Warplanes of the USA: Hawaii, Historic Photos
Historic Warplanes of Hawaii
(Senior Airman Gustavo Gonzalez, USAF Photo)
Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor, 199th Fighter Squadron operating from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, 2010.
(USN Photo)
Douglas T2D-1 of the USN assigned to Naval Air Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, ca 1931, in flight near the Hawaiian Islands.
(SDA&SM Photos)
Martin T4M-1, A-7893, VT-2B, 2-T-15, Hawaii ca 1931-32.
(SDASM Photo)
Boeing PW-9 powered by a Curtiss D-12 engine, US Army Air Service, Hawaii, ca 1930s.
(NMUSAF Photo)
Boeing P-12E at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, in markings of 6th Pursuit Squadron, 18th PG, Wheeler Field, Hawaii.
The Boeing P-12 or Boeing F4B was an American pursuit aircraft that was operated by the United States Army Air Corps, United States Marine Corps, and United States Navy. It was the chief fighter aircraft in American service during the early 1930s but also used internationally. By the late 1930s it was replaced in front-line duty by newer designs, but it was still used for training into the early 1940s. Many variants of the aircraft were developed. In the 21st century a handful of surviving air frames are on display in museums.
(RuthAS Photo)
Boeing P-26A (Serial No. 33-0123), c/n 1899, Reg. No. NX3378G, in the markings of the 95th Pursuit Squadron. Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, California.
(USAAC Photo)
Boeing P-26 Peashooter fighters, 6th Pursuit Squadron, on the line at Wheeler Field, Hawaii, 1938.
The Boeing P-26 "Peashooter" was the first American production all-metal fighter aircraft and the first pursuit monoplane to enter squadron service with the United States Army Air Corps. Designed and built by Boeing, the prototype first flew in 1932, and the type was still in use with the U.S. Army Air Corps as late as 1941 in the Philippines. Between 1938 and 1940, P-26s were assigned overseas to supplement Seversky P-35s in two defense units based at Wheeler Field, Territory of Hawaii: 18th Pursuit Group (6th, 19th, 73d, and 78th PS) and the 15th Pursuit Group (45th and 47th PS).
(Aaron Headly Photo)
Boeing P-26A at the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Virginia.
(NMNA Photo)
Curtiss SOC-1 Seagull (BuNo. 9986) of Cruiser Scouting Squadron 4 in flight over Hawaii, 1 Jan 1940.
(NMUSAF Photo)
Douglas A-20A Havoc of the 58th Bomb Squadron over Oahu, Hawaii, on 29 May 1941.
(USN Photo)
Douglas TBD-1 Devastator, probably (BuNo. 1505), "T-13", of Torpedo Squadron Six (VT-6) over Hawaii in 1942. During the Battle of Midway, it was lost with Lt. Paul James Riley and Edwin John Mushiniski, ARM2c, during an attack on the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga.
(SDA&SM Photo)
Douglas TBD-1 Devastators of Torpedo Squadron 6 (VT-6) in flight off Hawaii, in 1941
(NMNA Photo)
Douglas TBD-1 Devastator of USN Torpedo Squadron Three (VT-3) in a camoflauged revetment at Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Territory of Hawaii, 1 May 1942, just days before the Battle of Midway. Note the torpedo slung beneath the aircraft's fuselage. The squadron's only combat missions flying Devastators came at the Battle of Midway during June 1942. Launched from the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5), the squadron attacked the Japanese carrier fleet on the morning of 4 June. Of the 24 pilots and crewmen who participated in the mission, only three survived.
(USN Photo)
Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver bombers, probably of Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 333 (VMSB-333), pictured at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, Territory of Hawaii, ca 1945.
(NMNA Photo)
Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver assigned to the Air Sea Rescue Unit at Naval Air Station Kaneohe, Territory of Hawaii, ca 1945.
(USN Photo)
Boeing SB-17G-95-DL (44-83773, Flying Fortress SAR-plane over Diamond Head, Oahu, Hawaii, late 1940s.
(NMNA Photo)
Grumman F7F-3N Tigercat launches from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Tarawa (CV-40). The Marine squadron had been stationed in Tsingtao, China after the Japanese surrender and was on its way to reassignment at Ford Island in Hawaii in Dec 1946. VMF(N)-533 and VMF(N)-541 had been stationed in China.
(USN Photo)
Grumman TBM-3U Avenger (BuNo. 69400), utility squadron VU-7A at Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii, circa 1948.
(USN Photo)
Martin PBM-5 Mariner from USN Patrol Squadron VP-47 Golden Swordsmen at Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. VP-47 was reassigned to NAS North Island, California, on 2 March 1949. In the background are Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer aircraft from VP-22 Blue Geese Squadron which was based at NAS Kaneohe Bay between 2 July 1948 and 1 May 1949.
(USGOV-PD Photo)
Republic F-47N-5-RE Thunderbolt (Serial No. 44-88566), 199th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, 1954.
(USN Photo)
Two USN Lockheed R7V-1 Constellations, four Douglas C-124 Globemaster IIs, three Douglas C-54 Skymaster transports, and a Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter, at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, 1955. The Military Air Transport Service (MATS) is an inactive Department of Defense Unified Command. Activated on 1 June 1948, MATS was a consolidation of the United States Navy's Naval Air Transport Service (NATS) and the United States Air Force's Air Transport Command (ATC) into a single joint command. It was inactivated and discontinued on 8 January 1966, superseded by the Air Force's Military Airlift Command (MAC) as a separate strategic airlift command, and it returned shore-based Navy cargo aircraft to Navy control as operational support airlift (OSA) aircraft.
(USN Photo)
Douglas AD-5 Skyraider (BuNo. 133878) of utility squadron VU-1 used for target towing on the ground at Naval Air Station (NAS) Barbers Point, Hawaii (USA), some time between 1954 and 1962.
(NMNA Photo)
Douglas AD-6 Skyraider of attack squadron VA-152 Friendlies on the portside elevator on board the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) during the ship's Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) off Hawaii, 20 Dec 1961. VA-152 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 15 (CVG-15) aboard the Coral Sea for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 12 Dec 1961 to 17 July 1962. This AD-6 (A-1H) was later passed on to the South Vietnamese Air Force. Note the landing mirror in the background. U.S. carriers originally operated two landing mirrors on both sides of the flight deck.
(NMNA Photo)
North American FJ-3D Fury aircraft of Guided Missile Group 1 (GMGRU-1), in flight near Oahu, Hawaii (USA). GMGRU-1 used the FJ-3D control aircraft for the SSM-N-8 Reguluscruise missiles.
(USN Photo)
North American FJ-4B Fury of U.S. Marine Corps fighter squadron VMF-232 Red Devils at MCAS Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii (USA), in 1958.
(NMNA Photo)
McDonnell F3H-2N Demon (BuNo. 133550) of fighter squadron VF-151 Vigilantes on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) during the ship's Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) off Hawaii, 18 Dec 1961. The aircraft was assigned to LCdr. J.H. Dozier, the squadron executive officer.
(USAF Photo)
Convair F-102 Delta Daggers, 199th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, 1962.
(USAF Photo)
Convair TF-102A-30-CO Delta Dagger (Serial No. 55-4041), 99th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, Hickam AFB, 1964.
(NMNA Photo)
USS Ranger (CVA-61) underway off Hawaii, in November 1967. Ranger, with assigned Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2), was deployed to Vietnam from 4 November 1967 to 25 May 1968.
(NMNA Photo)
McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II aircraft (BuNo. 155799) from fighter squadron VF-92 Silver Kings in flight with a North American RA-5C Vigilante (BuNo. 156614) from heavy reconnaissance squadron RVAH-11 Red Checkertails over Oahu, Hawaii, in 1971. Both aircraft were working up before a combat deployment to Vietnam as part of Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CVA-64) from 1 October 1971 to 1 July 1972.
(LTJG C.C. Curtis, USN Photo)
Grumman F-14A-70-GR Tomcat (BuNo. 159000) of Fighter Squadron 1 (VF-1) "Wolf Pack" in flight near Hawaii on 28 Sep 1974. VF-1 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 17 September 1974 to 20 May 1975.
(SSgt Bertram Mau, USAF Photo)
McDonnell F-4C-23-MC Phantom II aircraft (Serial No. 64-0793) of the 199th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 154th Composite Group, Hawaii Air National Guard, being armed with AIM-9P Sidewinder and AIM-7E Sparrow missiles at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii on 21 March 1980.
(USAF Photo)
McDonnell F-4C-20-MC Phantom II (Serial No. 63-7632), 199th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, ca 1984.
(USGOV-PD Photo)
McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagles, 199th Fighter Squadron, 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard, 1987.
McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle (Serial No. 76-0052), 199th Fighter Squadron, 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard, 1999.
(Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Keith W. DeVinney, USCG Photo)
Lockheed HC-130 Hercules, U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii, 20 Dec 2002.
(Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo, USAF Photo)
McDonnell Douglas F-15B Eagles from the 199th Fighter Squadron, 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard escort the first Hawaii-based C-17 Globemaster III to Hickam AFB, home to eight C-17s. The 15th Airlift Wing and the 154th Wing jointly operate and maintain the aircraft.
(Tech. Sgt. Andrew Jackson, USAF Photo)
Eurocopter UH-72 Lakota Helicopter (Serial No. 72205), the first of two to join the Hawaii Army National Guard at the Guard’s Aviation Support Facility No. 2 in Hilo on 2 May 2012.
(Pacific Aviation Museum Photo)
Eurocopter AS 365N3 Dauphin, USCG, visiting the Pacific Aviation Museum, 7 March 2015
(Sgt. Daniel Schroeder, US Army Photo)
Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopter with a flight crew assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade conducts rappel operations with U.S. Navy divers assigned to U.S. Navy SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 1, Naval Special Warfare Group 3, at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, 18 June 2013.
(LCpl Aaron S. Patterson, USMC Photos)
Bell Boeing MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 during a demonstration at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, 29 Aug 2013.
(Staff Sgt. Mike Meares, USAF Photo)
Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor, 199th Fighter Squadron of the Hawaii Air National Guard, 2009.
(Staff Sgt. Sheila deVera, USAF Photo)
Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor, 199th Fighter Squadron of the Hawaii Air National Guard, 2015.
The purpose of Hawaii Warbird Survivors 2002 is to provide aviation enthusiasts with a simple checklist on where to find the surviving retired military aircraft that are preserved in the state of Hawaii. The majority of the "Hawaii Warbird Survivors" are on display outdoors as gate guardians at Hickam, Wheeler and Kaneohe. A number of volunteer organizations and museum staffs in Hawaii have done a particularly good job of preserving the great variety of American combat veteran aircraft displayed here. Hopefully, as more aircraft are recovered from their crash sites or are restored, traded or brought back from private owners, they too will be added to the record. The handbook lists the aircraft on display in Hawaii alphabetically by manufacturer, number and type. This list is also appended with a brief summary of the aircraft presently preserved within the state and a bit of their history in the US military.
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