RapidFireWeb Warplanes preserved in Tennessee Athens, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5146. (Rob Schleiffert Photo, 1987) (Dave Gorman Photos) (Martin McGuire Photo) McDonnell Douglas NF-4E Phantom II (Serial No. 66-0319), Thunderbird 2, C/N 2561, mounted on a pylon. Athens, Swift Museum Foundation, 217 Airport Road, McMinn County Airport, 37303. AMC Texas 205, Reg. No. N78851. Globe … Read more
Warplanes preserved in Texas Abilene North American SNJ-2 Texan (Serial No. 65-2009), Reg. No. N87613. Donald E. Borchert, 5109 Ryan Circle N, 79606-5926. Abilene, Commemorative Air Force, Phantom Squadron, Abilene Municipal Airport, Hangar No. 2, PO Box 6511, 79608. North American AT-6 Texan, USAAF, Second World War era. (SDA&SM Photo) North American AT-6D Texan (Serial … Read more
South Carolina Warplanes (Alan Wilson Photo) Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon (Serial No. 92-3910) of the 77th Fighter Squadron, part of the 20th Fighter Wing based at Shaw AFB, 2016. (USAF Photo) General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon (Serial No. 92-3909) equipped with 4x AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles, South Carolina ANG. (USGOV-PD Photo) North American F-51D-30-NT Mustang … Read more
Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor(NMUSAF Photo) Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor (Serial No. 46-0680). The XF-91 was America’s first rocket-powered fighter to fly faster than the speed of sound. It was originally conceived in the mid-1940s as an interceptor. The Thunderceptor’s rocket engine supplemented its main turbojet engine, greatly increasing the aircraft’s speed and climb rate. With its afterburning … Read more
Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Sotodavila) U.S. Marines with a Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion from Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members establish a forward arming refueling point on Yonaguni, Japan, Oct. 27, 2025. The FARP training enhanced interoperability and strengthened … Read more
Tennessee Warplanes (SDA&SM Photo) Vought UO-1 from USS Tennessee following a Vought VE-7 off the USS Milwaukee, ca 1920s. (USN Photo) The U.S. Navy battleship USS Tennessee (BB-43) underway in Puget Sound, Washington, on 12 May 1943, after modernization. It was usually equipped with three Vought UO-1 observation biplanes. (Alfred T. Palmer Photo) Women worker … Read more
(USN Photo) View of the parking apron at the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Rework Facility (NARF) Quonset Point, Rhode Island (USA), in 1963. Captain O.A. Soli, USN, of the overhaul and repair (O & R) department is in the forground looking at over 35 Douglas A-1 Skyraider of various versions (A-1E, EA-1E, EA-1F, A-1H/J) and the … Read more
Rockwell B-1 Lancer (USAF Photo) U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber aircraft from the 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron (TES) stands by as another Lancer connects with a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft Feb. 23, 2012 for inflight refueling during a mission over the Gulf of Mexico near Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. … Read more
Texas Warplanes Addison, Cavanaugh Flight Museum, 4572 Claire Chennault, Addison Airport, 75001. Tel: 972-380-8800. This museum closed on 1 Jan 2024, and the aircraft are being dispered to the North Texas Regional Airport. (Perry Quan Photo) Aeronca O-58B Defender (L-3B) Grasshopper, (Serial No. 43-26886), MSN 10233, Reg. No. N47373. (Perry Quan Photo) (Eric Friedebach Photo) … Read more
Warplanes preserved in Rhode Island Bristol North American SNJ-5 Texan (Serial No. 43936), Reg. No. N241F, Frank J. Govednik III, 2 Chester Ave, Bristol, RI 02809-1416. North Kingstown, Quonset Air Museum, 488 Eccleston Ave., North Kingstown, RI 02852. This museum is now closed. Founded in September 1992, the Quonset Air Museum was dedicated as an … Read more
