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  • 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

  • Curtiss-Wright X-19

    Note: This aircraft is currently in storage.The Curtiss-Wright X-19 was originally designed as a verticle takeoff and landing (VTOL) passenger transport. Two prototypes were built, but only one ever flew before the program was cancelled. One X-19 was destroyed in a crash; the other (S/N 62-12198A)

  • 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

  • Sukhoi SU-22M4

    Note: This aircraft is currently in storage. This powerful Russian-designed ground attack aircraft was a versatile weapon in the Soviet Union's air forces for many years, and it was one of the Soviets' first variable geometry or "swing-wing" attack aircraft. Variable geometry wings allow aircraft to

  • Fairchild Republic T-46A

    Note: This aircraft is currently in storage. The T-46 was a light jet trainer aircraft of the 1980s. It was the winner of the U.S. Air Force's competition to build a trainer to replace the Cessna T-37 and featured a side by side configuration, a twin tail, ejection seats, pressurization and two