Texas Warplanes
Austin, Camp Mabry, Texas Military Forces Museum, 2200 West 35th St & MoPac Freeway, Loop 1.
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Bell UH-1H Iroquois Helicopter (Serial No. 64-14142).
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Bell UH-1M Iroquois Helicopter (Serial No. 68-16189).
Bell AH-1G Cobra Helicopter (Serial No. 66-15153). Not seen, may have been moved to another base.
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Bell OH-58 Kiowa Helicopter (Serial No. 0-20486).
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General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon (Serial No. 84-1393), EF, 147 FW, mounted on a pylon.
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Hiller OH-23 Raven Helicopter (Serial No. 116337).
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McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II (Serial No. 64-0712), mounted on pylon.
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North American F-86D Sabre Jet (Serial No. 52-3770). Texas Air Guard.
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Piper L-4 Grasshopper (Serial No. 18573).
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Piper L-4 Grasshopper (Serial No.)
Piper L-21 Super Cub (Serial No.)
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Republic F-84 Thunderjet (Serial No. 49-2285), FS-189.
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Sikorsky H-34 Choctaw helicopter (Serial No. 71726).
This helicopter was Army One for President John F Kennedy, during part of his presidency. It was then used by the Texas National Guard to fly Former President Lyndon B. Johnson around Texas in the early 1970s.
The Sikorsky H-34 (company designation S-58) is an American piston-engined military utility helicopter originally designed by Sikorsky as an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft for the United States Navy. A development of the smaller Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw (S-55), the H-34 was originally powered by a radial engine, but was later adapted to turbine power by the British licensee as the Westland Wessex and by Sikorsky as the S-58T. The H-34 was also produced under license in France by Sud Aviation. The H-34 was one of the first successful military utility helicopters, serving on every continent with the armed forces of 25 countries. It saw combat in the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, the Six-Day War, the Vietnam War, and the Algerian War, where the French Air Force used it to pioneer modern air assault tactics. It was the last piston-engined helicopter to be operated by the United States Marine Corps (USMC), having been replaced by turbine-powered types such as the UH-1 Huey and CH-46 Sea Knight; in the USMC, the H-34 was often called the “HUS” after its original designation in that service. A total of 2,340 H-34s were manufactured between 1953 and 1970, including the license productions in the UK and France. Although most military forces retired the H-34 by the late 20th century, the type remains in limited civil use in transport and external cargo lift roles, and some have been restored and flown as warbirds. (Wikipedia)