Warplanes of the USA, Oklahoma, Historic Photos

Oklahoma Warplanes.

(USAAF Photo)

Consolidated B-24E-1-DT Liberator (Serial No. 41-28451), by Douglas aircraft at Tulsa, Oklahoma for the USAAF, ca 1943.

(USAF Photo, courtesy of the Air Force Weather History Office)

Consolidated B-24 Liberator with members of the 655th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, Weather Reconnaissance, taken during training at Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma in 1944.

(USAF Photo)

Republic F-84G Thunderjet (Serial No. 51-1231), 137th Fighter Squadron, 48th Fighter Bomber Wing, 1953.

(USGOV-PD Photo)

LTV A-7D Corsair II (Serial No. 70-0976), 125th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 138th Fighter Wing, Oklahoma Air National Guard, ca 1981.

(USAF Photo)

LTV A-7D Corsair II (Serial No. 69-6229), 125th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Oklahoma Air National Guard, ca 1989.

(SMS Kevin Tucker, USAF Photo)

Lockheed C-130H-LM Hercules (Serial No. 78-0811), 185th Airlift Squadron, 137th Airlift Wing, Oklahoma Air National Guard (ANG), arrives at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 10 Aug 2003. A crew member flies the Oklahoma state flag from the escape hatch.

(TSgt. Michael Ammons, USAF Photo)

General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon (Serial No. 89-2040) from the 125th Fighter Squadron, 138th Fighter Wing, Oklahoma Air National Guard, based at Tulsa, Oklahoma.  This aircraft was flying over the Gulf of Mexico, during a "Combat Archer" mission to fire an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) at a target drone near Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, on 13 January 2003.

(USGOV-PD Photo)

General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon (Serial No. 89-2017), 125th Fighter Squadron, Oklahoma Air National Guard, 1999.

(USGOV-PD Photo)

Beechcraft T-6A Texan II formation, 71st Flying Training Wing, Vance AFB, Oklahoma, 2010.

(Maj. Geoff Legler, Oklahoma National Guard Photo)

Short C-23 Sherpa in the Oklahoma Army National Guard inventory sits in side its hanger at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City moments before a turn-in ceremony for the aircraft on 23 July 2013.  The Oklahoma Army National Guard has operated the C-23 since 1996 and this aircraft and its Oklahoma crew deployed to Iraq three times between 2005 and 2009.  The C-23 and its crews have been credited with saving countless Coalition Force lives in Iraq due to their ability to conduct short notice, close-in cargo drops in combat zones.

(Drwooden Photo)

Beechcraft MC-12W Liberty, 137th Special Operations Wing, Oklahoma Air National Guard, Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma, 2015.  The MC-12 is a medium-to low-altitude, twin-engine turboprop aircraft. Its primary mission is to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support directly to ground forces serving overseas.

(Master Sgt. Andrew LaMoreaux, US ANG Photo)

Beechcraft MC-12W Liberty, 137th Special Operations Wing, Oklahoma Air National Guard, Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma, 2015.

(April McDonald, USAF Photo)

Boeing E-3B Sentry (Serial No. 75-0558) from the 552nd Air Control Wing waiting to take off as a Boeing P-8A Poseidon (BuNo. 168856) arrives at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, on 6 October 2016.

USS Oklahoma

(Naval History and Heritage Command Photo)

USS Oklahoma (BB-37), at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on 1 January 1920.  Note aircraft launch platforms installed on top of her second and third main battery gun turrets.

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