RapidFireWeb (USN Photo) A McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee fighter (BuNo 124974) from fighter squadron VF-172 Night Owls, Carrier Air Group Five (CVG-5), being brought up to the flight deck aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) on 25 August 1951. The Essex was deployed to Korea from 26 June 1951 to 25 March 1952. Note the names … 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
Warplanes preserved in Minnesota Alexandria, Airport, Chandler Field, 210 Nokomis Street, 56308. (Robert Dilley Photos) Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (Serial No. 52-9171), C/N 580-7225, mounted on a pylon. Arlington (Timothy Aanerud Photo) Bell AH-1S Cobra Helicopter (Serial No. 68-17042), C/N 20770. Belle Plaine Bell UH-1H Iroquois Helicopter (Serial No. 68-15369), C/N 10299, mounted on a … Read more
McDonnell FH Phantom (USN Photo) USN McDonnell FH-1 Phantom (BuNo. 111793) in flight, 17 Feb 1948. 111793 is today on display at the National Museum of Naval Aviation at Pensacola, Florida. The McDonnell FH Phantom is a twinjet, straight-wing, carrier-based fighter aircraft designed and first flown late in the Second World War for the US Navy. … Read more
(USAF Photo) USAF McDonnell F-101 Voodoos, 136th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, over Niagra Falls, 1972. The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo is a supersonic jet fighter designed and produced by the American McDonnell Aircraft Corporation. Development of the F-101 commenced during the late 1940s as a long-range bomber escort (then known as a penetration fighter) for the United States Air … 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
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
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
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
