Warplanes of the USA: South Dakota, Historical Photos
South Dakota Warplanes
(USGOV-PD Photo)
North American F-51D-25-NA Mustang (Serial No. 44-73578), 175th Fighter Squadron, South Dakota Air National Guard, ca 1948.
(USAF Photo)
North American F-51D-25-NA Mustang (Serial No. 44-73564), 175th Fighter Squadron, South Dakota Air National Guard, ca 1948.
(John Mollison, South Dakota Air National Guard Photo)
Northrop F89-D Scorpion (Serial No. 51-1149), South Dakota Air National Guard, 1957.
(USAF Photo)
LTV A-7D Corsair II (Serial No. 70-1014), 175th Tactical Fighter Squadron, South Dakota Air National Guard, 1979.
(Mike Freer, Touchdown-aviation Photo)
LTV A-7D-11-CV Corsair II (Serial No. 70-1030), 175th Tactical Fighter Squadron, South Dakota Air National Guard, 1985.
(Tech. Sgt. Caycee Cook, USAF Photo)
General Dynamics F-16C Block 30A Fighting Falcon (Serial No. 85-1448), 175th Fighter Squadron, 114th Fighter Wing, South Dakota Air National Guard, July 2010.
(USGOV-PD Photo)
General Dynamics F-16C Block 30A Fighting Falcon (Serial No. 89-0064), 175th Fighter Squadron, 114th Fighter Wing, South Dakota Air National Guard, July 2011.
(Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot, SD ANG Photo)
General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon (Serial No. 88-0418), South Dakota Air National Guard, 2017.
Eurocopter UH-72 Lakota helicopters flown by a South Dakota Army National Guard aviation unit were deployed to the southwest border of the United States in continuing support of the United States Customs and Border Protection. (South Dakota Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Beck)
(Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III, USAF Photo)
Rockwell B-1B Lancer from the 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth AFB, dropping away after air-to-air refueling.
(Tomas Del Coro Photo)
Rockwell B-1B Lancer (Serial No. 86-0108), 37th Bomb Squadron, 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth AFB, Feb 2017.
Battleship USS South Dakota (BB-57)
(RN Photo, IWM A17648)
Vought OS2U Kingfisher being catapulted from the battleship USS South Dakota (BB-57) at Scapa Flow, Scotland (UK) while operating with elements of the British Home Fleet.
(NMNA Photo)
Vought OS2U Kingfisher taxiing towards the recovery sled for recovery by the battleship USS South Dakota (BB-57) in April 1943. The USS South Dakota was operating in the North Atlantic at that time.
For those of you who are familiar with the airspace over South Dakota and its environs, the weather and colors of the landscape running from the bare prairie to the Badlands and the Black Hills can be incredibly beautiful, particularly early in the morning. The state is also home to a considerable number of retired warbirds and gate guardians. Ellsworth Air Force Base, for example, has been the home of military aviation in South Dakota since the Second World War.
It is my hope that this book will show you where to find and view some of South Dakota s veteran military aircraft, and to perhaps take an interest in some of the military aviation history that can be found in this warm and friendly state that is home to the Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse Memorial in the Black Hills, as well as the last resting place of Wild Bill Hickok in Deadwood. This book is specifically intended to provide a where are they guide for residents and visitors to South Dakota who are interested in its rich resources of historical military aircraft, as well as contact information for the museums and airfields that display them.
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