Warplanes of the USA: Michigan, Historic Photos

Michigan Warplanes

(USAF Photo)

Curtiss PW-8s (later P-1 Hawk) of the 1st Pursuit Group warm up prior to attempting 1-day flight from Selfridge Field, Michigan to Miami, Florida.

(USAAC Photo)

Thomas-Morse MB-3 Pursuit, 94th Pursuit Squadron, 1st Pursuit Group, at Selfridge Field.  The Thomas-Morse MB-3 was an open-cockpit biplane fighter primarily manufactured by the Boeing Company for the US Army Air Service in 1922.  The MB-3A was the mainstay fighter for the Air Service between 1922 and 1925.

(USAAC Photo)

Thomas-Morse MB-3 assigned to Billy Mitchell, at Selfridge Field, Michigan.

(USAAF Photo)

Bell P-39D Airacobra fighters of the 31st Pursuit Group, U.S. Army Air Corps, at Selfridge Field, Michigan, in 1941.

(USN Photos)

A U.S. Navy Naval Aircraft Factory/Interstate TDN-1 attack drone (BuNo 17308) on its first (piloted) flight, near Naval Air Station Traverse City, Michigan (USA), on 19 May 1943. Pilot was Lieutenant C.C. Corley. The TDN was intended to serve as a television-guided flying bomb. Note the antennas atop the fuselage, behind the wing, and aperature for a television camera in the center of the plane's nose. The plane's Bureau Number is crudely marked on the engine cowlings, vertical tail and rudder, and the horizontal stabilizer. This view looks north from over Franke Road, immediately south of the west side of Traverse City. Silver Lake Road is in the upper distance, with the State Hospital Farm visible in the upper left.

(USGOV-PD Photo)

North American P-51D-25-NA Mustang (Serial No. 44-73227), Michigan Air National Guard, 172nd Fighter Squadron, ca 1947.

(USAF Photo)

North American F-51D Mustangs (Serial Nos. 44-63644, 44-63664, 44-73139, 44-73313) from the Michigan and Washington Air National Guards in flight, in the late 1940s.

(USN Photo)

North American SNJ-6 Texan, USN (BuNo. 112305), assigned to the Naval Air Reserve Unit at Naval Air Station Grosse Ile, Michigan, circa 1952.

(USGOV-PD Photo)

North American F-86A-5-NA Sabre (Serial No. 49-1223), 63rd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 56th Fighter-Interceptor Group, Selfridge AFB, Michigan, 1949.

(USAF Photo)

North American F-86D-60-NA Sabre (Serial No. 53-0892), 94th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Selfridge AFB, Michigan.

(NMUSAF Photo)

Lockheed F-94B Starfire (Serial No. 50-879), 61st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Selfridge Air Force Base, Michigan, ca 1950s.

(USAF Photo)

Republic RF-84F Thunderflash (Serial No. 51-1925), 107th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Michigan ANG, 1959.

(USGOV-PD Photo)

Republic RF-84F-36-RE Thunderflash (Serial No. 52-8756), 171st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Michigan ANG, 1964.

(USGOV-PD Photo)

Republic RF-84F Thunderflash (Serial No. 52-7367), 127th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, Michigan ANG, 1960s.

(NMUSAF Photo)

Martin RB-57A Canberra (Serial No. 52-1478), Michigan Air National Guard, Kellogg Field, Battle Creek, Michigan, ca 1960s.

(NMUSAF Photo)

Martin B/RB-57E Canberra (Serial No. 55-4239).  The next aircraft is an RB-57A (Serial No. 52-1478), both with the 172nd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 110th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, Michigan Air National Guard, 1966.

(USGOV-PD Photo)

North American F-100F-10-NA Super Sabre (Serial No. 56-3805), 127th Tactical Fighter Wing, Michigan Air National Guard, in the 1960s.

(USGOV-PD Photo)

Convair F-106 Delta Dart (Serial No. 58-0786), 94th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Selfridge AFB, Michigan, 1964.

(NMUSAF Photo)

Convair F-106A-105-CO Delta Dart (Serial No. 59-0007), landing at Selfridge Air Force Base, Michigan, ca 1964.

(USAF Photo)

Convair F-106 Delta Dart (Serial No. 56-0463), 171st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 1969.

(D.F. Brown, USAF Photo)

McDonnell F-4D-29-MC Phantom II (Serial No. 66-0243) from the 171st Fighter Interceptor Squadron, 191st Tactical Reconnaissance Group, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, 17 July 1987.

(Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation Photo)

McDonnell F-4C Phantom II (171st Fighter Interceptor Squadron, 191st Fighter Interceptor Group, Michigan Air National Guard, now preserved with the Aerospace Museum of California, McClellan, California.

(Alain Rioux Photo)

LTV A-7D Corsair II (Serial No. 70-0035), 107th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Michigan Air National Guard, 1986.

(USAF Photo)

LTV A-7K Corsair II (Serial No. 80-0291), 107th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Michigan Air National Guard, 1984.

(Airman 1st Class, Sheryl Barnett, USAF Photo)

Bell HH-1N Iroquois helicopter (Serial No. 69-6612), U.S. Air Force Reserve,  taking off on maneuvers during a reserve rescue exercise at Phelps Collins Air National Guard Base, Alpena, Michigan, 12 May 1982.

(Master Sgt. Jeff Szczechowski, USAF Photo)

Lockheed C-130E-LM Hercules (Serial No. 72-1858), 171st Airlift Squadron, 127th Wing, Michigan Air National Guard, Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, May 2004.

(Master Sergeant Munnaf Joarder, USAF Photo)

Lockheed C-130E Hercules,171st Airlift Squadron,  dispatching flares during a low-level training mission over Lake Huron, Michigan, March 2006.

(USAF Photo)

General Dynamics F-16C/D Fighting Falcons, 122nd Fighter Wing, Indiana Air National Guard and the 127th Fighter Wing, Michigan Air National Guard, in formation, 2009.

(MSgt. Terry Atwell, USAF photo)

Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II (Serial No. 79-0193), 107th Fighter Squadron, Michigan Air National Guard, blasts its' 30mm gatling gun.

(USAF Photo)

Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II (Serial No. 80-255), 107th Fighter Squadron, Michigan Air National Guard, Selfridge ANGB, Michigan, 2010.

(Terry Atwell, Air National Guard Photo)

Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II (Serial No. 80-998), Selfridge Air National Guard Base, 2014.

(Master Sgt. David Kujawa, Air National Guard Photo)

Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II departs after completing air-to-air refueling from a KC-135 Stratotanker while over Michigan, 2013.  The A-10 is assigned to the 107th Fighter Squadron and the KC-135 to the 171st Air Refueling Squadron at Selfridge Air National Guard Base.

(Staff Sgt. Curtis J. Lenz, USAF Photo)

Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker from the 127th Wing, Michigan Air National Guard, 2015.

(USAF Photo)

C-21 Learjet (Serial No. 40142), "Battle Creek", 110th Airlift Wing, Michigan Air National Guard, 2010.

(Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot, 185th ARW PA Photo)

Fairchild Republic A-10C Thunderbolt II, 127th Wing, Michigan Air National Guard, 2017.  The aircraft is painted with non-standard markings in honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Red Devils of the 107th Fighter Squadron.

(Master Sgt. Scott Thompson, US Army Photo)

Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment preparing to land at Grayling Airfield in Grayling, Michigan, Aug. 3, 2013, during Northern Strike. Northern Strike is an Air National Guard-sponsored training exercise emphasizing air-to-ground operations intended to prepare personnel to conduct direct combat operations

(Maj. Patrick Mayabb, US Army Photo)

Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter being supported by soldiers from Detachment 1, Company B, 3-238 Aviation, Selfridge, Michigan, in refueling operations, 10 Aug 2014.

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