Warplanes in the USA: Delaware, Historic Photos

Historic Delaware Warplanes

(US GOV-PD Photo)

Republic P-47N-20-RA Thunderbolt (45-50034), 142nd Fighter Squadron, Delaware Air National Guard, 1947.

(USGOV-PD Photo)

Republic P-47N-20-RA Thunderbolt (45-50034), 142nd Fighter Squadron, Delaware Air National Guard, 1947.

(USGOV-PD Photo)

Republic P-47N Thunderbolt (44-89430), 142nd Fighter Squadron, Delaware Air National Guard, 1947.

(USAF Photo)

North American P-51H-5-NA Mustang (Serial No. 44-64457), 142nd Fighter Squadron, Delaware Air National Guard, ca 1948.

(NMUSAF Photo)

Fairchild Model 24-C8F, a civilian aircraft first produced on display at the NMUSAF, Reg. No. NC16817, served in the Civil Air Patrol at Coastal Base 2, Rehoboth, Delaware, during the Second World War.  The wartime owner of this airplane, CAP 1Lt. M.M. Wilder, was awarded the Air Medal for his service at Coastal Patrol Base 2.  This aircraft has been repainted as it was while flying for the CAP.  It was donated to the museum in 1991 by Lt. Col. George L. Wiess, USAF (Ret.), Fort Washington, Maryland.

(USAF Photo)

North American F-86A Sabre, Delaware Air National Guard.

(USAF Photo)

Boeing C-97G Stratofreighter, 166th Military Airlift Group, Delaware Air National Guard, ca 1960s.

(Ev Sahrbeck, USAF Photo)

Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker (Serial No. 57-1507) upon arrival at the USAF Air Mobility Command Museum,  Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. This aircraft was in service with the 141st Air Refueling Squadron, 108th Air Refueling Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard at McGuire Air Force Base.

(US GOV-PD Photo)

Lockheed C-130H Hercules (Serial 84-0213), 142nd Airlift Squadron, Delaware Air National Guard, New Castle Airbase, 5 June 2008.

Lockheed C-130H Hercules (Serial No. 40210), 166th Airlift Wing, Delaware Air National Guard on a takeoff roll on the runway at the New Castle ANG Base, 22 Sep 2011.  (Tech. Sgt. Lionel Castellano, USAF Photo)

(Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation Photo)

Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, 436th Airlift Wing, lifting off from Dover AFB, 16 Aug 1981.

(Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation Photo)

Lockheed C-5B Galaxy, 436th Airlift Wing, lifting off from Dover AFB, 1 July 1996.

(Staff Sgt. Tony R. Tolley, USAF Photo)

Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, 436th Operations Group deployed from Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, 6 June 2006.

Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy (Serial No. 50003), Dover AFB, 16 Apr 2014.  The Super Galaxy features over 70 upgrades, including four General Electric Aviation CF6-80C2 engines, a modernized digital cockpit, communications, enhanced navigation and safety equipment, and an all-weather flight control system. (Roland Balik, USAF Photo)

(Tomás Del Coro Photo)

Boeing C-17 Globemaster III (Serial No. 10186), 3rd Airlift Squadron, 436th Airlift Wing, Dover Air Force Base, 19 April 2017.

(USAF Photo)

Boeing C-17 Globemaster III (Serial no. 10186), 3rd Airlift Squadron, 436th Airlift Wing, on exercise at Dover Air Force base, Delaware, 2013.

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