Warplanes of the USA: Washington, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, McChord Air Museum

Joint Base Lewis-McChord, McChord Air Museum, Building 517, PO Box 4205, 98438-1109.  Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) is an American military installation located 9.1 miles (14.6 km) south-southwest of Tacoma, Washington under the jurisdiction of the United States Army Joint Base Garrison, Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

 The facility is an amalgamation of the United States Army's Fort Lewis and the United States Air Force's McChord Air Force Base which merged on 1 February 2010 into a Joint Base as a result of Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommendations of 2005.  The McChord Air Museum features exhibits about McChord Field and a collection of restored military aircraft:

Beechcraft JRB-5 Expeditor, USN (BuNo. 89848), painted as USAF C-45H (Serial No. 52-10613).

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Consolidated SA-10A Catalina USN (BuNo. 33993), USAAF (Serial No. 43-43847), painted as OA-10A (Serial No. 43-4033), which was based at McChord AFB in the late 1940s.

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Convair F-102A Delta Dagger (Serial No. 56-1515).

(Articseahorse Photo)

Convair F-106A Delta Dart (Serial No. 56-0459).

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Douglas B-18B Bolo (Serial No. 37-505).

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Douglas B-23 Dragon (Serial No. 39-36).

Douglas TC-47D Skytrain (Serial No. 44-76502).

Douglas C-124C Globemaster II (Serial No. 52-0994).  This aircraft was formerly under civilian registration N86599 and located for many years at the Detroit Institute of Aeronautics.  On 9 October 1986 the aircraft was flown non-stop from Selfridge Air National Guard Base near Detroit, Michigan to McChord Air Force Base.  While flying over Washington State the aircraft was joined by a Lockheed C-130 Hercules and Lockheed C-141 Starlifter of McChord's 62nd Military Airlift Wing. This is the last recorded flight of a C-124.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo)

Fairchild C-82 Packet, USAF (Serial No. 44-2300), ca 1950s.

(Author Photo)

Fairchild C-82A Packet (Serial No. 48-57574), CQ 574.

Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II (Serial No. 75-0270).

(Alan Wilson Photo)

Kaman HH-43A Huskie Helicopter (Serial No. 58-1833).

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Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (Serial No. 58-2106).  This was the last T-33A built for the USAF.

(62 Wing Public Affairs Photo)

Lockheed C-130E Hercules (Serial No. 62-1789), painted in a Vietnam-era camouflage scheme.

Lockheed C-141B Starlifter (Serial No. 65-0277).

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McDonnell CF-101F Voodoo (Serial No. 101022), painted in RCAF colours.

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McDonnell-Douglas F-15A Eagle (Serial No. 76-0048).

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North American F-86D Sabre Dog (Serial No. 52-3669) painted as 51-05976, FU-976.

Sikorsky HU-16 helicopter (Serial No. 27540).

Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Western Air Defense Sector (WADS) HQ

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General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon (Serial No. 82-0929), 119 FW/178 FS, ND ANG, mounted on a pylon.  

(Author Photo)

McDonnell F-4C Phantom II (Serial No. 63-7584), mounted on a pylon.

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