1938: TOS USAAC, assigned to Wright Field, Dayton, OH and used for evaluation testing. 10/1942: Declared restricted and relegated to utility work. 1946: G.H. Baldwin with c/r NC56847. 1954: Two owners operated it for crop dusting. 1965: WFU, stored at Tucson, AZ.. 3/71: Ferried from Albuquerque to the Air Force Museum. 1980 to 1982: Restored and marked as a plane with the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron in 1939. Rare retractable turret was recovered by Darryl Greenamyer from a belly-landed B-18 high atop a Hawaiian mountain.

4/45: TOS USAAF. Assigned to the 552nd BS/381st BG, RAF Ridgewell, England. It was the last plane assigned to this unit; did not see combat but was sent back to the USA after the war ended in Europe. 1948: Converted to MB-17G operating in the flying bomb project with the Guided Missile Wing, Eglin AFB, FL. Later converted to TB-17G. Then it went to the 3205th Drone Squadron, Eglin; converted to DB-17G and then DB-17P. 17 June '57: Flown to the Air Force Museum at Patterson Field, OH. 1988: Traded to the Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB for the recently restored "Shoo, Shoo, Shoo Baby.

This B-52D saw extensive combat in Vietnam. On 9 April 1972 it was hit by a SA-2 surface to air missile and was badly damaged, but was repaired and flew another four missions. It was flown to the museum in 1978 and is now on display in the Southeast Asia Gallery.

This a/c dropped the atomic bomb Fat Man over Nagasaki, Japan on 9 August 1945. After the war, the 509th Bomb Group returned to the U.S. and was stationed at Roswell AFB, NM. In 1946 this a/c was earmarked for the USAF Museum and put in long term storage at Tucson. It was restored to flying condition and flown to the USAF Museum, arriving 26 September 1961. Shown here in the outdoor aircraft display area next to the original museum. It is currently on display in the WW 2 Gallery in the current museum.

Originally built as a B-47E, this a/c sent it's active service being used as a test a/c at both Edwards AFB and Wright-Patterson AFB. It was the first USAF a/c with a fly-by-wire control system. It was retired to the museum in 1969, but is now on display at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History in Albuquerque, NM.

Seen at the Old AF Museum on Patterson AFB. It has been restored to flying condition and is now privately as N551H.

The first production aircraft at the old Air Force Museum on Patterson AFB in 1958, reportedly used for weather research tests there.

This a/c was the first YRF-110 Spectre built, later designated YRF-4C. Originally being built as a USN F4H-1, it was converted on the assembly line to USAF specifications. After finishing its career as a YRF-4C test a/c, it was modified into the prototype F-4E, and was also used for advanced development testing including fly-by-wire flight testing. It is currently at the USAF Museum but appears to be in storage as of 2021.

This F-15A set eight time to climb records in January 1975. The flights were conducted out of Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota. It is still at the USAF Museum but is currently (2021) in storage.

This aircraft is actually 44-70296, but for display purposes is painted to represent 44-70534, which was stationed in Alaska in 1945-1946. Photo by David Menard.

Slide taken in the outdoor aircraft display area at the old museum on Patterson AFB. The XF-85 Goblin program was a failure, with this a/c only completing one flight on 8 April 1949. The second XF-85, s/n 46-524, only managed to complete four flights and was damaged on the fourth flight. The USAFM received 46-523 in 1950. It was transferred to the new museum and is on display.

Slide taken in the outdoor aircraft display area at the old museum on Patterson AFB. At this time the a/c still wore its correct serial number. It was acquired by the USAFM in 1965 from Air France, where it was used in their training school near Paris. This is a combat veteran, having seen action with the Free French Air Force during the last months of WW 2.

Preserved at the USAF Museum at Wright-Patterson, OH from 1984.

Photo by David Menard.

1970: TOS USAF and assigned to Armament Development and Test Center, Eglin AFB, FL. It was apparently damaged because in 1975 it became a ground trainer at Sheppard AFB, TX (and redesignated GA-7D). 1987: The United States Air Force Museum acquired it and marked it as 70-0970 in honor of Maj. Colin Clarke who received the Air Force Cross for actions in a rescue support mission in Vietnam. 1991: Replaced at the Museum by the real 70-0970 and was then donated to the VFW post in Wausau, WI where it is currently displayed.

This a/c is now on display inside the museum in the Southeast Asia War Gallery.

Slide taken in the outdoor aircraft display area at the old museum site. This is actually P-38L 44-53232 marked as P-38J 42-67855 of the 55th Fighter Squadron. This a/c was moved to the current museum and is on display in the WW 2 Gallery in the same markings.

This a/c is now on inside display at the museum.

This a/c was flown to the USAF Museum in June 1980, just three months before this slide was taken. It is parked near the museum restoration hangar across the airfield from the museum, which can be seen in the background. It is currently on display inside the museum.

28 Oct '42: TOS USAAF. By 8/43: HQ Squadron, FSEF Training Group at Eglin Field, FL. By 1/44: HQ Squadron, 1st SEG Training Group. 2/45: RFC, Cincinnati, OH. 1946 to 1949: Registered NX39502, owners used it for racing. Ca.1950: Registered as N39502. 1952: Stored iat Council Bluffs, IA, where it ended up being dismantled and stripped. 1954: Walter H. Erickson, Minneapolis, MN and trucked from Council Bluffs. 1963: Charles P. Doyle, Rosemount, MN; partially restored it before donating it to the Air Force Museum in 1971. 1973: Restored by the Minnesota ANG.