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  • Beechcraft T-6A Texan II

    Note: This aircraft is currently in storage.The two-seat, single-engine T-6A Texan II was designed to serve as the primary instruction aircraft for both the U.S. Air Force and Navy's pilot training programs. The T-6A was selected as the standardized aircraft for the Joint Primary Aircraft Training

  • Convair XP-81

    Note: This aircraft is currently in storage.The Convair twin-engine XP-81, tested in 1944-1945, was powered by a conventional turbojet engine and also a turboprop engine in which most of the power was used to turn a propeller rather than being expended as jet thrust. Originally, turboprops offered

  • Douglas O-46A

    Note: This aircraft is currently in storage. The O-46A was designed to operate from established airfields behind fairly static battle lines as in World War I; however, in 1939 a report was issued on the O-46A that stated it was too slow and heavy to outrun and outmaneuver enemy pursuit planes, too

  • Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25

    Note: This aircraft is currently in the restoration hangar. The Soviet MiG-25 (NATO code-name "Foxbat") was a high-speed interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft. The aircraft entered service in 1970 and has a top speed of Mach 2.83, powerful radar, and could carry up to four air-to-air missiles. The

  • Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MLD

    Note: This aircraft is currently in storage.The MiG-23/27 Flogger series of aircraft was used extensively by the former Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies. The MiG-23 series served as fighter-interceptors, with a secondary capability of ground attack. The MiG-23 was designed in 1964-1966 as a

  • Junkers Ju 52

    Note: This aircraft is currently in storage.The Ju 52 trimotor, like the USAF C-47, was first built in the 1930s and remained in service for more than a quarter century. This transport made its maiden flight in April 1931, and three years later, a heavy bomber version appeared. The latter aircraft

  • Lockheed XF-90

    The XF-90 was developed to meet a USAF requirement for a long-range penetration fighter. Two prototype aircraft were built. The first was powered by two Westinghouse J34 turbojets without afterburners, but these proved inadequate. The second aircraft was adapted for afterburning J34s and had better,

  • 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

  • McDonnell Douglas YF-4E Phantom II

    Note: This aircraft is currently in storage.The museum's airframe served as a prototype for the RF-4C reconnaissance version and later the F-4E fighter-bomber variant. It also was the test bed for such advanced ideas as F-4 leading edge slats and the "Fly-By-Wire" concept (electrical rather than

  • Dassault Mystere IVA

    Note: This aircraft is currently in storage. The first Mystere IV prototype flew on Sept. 28, 1952, and the aircraft entered service in April 1953. The first 50 production aircraft were powered by British Rolls Royce Tay turbojets, and the remainder used the French-built Hispano-Suiza Verdon 350