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  • Chuck Yeager Flying Suit

    Note: This item is currently in storage. This T-1 flying suit was worn by Brig. Gen. Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager during his X-1 flight tests in 1947. General Yeager gained fame as the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound. This historic flight in the Bell X-1 aircraft took place Oct. 14,

  • AN/PAR-6 L.A.D. Helmet

    Note: This item is currently in storage. The purpose of the Laser Acquisition Device (L.A.D.) is to give the pilot the location of a ground target that is being illuminated by a laser designator. This is done by detecting the laser energy return for the illuminated direction of the target. By

  • Aircrew Combat Shirt and Trousers

    Note: This item is currently in storage.The U.S. Army distributed these two-piece flight suits to Special Operations Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Many aircrews preferred them because they did not bind while moving about the cabin.Donated by. Tech. Sgt. Grady L. Galvin.Click here to return to the

  • Air America Gray Service Cap

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This cap was worn by the donor's father, Carmen Sylvester, who was an Air America pilot in Vietnam and Laos from 1966-1969. Air America was a secretly owned/operated CIA passenger and cargo airline. The uniform cap represents the type primarily worn in Laos by

  • 45/P Cold Weather Flying Jacket

    Note: This item is currently in storage. The donor, who served from August 2001 until August 2005, was the first female aerial gunner in the U.S. Air Force. She was stationed with the 66th Rescue Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., and also trained at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., with the

  • 21st SOS Flying Scarf

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This scarf is a traditional item worn to distinguish MH-53 units.Donated by Master Sgt. Robert E. Dinsmore.Click here to return to the Featured Accessions index.  Find Out More

  • Beech C-45H Expeditor

    Note: This aircraft has been placed on loan to the Museum of Aviation at Robins AFB Georgia(Sept.2021).The C-45 was the World War II military version of the popular Beechcraft Model 18 commercial light transport. Beech built a total of 4,526 of these aircraft for the Army Air Forces between 1939 and

  • 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