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  • McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II

    First flown in May 1958, the Phantom II originally was developed for U.S. Navy fleet defense. The U.S. Air Force's first version, the F-4C, made its first flight in May 1963, and production deliveries began six months later. Phantom II production ended in 1979 after over 5,000 had been built -- more

  • McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II

    First flown in May 1958, the Phantom II originally was developed for U.S. Navy fleet defense. The U.S. Air Force's first version, the F-4C, made its first flight in May 1963, and production deliveries began six months later. Phantom II production ended in 1979 after over 5,000 had been built -- more

  • Mareeba Butchers

    This B-40 flight jacket was painted in 1945 by a squadron artist for the donor, a B-24 pilot with the 403rd Bomb Squadron, 43rd Bomb Group. The squadron had been based at Mareeba, Australia, in early 1943 and the nickname was given to the unit by radio propagandist "Tokyo Rose," who claimed that

  • Major Nazi Concentration Camps

    Arbeitsdorf, GermanyAuschwitz/Birkenau, PolandBelzec, PolandBergen-Belsen, GermanyBuchenwald, GermanyChelmno, PolandDachau, GermanyDora-Mittelbau, GermanyFlossenbuerg, GermanyGross-Rosen, PolandKaiserwald (Riga), LatviaKlooga, EstoniaMajdanek, PolandMauthausen, AustriaNatzweiler-Struthof,

  • Medal of Honor Awards in the Air Force

    Note: This exhibit is currently off public display.The Medal of Honor is the highest award for heroism in military action which this nation can bestow on a member of its Armed Forces. The first Medal of Honor won by an airman was awarded to Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker for aerial combat in 1918.The

  • Master Fighter Tactician: Frederick "Boots" Blesse

    Frederick C. Blesse was one of the greatest aces of the Korean War era. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1945, flew two combat tours during the Korean War, completing 67 missions in F-51s, 35 missions in F-80s and 121 missions in F-86s. During his second tour in F-86s, he was

  • MiG-15 Pilot

    Unlike their Sabre counterparts, MiG-15 pilots did not wear hard helmets or g-suits. In fact, their flight clothing and gear was essentially the same as that worn by Soviet pilots years before during World War II.ASP-3N GunsightThis ASP-3N gunsight was removed from the museum's MiG-15bis. Like the

  • MiG Alley: Sabre vs. MiG

     "The MiG-15 was good, but hardly the superfighter that should strike terror in the heart of the West ... There was no question that the F-86 was the better fighter."- No Kum-Sok, North Korean fighter pilot who escaped to South Korea in 1953 after flying nearly 100 combat missions in the

  • Mosquito Radios

    Compared to modern communications gear, radio equipment in the early 1950s was complicated, bulky, and temperamental. In most cases, a "radio" was a set of several boxes, each performing a different function. Moreover, they relied on fragile glass vacuum tubes that could easily break. These radios

  • Mosquitoes in Korea

    During the Korean War, the personnel of the 6147th Tactical Air Control Group, known as the "Mosquitoes," created a large-scale, effective forward air control (FAC) system that included both airborne and ground-based FACs.The primary FAC missions were to direct strike aircraft against enemy targets