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  • 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

  • CASA 2.111H (Spanish HE-111H)

    Note: This aircraft is currently in storage. The CASA 2.111 was a medium bomber derived from the Heinkel He 111 and produced in Spain by Construcciones Aeronauticas SA. Following the Spanish Civil War, the Spanish Air Force received a number of He 111Bs from Germany. However, there was a need for

  • Douglas C-39

    Note: This aircraft is currently in storage.The C-39 transport, forerunner of the famous C-47, was a composite of Douglas military and civilian aircraft designs. Douglas built 35 C-39As and delivered them to the Air Corps in 1939. These aircraft were called upon to perform many rigorous transport

  • Douglas B-23 Dragon

    Note:  This aircraft was offered for exchange as NMUSAF Solicitation 24-001(Closed).Douglas B-23 Dragon (S/N 39-0037 / C/N 2723) Aircraft Project, owned by the NMUSAF and determined excess to collection needs.  Aircraft has two Wright R-2600 Cyclone 14 engines and is not airworthy or suitable for

  • Boeing B-17F Memphis Belle™

    Boeing B-17F Memphis Belle The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress flew in every combat zone during World War II, but its most significant service was over Europe.  Along with the B-24 Liberator, the B-17 formed the backbone of the USAAF strategic bombing force, and it helped win the war by crippling

  • Boeing B-17D "The Swoose"

    The Boeing B-17D "The Swoose" is currently undergoing restoration. (April 2023)  Click here for the March 2025 Video.This aircraft is the oldest surviving B-17 Flying Fortress and the only D model in existence. Originally named Ole Betsy, this B-17D participated in several bombing missions in the

  • X-15 Pressure Suit

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This suit is an example of an XMC-2 full pressure suit developed for use in the mid-1950s jointly by Wright Field personnel and David Clark Co. for X-15 pilots. It represented a major advance in pressure suit technology serving as prototype for those used

  • Tile Fixture

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This type of tile fixture was used to hold exterior surface tiles to the Space Shuttle.Donated by Mr. William Collins.Click here to return to the Featured Accessions index.