Warplanes of the USA: Mississippi, Historic Photos

Mississippi Warplanes

(Bill Larkins Photo)

Curtiss SOC-3 Seagull, SON-1 (BuNo. 1166), built by the Naval Aircraft Factory for use on battleships and cruisers.  This Seagull was assigned to Observation Squadron Three on the battleship USS Mississippi.  Photo taken at Oakland, California, Feb 1940.

(USN Photo)

USS Mississippi (BB-41) operating at sea during the later 1930s.  She has three Curtiss SOC Seagull aircraft on her catapults.

(USAF Photo)

Bell P-39 Airacobra, Flight Mechanic Training, Keesler Field, 1942.

(USN Photo via Ted Quackenbush)

Grumman Avenger, 279, Biloxi, Keesler AFB, 15 May 1954.

(Bill Larkins Photo)

Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star (Serial No. 0-485-411), Mississippi Air National Guard, ca 1950s.

(Tequask Photo)

McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee (BuNo. 125011), VF-34, on display at Keesler AFB's Armed Forces Day, 15 May 1954.

(Ted Quackenbush Photo)

Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar, on display at Keesler AFB's Armed Forces Day, 15 May 1954.

(Ted Quackenbush Photo)

Douglas C-124C Globemaster II (Serial No. 51-7282), on display at Keesler AFB's Armed Forces Day, 15 May 1954.

(Ted Quackenbush Photo)

Grumman UF-1G Albatross, US Coast Guard (Serial No. 1277), on display at Keesler AFB's Armed Forces Day, 15 May 1954.

(USGOV-PD Photo)

Lockheed C-121 Constellation, Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Douglas RB-26 Invader, 172nd Air Transport Squadron, Mississippi Air National Guard, on the ramp at Hawkins Field, Mississippi, 1961.

(USGOV-PD Photo)

McDonnell RF-4C Phantom II (Serial No. 66-0428), KE, 153rd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Mississippi Air National Guard, 1981.

(John Fleck, FEMA Photo)

Lockheed C-130J Hercules "Hurricane Hunter" with the United States Air Force Reserve aircraft parked on tarmac at Keesler Air Force Base near Biloxi, Mississippi,  after Hurricane Katrina.  "Hurricane Hunter" aircraft were used to help track the path of hurricanes.  Keesler Air Force Base was in the direct path of Hurricane Katrina and was heavily damaged.  4 Oct 2005.  

(USGOV-PD Photo)

Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker (Serial No. 59-1446), 153rd Air Refueling Squadron, Mississippi Air National Guard, Key Field Air National Guard Base, Mississippi.

(Senior Master Sgt. Richard Davis, USAF Photo)

Beechcraft MC-12W (Serial No. 08-0376), Key Field, Mississippi Air National Guard Base, Meridian, Mississippi 28 April 2009.  (Liberty Project)

(Technical Sergeant James Pritchett, USAF Photo)

Lockheed C-130J Hercules being cleaned up in a wash system (nicknamed the Bird Bath) at Keesler AFB.   The Air Force Reserve Command's 403rd Wing fly many hours over the Gulf of Mexico.  Salt and moisture could lead to corrosion if aircraft are not kept clean.

(Major Marnee Losurdo Photo)

Lockheed WC-130J Super Hercules (Serial No. 65300), 403rd Wing, Keesler AFB, 26 Apr 2016.

(Jerry Gunner Photo)

Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (Serial No. 02-1112), 172 AW 183 AS, Mississippi ANG, 2010.

(TSgt Charles Vaughn Photo)

Boeing C-17A Globemaster III aircraft assigned to the Mississippi Air National Guard landing at Mirgorod Air Base, Ukraine, 16 July 2011, to deliver equipment and personnel taking part in Safe Skies 2011.  Safe Skies wAs a joint US, Ukraine and Polish exercise.

(USGOV-PD Photo)

Beech Raytheon T-1A Jayhawk (Serial No. 94-0138), 48th Flying Training Squadron, Columbus AFB, Mississippi, 2013.

(Staff Sgt. Matthew Hannen, USAF Photo)

Northrop T-38C Talon (Serial No. 68-8119), 50th Flying Training Squadron, near Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, 2006.

(USGOV-PD Photo)

Northrop T-38 Talon (Serial No. 65-0374), 49th Fighter Training Squadron, Columbus AFB, Mississippi, 2009.

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