Warplanes of the USA: Louisiana, Historic Photos
Louisiana Warplanes
(Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John P. Curtis, USN Photo)
Eight McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornets assigned to the River Rattlers, Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 204, in formation over southern Louisiana's wetlands during a photo exercise. VFA 204 is stationed on Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, New Orleans.
(USAF Photo)
North American AT-6D-NT Texan (Serial No. 42-84841), 122nd Bomb Squadron, 131st Bomb Group, Louisiana Air National Guard, ca 1950s.
(NASA Photo)
U.S. Army Air Corps Douglas B-18 test aircraft, 3rd Attack Group, Barksdale Field, Louisiana, 5 Nov 1941. The B-18 was used to test an airfoil (NACA 0012) which was mounted just forward of the vertical stabilizer. The purpose of this test was to conduct boundary-layer and profile-drag tests in which Reynolds Number and angle of attack were varied independently.
(NMNA Photo)
Douglas AD-4NA Skyraider (BuNos. 126986 and 127002) of Attack Squadron VA-822, U.S. Naval Air Reserve Unit Louisiana. They were flying near Pecan Island in the Gulf of Mexico to drop fuel and cannon fire on a blowout gas well in an attempt to set it afire as a hazard to shipping. The pilots were LCDR Joel Morris, USNR, Commanding Officer of VA-822 and LCDR Harold Wheelahan, ca 1950s.
(USGOV-PD Photo)
Convair F-102A-75-CO Delta Dagger (Serial No. 56-1314), 122nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Louisiana Air National Guard, 1967.
(USGOV-PD Photo)
North American F-100F-5-NA Super Sabre (Serial No. 56-3761), 122nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Louisiana Air National Guard, 1975.
(MSgt. Michael E. Daniels, USAF Photo)
McDonnell F-4C-24-MC Phantom II (Serial No. 64-0852), Louisiana Air National Guard fire fighters washing down a fuel spill on 19 August 1982. The airmen were assigned to the 159th Tactical Fighter Group, Louisiana Air National Guard.
(USGOV-PD Photo)
McDonnell F-4C-19-MC Phantom (Serial No. 63-7552), 122nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Louisiana Air National Guard, 1983.
(Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation Photo)
McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender (DC-10-30CF), 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana.
(Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation Photo)
Beech C-12D Huron (Serial No. 23784), Louisiana Army National Guard, 26 Oct 1992.
(Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation Photo)
Boeing B-52G Stratofortress, 2nd Bomb Wing based at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana.
(TSGT. Fernando Serna, USAF Photo)
Two Russian Tupolev Tu-95 Bear-H bomber aircraft, center, and a Russian AntonovAN-124 Condor transport aircraft parked on the flight line beside a Boeing B-52H Stratofortress aircraft of the 62nd Bombardment Squadron, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, 1 May 1992. The Russian aircraft were on base as part of an exchange program proposed by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Merrill A. McPeak.
(Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation Photo)
Boeing B-52H Stratofortress, 2nd Bomb Wing based at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana. It is seen here at rest in the evening sun awaiting a bombing mission during Operation Noble Anvil (the bombing of Serbia). This aircraft arrived at RAF Fairford on 21 Feb 1999 as callsign "Havoc 03".
(Don S. Montgomerey, USN Photo)
McDonnell Douglas F-15A-8-MC Eagle (Serial No. 73-0090), 122nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, 159th Tactical Fighter Group, Louisiana Air National Guard, 1990.
(SSgt. Sean M. Worrell, USAF Photo)
McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle (Serial No. 77-0118), 122nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Louisiana Air National Guard, 2000.
(USAF Photo)
McDonnell Douglas F-15C-38-MC Eagle (Serial No. 84-0022), 122nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Louisiana Air National Guard, 2000.
(TSgt. Michael Ammons, USAF Photo)
McDonnell Douglas F-15A-20-MC Eagle (Serial No. 77-0134), 122nd Fighter Squadron, 159th Fighter Wing, Louisiana Air National Guard, 2002.
(Rusty Baker, USN Photo)
McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle, 122nd Fighter Squadron, 159th Fighter Wing, Louisiana Air National Guard, 29 Aug 2008.
(Kevin Jackson Photo)
Boeing B-52H Stratofortress landing with its drag chute deployed at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, 4 July 2009.
