19 Jan 1954: TOS USAF; assigned to 11th Bombardment (Heavy) Wing (SAC), Carswell AFB, TX. 12/54: 42nd Bombardment (H) Wing (SAC), Loring AFB, ME. 5/56: 95th Bombardment (H) Wing (SAC), Biggs AFB, TX. 2/59: Davis-Monthan AFB for storage. 30 April 1959: Last flight of a B-36 when it flew to Wright Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, for storage while awaiting the building of a new Air Force Museum.

Painted with the serial of an F-100D, this aircraft's true identity is 56-3905.

One of a series of 13 pre-production aircraft built. This photo was taken by John Mitchell in November 1945, when he was still in the service. That's how I knew about Ontario (today's Chino, not Ontario International), but I didn't get there myself until May 1946 and they were gone by then.

Part-way through a repaint.

19 Jan 1954: TOS USAF; assigned to 11th Bombardment (Heavy) Wing (SAC), Carswell AFB, TX. 12/54: 42nd Bombardment (H) Wing (SAC), Loring AFB, ME. 5/56: 95th Bombardment (H) Wing (SAC), Biggs AFB, TX. 2/59: Davis-Monthan AFB for storage. 30 April 1959: Last flight of a B-36 when it flew to Wright Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, for storage while awaiting the building of a new Air Force Museum.

This is the only P-23 built. Curtiss retained the last P-6E Hawk (32-278) at their factory, and completed it with a new monocoque aluminum fuselage. Also new were the nose, tail surfaces and landing gear. It was fitted with a turbo-supercharged G1V-1570-C engine with a 3-bladed prop. The new aircraft was delivered on 16 April 1932 and designated XP-23 (Curtiss model 63). It was redesignated YP-23 when the turbo-supercharger was removed. Unfortunately by then the USAAC had lost interest in biplane designs, and no orders were placed. The YP-23 was dropped from USAAC inventory in January 1936. Official USAAC photo.

Wearing MAC 375th Aeromedical Airlift Wing markings.

AEMCO was awarded a $3 million dollar contract to recondition 68 USAF C-82 Packets. Seen here are three of those aircraft undergoing the work in one of the hangars at the AEMCO plant. AEMCO company photo.

AEMCO company photo of an F-80 under maintenance at their Oaklant plant.

Work in progress on a 1953 government (USAF) contract to overhaul F-80s and T-33s by the Aircraft Engineering and Maintenance Company (AEMCO) at their Oakland Airport plant. Countless F-80s and T-33s are visible in this photo, and in the front row are the tail ends of T-33As 51-9177, 52-9852, 52-9139, 51-8665, 51-8546 and 52-9252. AEMCO company photo.

C-124 Globemasters receiving maintenance and modification work at the Aircraft Engineering and Maintenance Company (AEMCO) plant at Oakland Airport. Also note the C-97 in the distance and the T-33s on the left. This is an AEMCO company photo.

Photographer unknown.

USAAF photo of a rare type, the first of only four XC-108 conversions. Originally delivered as a B-17E in Feb 1942, it was converted into the XC-108 VIP transport in 1943, to serve as General Douglas MacArthur's personal aircraft, named "Bataan". Armament and armor was removed, and it was fitted with a B-17F plexiglas nose with a single machine gun with a chrome barrel. The cabin was fitted with seats, tables, cooking facilities and extra windows for use as a flying living and office space. In Oct 1945 the aircraft was stored for disposal at Walnut Ridge, AR and sold for scrap in Sep 1946.

Photographer: Hans-Joachim Schröder. Photographer did not provide location. Probably Holloman AFB.

used for ground instruction duties after her active career and redesignated a GC-141B - broken up. Photographer unknown