Warplanes of the USA: South Carolina, Historic Photos

South Carolina Warplanes

(Alan Wilson Photo)

Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon (Serial No. 92-3910) of the 77th Fighter Squadron, part of the 20th Fighter Wing based at Shaw AFB, 2016.

(USAF Photo)

General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon (Serial No. 92-3909) equipped with 4x AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles, South Carolina ANG.

(USGOV-PD Photo)

North American F-51D-30-NT Mustang (Serial No. 45-111687), 157th Fighter Squadron, South Carolina Air National Guard, ca 1947.

(USGOV-PD Photo)

North American P-51D-25-NA Mustang (Serial No. 44-73699).  Note "NG" on tail, indicating this photo was taken before the Air National Guard came into being in September 1947.

(Alfred T. Palmer Photo)

Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 Canary (BuNo. 1777), USMC,  at Parris Island, South Carolina, in May 1942.  T he N3Ns were used to tow Schweizer LNS-1 gliders of the Marine glider program.

(Alfred T. Palmer Photos)

(US National Archives and Records Administration Photos)

Marine glider at Page Field, Parris Island, South Carolina, 1 May 1942.

Marine Corps Gliders for student pilots at Page Field, Parris Island, South Carolina, 1 May 1942.

(NMNA Photo)

Martin B-26B-MA Marauder (Serial No. 41-17635) in flight with the starboard propeller feathered.  This aircraft crashed at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on 4 December 1942.

(USGOV-PD Photo)

Lockheed RF-80A-5-LO Shooting Star (Serial No. 45-8310), 161st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Shaw AFB, South Carolina, 1950.

Republic RF-84F Thunderflash (Serial No. 11875), 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Group, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, ca 1950s.  (USAF Photo)

(USAF Photo)

Republic F-84G Thunderjet (Serial No. 6656), the 20th Fighter Wing, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.

(USAF Photo)

North American F-86D Sabre Dog formation, 157th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, South Carolina Air National Guard.

(USGOV-PD Photo)

North American F-86L-60-NA Sabre (Serial No. 53-1047), 444th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 35th Air Division, Charleston AFB, South Carolina, July 1957.

(USGOV-PD Photo)

McDonnell F-101B-90-MC Voodoo (Serial No. 57-354), 444th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Charleston AFB, South Carolina September 1962.  This Voodoo was later sold to the Canadian Armed Forces as (Serial No. 101030), ca 1970/71.  It is now on display at CFB Comox, British Columbia.

(SMSgt Edward E. Snyder, USAF Photo)

Lockheed F-104A-25-LO Starfighter (Serial No. 56-0863) from the 157th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, South Carolina Air National Guard, at McEntire Air National Guard Base, South Carolina, in the 1960s.

(USAF Photo)

Lockheed F-104A Starfighter (Serial No. 56-0841), 157th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, South Carolina Air National Guard, 1963.

(USGOV-PD Photo)

Martin RB-57A-MA Canberra (Serial No. 52-1457), 43rd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Group, Shaw AFB, South Carolina, ca 1960s.

(USAF Photo)

Convair F-102A-60-CO Delta Dagger (Serial No. 56-1048), 157th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, South Carolina Air National Guard, 1972.

McDonnell RF-101 Voodoo, 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, South Carolina, 1962.  (USAF Photo)

McDonnell RF-4C Phantom II, 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.  (USAF Photo)

(USAF Photo)

McDonnell RF-4C Phantom II (Serial No. 67-0436), 16th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.

(USAF Photo)

LTV A-7D Corsair II (Serial No. 72-0258), 157th Tactical Fighter Squadron, South Carolina Air National Guard, 1979.

(TSgt. H.H. Deffner, USAF Photo)

General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcons from the 157th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 169th Tactical Fighter Group, South Carolina Air National Guard, 1989.

(Tech. Sgt. Michael Holzworth, USAF Photo)

General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 77th Fighter Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, flies a combat training mission over the Joint Pacific Range Complex near Eielson AFB, Alaska, 20 June 2012, during Red Flag-Alaska 12-2.

(Tech. Sgt. Hans H. Deffner, USAF Photo)

General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcons from the 169th Tactical Fighter Group, South Carolina Air National Guard in formation.  The F-16s are armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles.

(Maj. Matthew Booth, SC ANG Photo)

General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcons, 169th Fighter Wing, South Carolina Air National Guard, 2014.

(U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Jorge Intriago/Released)

USAF Senior Airman Jason Dees, a crew chief assigned to the 169th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron from McEntire Joint National Guard Base of the South Carolina Air National Guard, finishes his marshaling routine in Rionegro, Colombia, 14 Aug 2014, during Relampago (Lightning) 2014.  Relampago was a combined air cooperation engagement with the Republic of Colombia.  One hundred Airmen and six F-16s participated in the first major joint-air training opportunity under the auspices of the South Carolina National Guard's State Partnership Program with the country of Colombia. (

(Tech. Sgt. Caycee Watson, USAF Photo)

(TSgt Caycee Cook, USAF Photo)

General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft with the 169th Fighter Wing, South Carolina Air National Guard arrives at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, 22 Aug 2012, following a deployment to Afghanistan.

(TSgt Caycee Watson, USAF Photo)

General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft with the 169th Fighter Wing, South Carolina Air National Guard,receives fuel from a KC-135R Stratotanker assigned to the 134th Air Refueling Wing, Tennessee Air National Guard over Eastover, South Carolina on 12 Nov 2013.

(U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Brian Calhoun/Released)

Soldiers assigned to Company A, 1-111th General Aviation Support Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, establish a perimeter defense around a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter as part of a personnel recovery and downed aircraft training exercise at the McCrady Training Center, Eastover, S.C., 3 May 2015.

(U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Kevin Pickering/Released)

1-111th General Aviation Support Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, establishes a perimeter defense around a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter as part of personnel recovery and downed aircraft training at the McCrady Training Center, Eastover, S.C., 3 May 2015.

(U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Brian Calhoun/Released)

South Carolina National Guard, along with North Carolina and Georgia National Guard units conducted “Carolina Thunder 14”,  a drill weekend, joint training exercise Nov. 15, 2014. More than 30 aircraft participated in the mass take-off from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Eastover, S.C. Units conducted air and ground operations at the Savannah River Site in Allendale, S.C. The S.C. Air National Guard 169th Fighter Wing’s F-16 Fighting Falcons joined AH-64D Apaches, CH-47 Chinooks, UH-60 Black Hawks and more than 100 Infantry Soldiers from the S.C. Army National Guard to train with Apaches from the N.C. Army National Guard and the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSATRS) and Joint Terminal Training Center (JTAC) from the Georgia Air National Guard in a collective force-on-force, enemy suppression and assault mission.

(Tech. Sgt. David McLeod, USAF Photo)

Boeing C-17 Globemaster III from the 437th Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB, South Carolina, flies over the coast near Charleston, South Carolina, 3 June 2013.

(Rob Schleiffert Photo)

McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet (BuNo. 164274), USMC, VMFA-312,  Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, 1 July 1995.

(TSGT Robert J. Horstman, USAF Photo)

McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, 204, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-115 (VMFA-115), Silver Eagles, Beaufort, South Carolina (SC), armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles (wing tips), a GBU-12 (left), and an MK-83 1,000 lbs Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.

(Cpl. Jonah Lovy, USMC Photo)

McDonnell Douglas F/A-18D Hornet, Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, 2016.

(Capt. Amy Hansen, USAF Photo)

McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A+ Hornets from VMFA-115, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, 2011.

(Cpl. Sarah Cherry, USMC Photo)

Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 (VMFAT-501), Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, 2014.

(Cpl. N.W. Huertas, USMC Photo)

Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 (VMFAT-501), Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, attaches to the hose of a Lockheed KC-130J Super Hercules during aerial refueling training over the Atlantic Ocean, 13 Aug 2015.

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