RapidFireWeb Nebraska Warplanes (National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photo) The first airmail field used by the Post Office Department in Omaha, Nebraska was known as Ak-sar-Ben Field (or Nebraska, spelled backwards). The field was part of the transcontinental flyway between New York City, New York to San Francisco, California. The airfield was the site of … Read more
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II (USAF Photo) McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II being refueled in flight by a McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender aircraft over Hawaii during exercise Cope Canine ’85. The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the … Read more
(Acroterion Photo) Patuxent River Naval Air Museum, Naval Air Test Center, Lexington Park, 20670-0407. The Museum is immediately outside, and adjacent to, Patuxent River Naval Air Station/Trapnell Field Gate 1, at the intersection of State Route 235 and Pegg Road. The Patuxent River Naval Air Museum is a museum at Lexington Park, Maryland, first opened … Read more
Warplanes preserved in Maryland (USAF Photo) Curtiss O-11 Falcon, 104th Observation Squadron pilots, Logan Field, Maryland, 1929. (USAF Photo) Curtiss O-11 Falcon aircraft assigned to the Maryland National Guard’s 104th Observation Squadron on the flightline on 3 August 1930. The Maryland National Guard flew Falcons from February 1928 until January 1932. (USAF Photo) Capt. Charles … Read more
The Collings Foundation, 137 Barton Road, Riverhill Farm, Stow, MA 01775-1529. Phone: (978) 562-9182, (978) 568-8924. Mail: The Collings Foundation, P.O. Box 248, Stow, MA 01775. The Collings Foundation was founded in 1979 “to organize and support ‘living history’ events that enable Americans to learn more about their heritage through direct participation” and adopted aviation-related … Read more
McDonnell F-4 Phantom fighters preserved in the USA F-4A (F4H-1F) (Kathie Ulinski Photo) (BuNo. 148252), Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum, Horsham, Pennsylvania. (Author Photo) (BuNo. 145315), USS Lexington Museum, Corpus Christi, Texas. (Author Photo) (BuNo. 148261), NAS Oceana Air Park, Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia. (Adrian Brooks Photo) (BuNo. 148273), Air Victory Museum, Lumberton, New … Read more
Massachusetts Warplanes (USAF Photo) Curtiss O-11 of the 101st Observation Squadron, Massachusetts, ca 1929. (USAF Photo) View of the hangar of the 101st Observation Squadron, Massachusetts National Guard at Jeffrey Field (today Logan International Airport), Boston, Massachusetts, before the Second World War. Visible are three Douglas O-46, three North American O-47, and a Beechcraft AT-7. … Read more
Minnesota Warplanes (NMNA Photo) Curtiss SBC-4 Helldiver (BuNo. 1831) assigned to to Naval Air Reserve Air Base Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1 Jan 1940. Reserve Scouting Squadron Ten (VS-10R) and Marine Reserve Scouting Squadron Six (VMS-6R) operated SBC-4s at the base. Note the Naval Air Reserve insignia on the aircraft’s cowling. The SBC-4 (BuNo. 0571) ended its … Read more
McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle (U.S. Air Force Photo by SSgt. Aaron Allmon) An F-15E Strike Eagle from the 391st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, launches heat decoys during a close-air-support mission over Afghanistan on 15 December 2008. The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather fighter aircraft designed by McDonnell … Read more
Michigan Warplanes (USAF Photo) Curtiss PW-8s (later P-1 Hawk) of the 1st Pursuit Group warm up prior to attempting 1-day flight from Selfridge Field, Michigan to Miami, Florida. (USAAC Photo) Thomas-Morse MB-3 Pursuit, 94th Pursuit Squadron, 1st Pursuit Group, at Selfridge Field. The Thomas-Morse MB-3 was an open-cockpit biplane fighter primarily manufactured by the Boeing … Read more
