Warplanes of the USA: Massachusetts, Historic Photos
Massachusetts Warplanes
(USAF Photo)
Curtiss O-11 of the 101st Observation Squadron, Massachusetts, ca 1929.
(USAF Photo)
View of the hangar of the 101st Observation Squadron, Massachusetts National Guard at Jeffrey Field (today Logan International Airport), Boston, Massachusetts, before the Second World War. Visible are three Douglas O-46, three North American O-47, and a Beechcraft AT-7.
(USAF Photo)
North American O-47B (Serial No. 39-101), 59th Interceptor Squadron, Massachusetts Air National Guard, flying over Cape Cod, ca. 1940.
(SDA&SM Photo)
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt P-47D-30-RE (Serial No. 44-20411). The 131st Fighter Squadron was allotted to the Massachusetts Air National Guard, on 24 May 1946.
(USAF Photo)
Republic F-47N-20-RE Thunderbolt (Serial No. 44-89123), 101st Fighter Squadron, Massachusetts Air National Guard., ca 1948.
(USAF Photo)
Republic Republic P-47N-25-RE Thunderbolt (Serial No. 44-89347), 101st Fighter Squadron Massachusetts Air National Guard, Logan Airport 1949.
(NMNA Photo)
U.S. Navy Douglas BD-2 "Daisy Mae" 2 X 14, Naval Air Station South Weymoth, Massachusetts, ca. 1944.
(USAF Photo)
North American TB-25K-32-NC Mitchell, 101st Fighter Squadron, Massachusetts Air National Guard, Logan Airport, Massachusetts, ca 1949.
(NMNA Photo)
North American FJ-3 Fury (BuNo. 136037), US Marine Corps Reserve, Marine Attack Squadron VMA-322 "Fighting Gamecocks" at Naval Air Station South Weymouth, Massachusetts, ca. 1959.
(USAF Photo)
North American F-86H-1-NA Sabre (Serial No. 52-2030), 131st 131st Tactical Fighter Squadron Massachusetts Air National Guard, ca. 1957-65.
(USAF Photo)
North American F-86H-1-NA Sabre (Serial No. 52-2009), 131st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Massachusetts Air National Guard, 1959.
(USAF Photo)
North American F-86H-1-NA Sabre (Serial No. 53-1290), Massachusetts Air National Guard, ca. 1957-65.
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North American F-86H Sabres of the 138th Tactical Fighter Squadron and the 101st TFS, Massachusetts Air National Guard, on the flightline at RAF Prestwick, Scotland (UK), after flying across the North Atlantic from the U.S. as part of "Operation Stair Step", in Oct 1961. After refueling, they continued to their new base in France. The three nearest aircraft are F-86H-10 (Serial No. 53-1290), F-86H-5 (Serial No. 52-2122) and F-86H-1 (Serial No. 52-2075). "Operation Stair Step" was initiated by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 in response to Soviet threats to West-Berlin, Germany. 18 Air National Guard tactical fighter squadrons were mobilized (among others). "Operation Stair Step" was the deployment of eight ANG fighter squadrons with 216 aircraft to Europe in November 1961.
(NMNA Photo)
North American YA-5C Vigilante (BuNo. 149305) of Heavy Attack Squadron 3 (VAH-3), USN, on display at Naval Air Station South Weymouth, Massachusetts, ca. 1963. (NMNA Photo)
(USAF Photo)
North American F-100C-20-NA Super Sabre (Serial No. 54-1953) from the 101st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Massachusetts Air National Guard, at Otis Air Force Base, circa in 1971.
(USGOV-PD Photo)
North American F-100D-45-NH Super Sabre (Serial No. 55-2830), 131st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Massachusetts, 1972.
(USGOV-PD Photo)
North American F-100D-25-NA Super Sabre (Serial No. 55-3634), 131st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Massachusetts, ca. 1974.
(USAF Photo)
CIM-10B Bomarc missile at the launch ready position, Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts, ca 1960s.
(USAF Photo)
McDonnell F-101B-95-MC Voodoo (Serial No. 57-0376), 60th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Massachusetts Air National Guard, Otis AFB, Massachusetts, 1960.
(USAF Photo)
McDonnell F-101B-95-MC Voodoo (Serial No. 57-0364), 60th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts, 1970.
(USAF Photo)
Convair F-106A Delta Dart (Serial No. 57-2494) of the 102nd Fighter Interceptor Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard based at Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts, intercepting a Soviet Tu-95 Bear D bomber aircraft off Cape Cod on 15 April 1982.
(SSgt. Lemuel Casillas, USAF Photo)
Convair F-106A-80-CO Delta Dart (s/n 57-2467) aircraft from 101st Fighter Interceptor Squadron, 102nd Fighter Interceptor Wing, Massachusetts Air National Guard, ca 1964.
(USAF Photo)
Convair F-106A-80-CO Delta Dart (s/n 57-2503 and 57-2504), 101st Fighter Interceptor Squadron, 102nd Fighter Interceptor Wing, Massachusetts Air National Guard, 1964.
(USAF Photo)
Convair F-106 Delta Dart (Serial No. 57-2605), 101st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Massachusetts Air National Guard, 1969.
(USAF Photo)
Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II (Serial No. 78-0628), 131st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Massachusetts, 1980.
(USAF Photo)
Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II (Serial No. 78-0608), 131st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Massachusetts, 1988.
(A1C Isaac G.L. Freeman, USAF Photo)
Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II (Serial No. 78-0659) from the 131st Fighter Squadron, 104th Fighter Wing, Massachusetts Air National Guard, 6 March 2003.
(Harly Copic Artwork)
Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II of the 104th Expeditionary Operations Group (EOG) over Kosovo, (Former Yugoslavia), in May 1999. Operating from its main installation at Trapani Air Base, Sicily and a forward location at Taszar Air Base, Hungary, the unit was known as the "Killer Bees." They belonged to a composite or "rainbow" Air National Guard (ANG) unit composed of personnel and aircraft from the 104th Fighter Wing at Barnes Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts, the 110th Fighter Wing at Battle Creek, Michigan, and the 124th Wing at Boise, Idaho. The 104th EOG also included active duty Air Force members who were responsible for base operating support functions. The 104th EOG was formed as a temporary composite unit because no single ANG fighter wing possessed enough A-10s to meet the wartime requirements for Operation Allied Force, the war for Kosovo. The unit flew 439 combat sorties expending 64 AGM-65s "Maverick" air-to-surface missiles, 539 MK-82 free-fall non-guided general purpose 500-pound bombs, 49 CBU-87 "Combined Effects Munitions," and over 14,300 rounds of 30mm ammunition while attacking enemy military convoys, armor, artillery, supply storage areas, and ammunition storage sites. Its pilots also flew combat search and rescue as well as airborne forward air control missions. The 104th EOG accumulated 3,300 flying hours in 45 days during May and June without losing a single pilot or aircraft. The employment of composite units was an increasingly important element of efforts by the ANG and the Air Force to adapt to the complexities of the post Cold War environment.
(MSGT Michael Ammons USAF Photo)
Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II from the 104th Fighter Wing (FW), Barnes Air National Guard (ANG) Base, Westfield, Massachusetts (MA), firing an AGM-65 Maverick over northwest Florida during a Combat Hammer Air-to-Ground Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) mission, 13 Jan 2004.
Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, "The Patriot", 337th AS, 439th Airlift Wing, Massachusetts, 1992. (Alain Rioux Photo)
(Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation Photo)
Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, 337th Airlift Squadron, 439th Airlift Wing, Westover AFB, Massachusetts, 23 Aug 1993.
(Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation Photo)
Lockheed C-5B Galaxy, 337th Airlift Squadron, 439th Airlift Wing based at Westover AFB, Massachusetts, 16 July 2007.
(Lt. Col. Bill Ramsay, USAF Photo)
McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle (Serial No. 74-0100), from the Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 102nd Fighter Wing flies a combat air patrol mission over New York City in support of Operation Noble Eagle, 2001.
(Lt. Col. Bill Ramsay, USAF Photo)
McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle (Serial No. 74-0100), from the Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 101st FS and 102nd Fighter Interceptor Wing fly a combat air patrol mission over New York City in support of Operation Noble Eagle, 2001.
(MSGT Michael Ammons, USAF Photo)
McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle (Serial No. 77-0124), 101st Fighter Squadron, 102nd Fighter Wing, Otis Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts, armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder heat-seeking air-to-air missile, 2005.
(Gerard van der Schaaf Photo)
McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle (Serial No. 83-0018), 104th Fighter Wing, 2016.
(Rob Scheiffert Photo)
McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial No. 85-0122), 31st Fighter Squadron, Westfield, Massachusetts, 13 April 2016.
(Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson, USAF Photo)
McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle assigned to the 131st Fighter Squadron, 104th Fighter Wing, Massachusetts Air National Guard breaks away from an F-22 Raptor aircraft assigned to the 154th Wing as the two aircraft line up for landing at Royal Malaysian Air Force base Butterworth, Malaysia, 16 June 2014.
This aviation handbook is designed to be used as a quick reference to the classic military heritage aircraft that have been restored and preserved in the Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut. The aircraft include those fl own by members of the US Air Force, the US Navy, the US Army, the US Marine Corps, the US Coast Guard, the Air and Army National Guard units in each state, and by various NATO and allied nations as well as a number of aircraft previously operated by opposition forces in peace and war. The interested reader will find useful information and a few technical details on most of the military aircraft that have been in service with active flying squadrons both at home and overseas.
120 selected photographs have been included to illustrate a few of the major examples in addition to the serial numbers assigned to American military aircraft. For those who would like to actually see the aircraft concerned, aviation museum locations, addresses and contact phone numbers, websites and email addresses have been included, along with a list of aircraft held in each museum's current inventory or that on display as gate guardians throughout the New England States. The aircraft presented in this edition are listed alphabetically by manufacturer, number and type.
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