RapidFireWeb Air Force Armament Museum, 100 Museum Drive, Building 3201, Eglin Air Force Base, Shalimar, FL, 32542-1405. The Air Force Armament Museum is the only museum in the world dedicated to the collection, preservation and exhibition of artifacts and memorabilia associated with Air Force Armament and its platforms of delivery. Apollo Module. Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) … Read more
Warplanes built by Grumman preserved in the National Museum of Naval Aviation, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida (NMNA Photo) (Greg Goebel Photo) Grumman FF-1 (Canadian Car & Foundry) G23 Goblin Mk. I (Serial No. 9351), c/n 101, 5-F-1. (Greg Goebel Photo) (Tomás Del Coro Photos) Grumman J2F-6 Duck (BuNo. 33581), biplane floatplane. (Greg Goebel Photo) … Read more
Historic Warplanes of Georgia (Bill Larkins Photo) Boeing-Bell B-29B Super Fortress (Serial No. 42-63672), built by Bell Aircraft at Atlanta, Georgia, Feb 1946. (USGOV PD Photo) Republic P-47N-25-RE Thunderbolt (Serial No. 44-89403), 128th Fighter Squadron, Marietta AAB, 1946. (USAF Photo) North American F-51H Mustang, 158th Fighter Squadron, Georgia Air National Guard, which flew the F-51 … Read more
Preserved Warplanes in Georgia Alma Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter (Serial No. 67-15831). Alpharetta (Lat34North Photo) Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter (Serial No. 66-16923), “Piranha One-One”. American Legion Post 201. Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (Serial No. 52-9574), TR-574, c/n 580-7734. Moved from the World Aircraft Museum which closed at Mercer Field in Calhoun. Americus (USN Photo) … Read more
General Airborne Transport XCG-16 Transport Glider (USAAF Photo) High right side aerial view of General Airborne XCG-16 glider, Reg. No. NX21757, over Oxnard, California, 1944, Pilot Major R.R. Shoop, Co-Pilot Mr. Howard Morrison. The XCG-16 was a military transport/assault glider ordered by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), from General Airborne Transport Co., for competition … Read more
Grumman AF Guardian (USN Photo) The second U.S. Navy Grumman AF-2W Guardian (BuNo 123091), in flight probably near Bethpage, New York (USA), circa 1950. The Grumman AF Guardian is the first purpose-built anti-submarine warfare (ASW) carrier-based aircraft to enter service with the United States Navy. It consisted of two airframe variants, one for detection gear, the other … Read more
Grumman F11F Tiger (USN Photo) Grumman F-11 Tiger (BuNo. 138620), 1956. The Grumman F11F/F-11 Tiger is a supersonic, single-seat carrier-based fighter aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Grumman. For a time, it held the world altitude record of 76,939 feet (23,451 m), as well as being the first supersonic fighter to be … Read more
Grumman F-14 Tomcat (USN Photo) A pair of U.S. Navy Grumman F-14A Tomcat aircraft from Fighter Squadron VF-211 Fighting Checkmates in flight over Iraq in 2003. VF-211 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean from 28 August … Read more
General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark (USAF Photo) 494th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft releasing its load of Mark 82 high-drag bombs over the Bardenas Reales range. The 494th TFS has been deployed to Zaragoza Air Base for training. (USAF Photo) The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark is a retired supersonic, medium-range, multirole combat aircraft. Production … Read more
Grumman EA-6B Prowler (USAF Photo) A US Navy (USN) EA-6B Prowler from the Electronic Attack Squadron-133 (VAQ 133), out of Whidbey Island, Washington, takes off from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska, in support of exercise NORTHERN EDGE 2002. Note that the aircraft wears the tail code “NL”, assigned to the Commander VAQ-Wings, Pacific at NAS … Read more
