Short visit to USAF Museum

Model of the new hall to be added to the museum in 2015.

View from the other end of the new hall.

C-141C Starlifter

C-141C Starlifter -The Hanoi Taxi

C-141C Starlifter -The Hanoi Taxi, Most famous C-141 in the Air Force

The Hanoi Taxi

C-141C Starlifter -The Hanoi Taxi

Lockheed C-130A

This aircraft was the development and test aircraft for the AC-130 Spectre Gunship.

Lockheed C-130A

Lockheed C-130E

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C-130E

Lockheed C-130E

Two crew members of this C-130 earned the Air Force Cross for valor. One was killed in action.

Boeing EC-135

We called them "Hognose".

Hognose

Boeing EC-135

Kathleen with the Hognose

EC-135

Early retirement, C-17

This was a prototype model, used for development. Hence, it never entered active duty and was retired early. The C-17 fleet is still intact and very active.

C-17

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8th Air Force Control Tower and Huts

These are the actual buildings used in the U.K. during WWII. They were acquired and returned to the museum through the efforts of the 8th Air Force Association.

8th Air Force Control Tower and Huts, the Briefing Room

8th Air Force Control Tower and Huts, the Belly Tank Bar

8th Air Force Control Tower and Huts

B-29 Bockscar noseart.

This B-29 dropped the second atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki, ending WWII.

C-46 Cargo Plane

Predecessor to the venerable C-47.

Me-163, Komet, German Rocket-powered fighter

Me-262, the first operational jet fighter

PBY Search, Rescue and Reconnaissance aircraft

B-52D Bomber

Known as "BUFF" to her friends.

F-100 Super Sabre, first U.S. supersonic fighter

Bell UH-1P, Iriquois, "Huey"

The most prolific helicopter of the Vietnam War.

Cargo hold of C-23 Caribou

C-23 is a two engine, piston-driven cargo plane. Also used by the Army.

Russian MiG-21PF, Foxbat, supersonic fighter

MiG-21PF, Foxbat.

F-105 Fighter-Bomber

"thundersled" to her friends because she was so heavy.

F-105 Fighter-Bomber

EC-121D, Constellation, "Triple Nickel".

On Oct. 24, 1967, over the Gulf of Tonkin, it guided a U.S. fighter into position to destroy a MiG-21. This action marked the first time a weapons controller aboard an airborne radar aircraft had ever directed a successful attack on an enemy plane.Triple Nickel came to the museum in 1971. Also used for intelligence gathering.

F-4 Phantom

F-4 Phantom, this one flown by ace, Col. Robin Olds

EC-121D, Constellation, "Triple Nickel".

Business end of F-4

Inside bomb bay of B-52

B-52 landing gear

C-124, Globemaster, a.k.a. "Shakey".

"Shakey" to anyone who flew on it.

BUFF

YF-22, Raptor

OCC Chopper

Hanoi Taxi

"Herc"

Short for "Hercules". Once, we delivered a German Sheppard dog from Frankfurt to a friend in Greece on one of our planes. He named the dog, "Herc".

"Herc"

C-17

Hognose

C-17

"Herc"

Hognose

C-17

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