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  • Andros F6A Robot

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This robot, controlled by an Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team, was destroyed by an improvised explosive device during Operation Iraqi Freedom.Transferred from the 447th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight, Sather Air Force Base.Click here to

  • 1965 Thompson Trophy

    Note: This item is currently in storage.The Thompson Trophy, symbolic of speed supremacy in the air, is one of aviation's most coveted awards. It was first presented in 1929 following the Thompson Trophy Race at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, and was sponsored by Thompson Products, Inc.,

  • WWI Army Wagoner Skill Patch

    Note: This item is currently in storage.According to the donor, this item comes from Lt. Gareth Williams. It was worn on the lower forearm sleeve indicating "Wagoner." This badge appears to be from the 1917-1918 period.Donated by Ms. Doris J. Williams.Click here to return to the Featured Accessions

  • Wright Brothers Congressional Gold Medal (Replica)

    Note: This item is currently storage. This is a replica of the original Congressional Gold Medal rewarded to Orville and Wilbur Wright during their Dayton homecoming celebration in 1909. The original medals are in the Wright State University collection.Transferred from Travis Air Force Base Heritage

  • The Ninety-Nines Inc. Pin

     Note: This item is currently in storage.This pin belonged to Lt. Col. Jeanette C. Kapus, who was part of WASP Class 44-W-4, graduating in May 1944. She flew B-13s, PT-17s, PT-19s and B-17s during her career and retired from the U.S. Air Force as a lieutenant colonel in 1972. Kapus was a member of

  • Randall Model 14 Knife with Sheath

    Note: This item is currently in storage.The donor served in the Air Force from 1967-1996 and later served as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs from 2007-2009. During his career, he flew the O-1, AT-28, T-37, T-33 and A-10 and was a forward air controller (FAC)

  • Manchurian Flag

    Note: This item is currently in storage.According to the donor, the flag was given to him by a Russian soldier when he was liberated from a Manchurian prison camp in 1945.Donated by Maj. (Ret.) Charles Beck.Click here to return to the Featured Accessions index.

  • Lafayette Escadrille Banner

    Note: This item is currently in storage.During World War I, many Americans citizens volunteered with the Lafayette Flying Corps to serve as volunteer pilots and observers in French combat squadrons. In April 1916, the most famous American squadron, N124 "Escadrille Americaine," was established. Once

  • Cavalry Officer Collar Insignia

    Note: This item is currently in storage. The donor's father, a colonel in the Army Air Corps in World War II, participated in the Bataan Death March from Bataan to San Fernando and was prisoner of war in Sheng-Chi-Tun Prison Camp for three and half years.Donated by Mr. H.H.C. Richards.Click here to

  • Aid to Britain Medal

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This medal was presented to Lt. Col. William C. Lambert. Although he was America's second leading ace during World War I, he received little notice because he did not serve with a U.S. flying unit. Lt. Col. Lambert scored 22 victories between April and August