1945: TOS USAAF. 9/49: 4255th Base Unit, Grenada. By 8/50: 122nd Tactical Bomb Squadron (ANG), New Orleans, LA. 1/51: 424th Bomb Squadron (ANG), Langley AFB, VA. 7/54: 102nd Bomb Squadron (ANG), Floyd Bennett Field, NY. 9/57: Flown to the Air Force Museum, Patterson Field, OH. 10/70: Towed to new facility. Painted to represent a B-26C operated during the Korean War by the 34th Bomb Squadron.

1945: TOS USAAF. 9/49: 4255th Base Unit, Grenada. By 8/50: 122nd Tactical Bomb Squadron (ANG), New Orleans, LA. 1/51: 424th Bomb Squadron (ANG), Langley AFB, VA. 7/54: 102nd Bomb Squadron (ANG), Floyd Bennett Field, NY. 9/57: Flown to the Air Force Museum, Patterson Field, OH. 10/70: Towed to new facility. Painted to represent a B-26C operated during the Korean War by the 34th Bomb Squadron.

Ca.1943: TOS USAAF with s/n 42-54582. In 1956 it was converted for spraying mosquitos or use as a fire-fighting tanker. 1971-1972: Restored as an SBD-5. By Jun 2004: US Air Force Museum and repainted as A-24 41-15786. Previously N17421

Ca.1943: TOS USAAF with s/n 42-54582. In 1956 it was converted for spraying mosquitos or use as a fire-fighting tanker. 1971-1972: Restored as an SBD-5. By Jun 2004: US Air Force Museum and repainted as A-24 41-15786. Previously N17421

Falsely painted as A-20G 43-21475, but is in fact 43-22200. Ca.1945: Converted to an executive transport, designated CA-20G. 11 Jan 1946: Registered N63004. 20 Sep 1960: Bankers Life and Casualty Co, Chicago, IL. 30 Sep 1961: Donated to the USAF Museum. 17 Oct 1970: Moved to new the museum at Wright Field. Fully restored to WWII configuration.

1937: TOS with USAAC. 25 Jun 1937: 3rd Attack Group, Barksdale, LA. Ca. 1939: Kelly Field, TX. Apr 1940: Bolling Field, DC; Served as support aircraft for Military Attaches in Honduras, Guatemala, and Haiti. 20 Jun 1941: TOS USAAF. No dates as to when NMUSAF acquired it, but it is the only A-17 type to exist.

The P-75 Eagle was designed by the Fisher Body Division of General Motors for an Air Force request for a fast climbing fighter. Eight XP-75s and six P-75As (out of an order of 2.500) were delivered and later used for development of the Allison V-3420 engine. This aircraft was the last Eagle built (sister ship 44-44554 nearing completion was never finished) and was set aside in 1946 for a proposed USAAF aviation museum. Pictured in the Museum's Experimental Aircraft Gallery, it has since been moved to the new fourth building for display in the Research and Development Gallery.

Prototype Spectre gunship that was converted under Project Gunship II at Wright-Patterson AFB. It carried four 20mm cannon and four 7.62mm multi-barrel guns, used in a 30-degree left bank at night. This AC-130 was sent to Nha Trang AFB in Vietnam on Sept. 21, 1967 for a 90-day test. Other Spectres of 16th SOS based at Ubon flew interdiction missions along the Ho Chi Ming Trail from 1968 onward, destroying many trucks. This aircraft carries the emblem of Air Force Systems Command on the left side.

On display at NMUSAF since 2004. This rare Type 21 Zero was recovered from Kavieng, New Ireland and bought by the museum in 1971. Said to have been flown by 6th Kokutai, it is now painted with tail code A1-3-102 to represent a section leader's Zero from the aircraft carrier Zuiho during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea in Mar 1943. Zuiho Zeros wearing J3 grey normally used tail code EIII until Oct 1942. The carrier's Zeros were based ashore during Feb-Mar 1943 to provide support after the Guadalcanal debacle. The longer spinner of this externally well-restored Nakajima-built A6M2b is evident.

On display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. "Dennis the Menace" is in the markings of the 97th FIS based at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base during the mid-1950s.

On display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. This Kingcobra is ex 43-11728, painted as an RP-63A manned target aircraft for aerial gunnery practice.

On display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. The Apache was the dive bomber version of the Mustang. It was used by the USAAF in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and India. This Apache is painted to represent the aircraft flown by Capt. Lawrence Dye of the 522nd FBS, 27th FG in World War II.

"Night Mare" on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. This aircraft was delivered to the Royal Australian Air Force in 1942. It is painted to represent the Beaufighter flown by Capt. Harold Augspurger of the USAAF 415th Night Fighter Squadron, which operated from North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Corsica, before moving to France and Germany by the end of the war.

On display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. With its unmistakable "Droop Snoot" nose, "Bird of Prey" is one of eight modified C-135s that was a joint project between NASA and the DoD to provide mobile tracking and telemetry as an Apollo/Range Instrumentation Aircraft (A/RIA). It became operational in Jan. 1968 and went on to serve with the 4950th Test Wing and 412th Test Wing over a 32-year career. The bulbous nose contains a steerable seven-foot antenna.

On display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. This Voodoo served with the 18th Fighter Interceptor Squadron and with the 142nd Fighter Interceptor Group. It was flown to the museum in Feb. 1981.

On display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. These aircraft were highly modified versions of the World War II A-26 Invader, used for ground-attack missions along the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

On display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. This Phantom is painted to represent "Scat XXVII", the 8th TFW aircraft in which Col. Robin Olds flying as Tampa Lead on MiG CAP shot down two MiG-17s using a Sparrow and a Sidewinder near Bac Giang in northeast Vietnam on May 20, 1967. The left splitter vane carries two red stars.

On display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Originally AT-8 multi-engine advanced trainers, these aircraft went through designation changes as the AT-17 and the UC-78 light personnel transport that served with the USAAF, USN and RCAF. This Bobcat was acquired by the museum in 1982.