The National Naval Aviation Museum acquired this a/c from the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in 1977. This slide was taken shortly after it arrived in Pensacola. It is currently on display inside the Hangar Bay One building.

Training Air Wing (TAW) 5 TH-57C Sea Ranger from Naval Air Station (NAS) Whiting Field, FL displayed at the National Museum of Naval Aviation.

VF-142 Ghostriders was a US Navy fighter squadron established on 24 Aug 1948 as VF-193. It was renamed VF-142 on 15 Oct 1963 and disestablished on 30 April 1995.

Originally built as a T-6A and later converted to T-6B configuration. This a/c is positioned outside the National Naval Aviation Museum atrium in conjunction with a retirement ceremony taking place inside. This is an active a/c and not part of the museum collection.

This T-6A is positioned outside the National Naval Aviation Museum's atrium as part of a retirement ceremony taking place inside. This is an active a/c and not part of the museum collection.

Company owned AT-6B demonstration a/c on display at the airshow.

This slide was taken next to one of the Naval Air Rework Facility hangars at NAS Pensacola. NARF had a contract for reworking former USAF F-104A a/c destined for overseas use. This a/c went to Jordan, being accepted by the Royal Jordanian Air Force on 29 August 1972. Operated as 921/R by the RJAF, it crashed on 15 December 1974.

On display at the airshow. The GAFFTC is located at Holloman AFB, NM.

On display at the airshow. The GAFFTC is located at Holloman AFB, NM.

On display at the airshow.

On display at the airshow. The GAFFTC is located at Holloman AFB, NM.

A humid day in Pensacola as evidenced by the condensation vortex rings from the propellers. 164763 was retired in 2019, and has been replaced with C-130J Bureau Number 170000. The C-130J was acquired from the RAF in 2020.

This was Leonardo's entry for the US Navy's competition for a new training helicopter. This entry won, and the now designated TH-73A is in production. All USN undergraduate rotary wing training is conducted at NAS Whiting Field, FL., which is approximately 15 miles north east of NAS Pensacola.

31 Dec 1969: TOS USN. May/70: Weapons Systems, NATC, NAS Patuxent River, MD. November/70: Grumman Bethpage for modifications. January/71: VAQ-129, NAS Whidbey Island, WA. 1974: Strike Aircraft Naval Test Center, NAS Patuxent River. September/79: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. August/80: NARF, NAS Alameda, CA. Ca. October/80: VAQ-129. August/85: Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River. From July/86 to October/96: Rotated among squadrons at Whidbey. November/96: VX-23, NAS Patuxent River. June/98: VX-9, NAS China Lake, CA. By April/02: VX-23. 3 June 2010: Ferried to the National Naval Aviation Museum as the oldest active EA-6B.

The USMC tested 5 YRON-1 a/c. It was not accepted by the Marines as it was too heavy and difficult to fly. In 1977 4013 was on outside display at the museum. It is currently in storage, although occasionally it is put on display for special events.

Beautifully restored SH-2F 151312 on display in Hangar Bay One not long after its return from the Kaman Corporation in 2018. Kaman very graciously overhauled and restored the a/c at their own cost for the museum. It is currently on display in Hangar Bay One.

This H-2 was originally built as a UH-2B, later converted to a UH-2C, and finally converted to a SH-2F. 151312 was then assigned to HSL-31, where it served from 1973 until retirement in 1992. Not long after I took this photo 151312 was transported to the Kaman Corporation for complete restoration, which was finished in 2018. It is now on display inside the Hangar Bay One building.