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  • Heath Henderson Engine

    Note: This item is currently in storage.The Heath Henderson engine was developed from the air-cooled Henderson motorcycle and used as a power plant for the Heath line of kit-built, and later certified, aircraft.Donated by Mr. Bruce Bissonette.Click here to return to the Featured Accessions index.

  • Q-2 Firebee

    Note: This item is currently in storage.First flying in 1951, this jet-powered Q-2 Firebee aerial target with a high subsonic speed was used in ground-to-air and air-to-air gunnery training. Transferred from the 49th Civil Engineering Squadron.Click here to return to the Featured Accessions index.

  • Lavochkin La-17M Target Drone

    Note: This item is currently in storage.In 1950 the Soviet Air Force began development of a radio-controlled aerial target for training fighter pilots. Production of the Lavochkin La-17 target drone began in 1954. Over the next 40 years, the La-17 incorporated various improvements, including an

  • GAM-67 Crossbow

    Note: This item is currently in storage. The GAM-67 (Guided Air Missile) was a pilotless drone initially designed as a high altitude target. The Crossbow was powered by a Continental J69 gas turbine and could achieve speeds approaching Mach I. The Crossbow was also capable of being ground launched

  • BATCAM

    Note: This item is currently in storage.The BATCAM (Battlefield Air Targeting Camera Autonomous Micro-Air Vehicle) was developed by the Munitions Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory and first flew in 2003. It was designed as a very light battlefield surveillance UAV for the USAF's BAO

  • "The Old Man's Ordeal"

    Note: This item is currently in storage.The donor's father, Thomas Lloyd "Breezy" Boren Jr., a bombardier on a B-17 Flying Fortress named "The Old Man," and his fellow crewman were flying a solo reconnaissance mission over the Solomon Sea and Gasmata, New Britain, in March of 1943 when they were

  • "The Fortress"

    Note: This item is currently in storage.The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was one of the most famous aircraft of World War II. Its capacity to repel enemy attacks and still inflict heavy damage to the German war machine and production centers is imaginatively rendered by C.R. Greening in this colorful

  • Vladimirov KPV ZPU-4

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This ZPU-4 is a Soviet-built anti-aircraft gun. It is composed of four KPV 14.5mm heavy machine guns mounted on a four-wheel carriage. The ZPU-4 was used by the Iraqis in 1991 during Operation Desert Storm. The effective range for the anti-aircraft gun was

  • MK-2 40mm Shell

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This shell was the last round fired from the final AC-130 mission during Operation Desert Storm. It struck a wheeled vehicle in an Iraqi convoy.Donated by Lt. Col. (Ret.) Larry Muench.Click here to return to the Featured Accessions index.

  • M-2 Gun Un-jamming Tool

    Note: This item is currently in storage. This un-jamming tool was used by the donor's father, a B-17 tail gunner in Europe during World War II. The tool was handmade and used because the cold and gloves hampered dexterity. According to the donor, tools like this were common among aerial gunners