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The Museum will be closed Sunday, May 25
In addition, the Fourth Hangar will be closed Saturday, May 24

Access to the Presidential Gallery will be limited from May 15 to June 5
 

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  • Nose Gunners and Bears

    To survive and complete their missions, pilots (nicknamed "nose gunners") and EWOs (nicknamed "bears") had to work together as one. So, a special relationship existed between individual Wild Weasel crews. Paired up early in their training, they usually deployed and flew combat tours together.The

  • North Vietnam: Rolling Thunder

    GOING NORTHAlthough the U.S. Air Force began sending advisory personnel to South Vietnam in 1961, and carried out combat missions in South Vietnam shortly thereafter, US forces did not initially strike North Vietnam. The North Vietnamese Navy attack in the Tonkin Gulf in August 1964, however, led to

  • Navigating Ranch Hand

    Flawless navigation was critical to mission success. If the wrong spot was sprayed, friendly areas would be damaged and crops destroyed. The items displayed in this case belonged to Capt. Harry Nehrig, a Ranch Hand navigator during 1968-1969. Click here to return to Down in the Weeds: Ranch Hand.

  • North American Rockwell OV-10A Bronco

    The OV-10A was a twin-turboprop short takeoff and landing aircraft conceived by the U.S. Marine Corps and developed under a U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps tri-service program. The first production OV-10A was ordered in 1966, and its initial flight took place in August 1967.The Bronco's

  • North American T-28B Trojan

    North American designed the T-28 to replace the World War II era T-6 trainer. First flown in September 1949, the Trojan entered production in 1950. An 800-hp engine powered the USAF version (T-28A) while the later U.S. Navy versions (T-28B and C) were powered by a 1,425-hp engine. When production

  • North American F-100F Super Sabre

    After the single-seat, supersonic F-100 fighter entered service in 1954, it developed a high accident rate, in part due to pilot inexperience with the Super Sabre. In response North American built a two-seat training version -- the F-100F -- to train new Super Sabre pilots.The F-100F retained the

  • Northrop YF-5A Freedom Fighter

    The F-5 was a supersonic fighter that combined low cost, ease of maintenance and great versatility. The U.S. Air Force procured more than 2,000 of these aircraft for use by allied nations. The F-5, which closely resembled the USAF Northrop T-38 trainer, was suitable for various types of

  • Nudelman-Suranov NS-23 Cannon

    Bore: 23mm Muzzle velocity: 2,260 feet per second Rate of fire: 550 rounds per minute Bullet weight: 6.2 oz. (175 grams) Gun weight: 81lbs. Click here to return to the Korean War Gallery.

  • Nudelman N-37 Cannon

    Bore: 37mmMuzzle velocity: 2,260 feet per secondRate of fire: 400-450 rounds per minuteBullet weight: 27 oz. or 1.7 lbs. (760 grams)Gun weight: 227 lbs.Click here to return to the Korean War Gallery.

  • North American L-17A Navion

    American military services used the L-17 from the late 1940s through the early 1960s for liaison, reconnaissance, light cargo carrying and forward air control (FAC) missions. Six even became target drones. Designed for civilian aviation and first flown in 1946, it was introduced commercially as the