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  • 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

  • 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: MiG-25 Display Time Extended! The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 will remain on public display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force into the early fall season.The Soviet MiG-25 (NATO code-name "Foxbat") was a high-speed interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft. The aircraft entered