Warplanes of the USA: Louisiana, Bossier City, Barksdale AFB, 8th Air Force Museum/Global Power Museum
Warplanes preserved in Bossier City, Barksdale AFB, 8th Air Force Museum/Global Power Museum, 88 Shreveport Road, 71110.
(Michael Barera Photos)
(Martin McGuire Photo)
Avro 698 Vulcan B Mk. 2 (Serial No. XM606).
(Michael Barera Photo)
(Martin McGuire Photo)
Beechcraft UC-45J Expeditor (BuNo. 39266), C/N 4785, painted as (Serial No. 447266), Reg. No. N40081.
(Michael Barera Photos)
(Martin McGuire Photo)
Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan (Serial No. 42-36887), 232.
(Christopher A. Ebdon Photo)
(Michael Barera Photos)
(Martin McGuire Photo)
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress (Serial No. 44-83884), “Miss Liberty", D. This aircraft was completed in July 1945 by the Douglas Aircraft Company under contract with the Boeing Company. Initially assigned to the USAAF, it was transferred to the US Navy (BuNo. 77244) and designated as a PB-1W submarine hunter, serving from 1945 to 1956. From 1960 until 1977 it served as a firebomber (Air Tanker No. 19) with the Aero Union Corporation in California. It was flown to Barksdale on 11 April 1978. It was painted as “Yankee Doodle II” before becoming “Miss Liberty”.
(Michael Barera Photos)
(Martin McGuire Photo)
Boeing TB-29A Superfortress (Serial No. 44-87627), BF-627.
(Michael Barera Photos)
(Martin McGuire Photo)
Boeing KC-97G/L Stratotanker (Serial No. 53-0240).
(Michael Barera Photos)
(Martin McGuire Photo)
Boeing B-47E Stratojet (Serial No. 53-2276).
(Michael Barera Photo)
(Martin McGuire Photo)
Boeing B-52D Stratofortress (Serial No. 56-0629).
(Michael Barera Photos)
(Martin McGuire Photo)
Boeing B-52G Stratofortress (Serial No. 57-6509).
(Michael Barera Photos)
(Martin McGuire Photo)
Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker (Serial No. 56-3595).
(Alan Wilson Photo)
(Christopher A. Ebdon Photo)
(Michael Barera Photos)
(Martin McGuire Photo)
Consolidated B-24J Liberator (Serial No. 44-48781), WQ-E, Ford, "Louisiana Belle II". This aircraft is being repainted as "Rupert The Roo II", a bomber that flew in a desert sand paint scheme in the Mediterranean theatre during the Second World War.
(Michael Barera Photo)
Convair B-58 Hustler fuselage converted to a rocket sled.
(Michael Barera Photos)
(Martin McGuire Photo)
Douglas C-47A Skytrain (Serial No. 43-16130), C/N 20596.
(Christopher A. Ebdon Photo)
Fairchild A-10A Thunderbolt II (Serial No. 76-0552).
(Michael Barera Photos)
General Dynamics F-111G Aardvark (Serial No. 68-0284).
(Michael Barera Photo)
(Martin McGuire Photo)
Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (Serial No. 58-0615).
(Michael Barera Photo)
(Martin McGuire Photo)
Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird (Serial No. 61-7967), BB, C/N 2018, NASA.
LTV A-7D Corsair II (Serial No. 71-0339).
(Christopher A. Ebdon Photos)
McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II (Serial No. 63-7532).
(Michael Barera Photos)
(Martin McGuire Photo)
Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21F-13 Fishbed (Serial No. 5060), 80.
(Martin McGuire Photo)
(Michael Barera Photos)
North American P-51D-10NA Mustang (Serial No. 44-14570P), “Moonbeam McSwine”, composite from several different airframes.
(Michael Barera Photo)
(Martin McGuire Photo)
Republic F-84F Thunderstreak (Serial No. 51-1386), FS-386.
