet Class 41-FPilot Class 42-BPilot Class 42-IAviation Cadet Class 43-CAviation Cadet Pilot Class 43-DAviation Cadet Class 43-EAviation Cadet Advanced

  • Other Memorials

    AC-130A Spectre Gunship Ubon ThailandUnited States Air Force Museum1st Radio Squadron1st Tactical Depot Squadron2nd Schweinfurt Association3rd & 4th Special Operations Squadrons5th Airdrome Squadron7th Combat Cargo Squadron8th Aerial Port Squadron39th Field Hospital47th Aerial Port Squadron51st