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  • Selection of Lyrics from the Ye A.E.F Hymnal

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This short booklet, "Ye A.E.F Hymnal: A Collection of the Doughboy Lyrics that Smoothed the Road from Hoboken to the Rhine," contains 17 humorous songs collected from the Front. It was published in Nancy, France, in 1918-1919 by Berger-Levrault and originally

  • 50th Aero Squadron M1917 Infantry Helmet

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This helmet was worn by Lt. Milton K. Lockwood of the 50th Aero Squadron, who piloted DH-4 aircraft and survived three crash landings.The 50th Aero Squadron was organized on Aug. 6, 1917 at Kelly Field No. 1, Texas, with 149 men. The squadron received training

  • Photographs of the 8th Balloon Company

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This collection of photos follows the 8th Balloon Company from training at Fort Omaha, Neb., to the Front. The 8th Balloon Company was one of 17 balloon companies to see combat in World War I.The company departed Fort Omaha for overseas duty on Jan. 17, 1918.

  • Boeing Inertial Upper Stage Space Payload Booster

    The IUS and the Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite are stacked together in the 4th BLDG Space Gallery.The Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) is an unpiloted upper-stage booster rocket used from 1982-2004. After launch on an unmanned rocket or inside a space shuttle, the IUS boosted its payload into a

  • The U.S. Air Force in Space

    Since the beginning of the space age after World War II, the U.S. Air Force has provided technical expertise and leadership in developing and using space technology to preserve national security.The USAF has been a leader in missiles, astronautics and orbital technology. It has developed, launched

  • Project Man High Gondola

    Project Man High was a series of three U.S. Air Force balloon flights to the edge of space in 1957-1958. The flights reached the stratosphere at around 100,000 feet to study the effects of high altitudes on humans. This gondola helped researchers gather important aeromedical data, and its flights

  • Reaction Motors XLR99 Rocket

    The XLR99 powered the record-breaking X-15 on its fastest flights at nearly seven times the speed of sound. It was the first large, throttleable, restartable liquid propellant rocket engine to be used in a piloted vehicle. The engine was used only in the X-15 program, which rocketed humans to the

  • Reaction Motors XLR11 Rocket

    The XLR11 was the first liquid-fuel rocket engine developed in the United States for use on airplanes, and it had a long career powering important research aircraft. An XLR11 engine powered the first airplane to break the speed of sound, the Bell X-1, in 1947, and also powered other X-1 models.

  • Aerojet-General LR87 Liquid Rocket

    The LR87 is a liquid-fueled rocket engine first used on Titan Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs). LR87 variants also powered the first stages of Titan space boosters in the Gemini manned spaceflight program and various Titan space launch vehicles. Though this powerful engine is in reality

  • Rocketdyne LR79

    The LR79 rocket engine was a reliable workhorse for U.S. Air Force space and missile launches between 1958 and 1980. Variants of this liquid-fueled engine powered Jupiter and Thor Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles (IRBMs), Juno II satellite boosters, and Saturn I and IB rockets used in the