In the early 1930s there was not so much light between a small airliner, a high-end private plane, and a combat aircraft. The Consolidated 18 was a dive-bomber variant of the Fleetster with a new metal wing and an internal bomb bay. The sole example was delivered to NAS Anacostia as the XBY-1 on 26 September 1932. Apparently it was not repaired following a landing accident at NAS Norfolk on 13 April 1933.

Although marked as RR-5 Bureau Number 9205, this is actually 4-AT-E N7861 which never was assigned to the US Navy. It was originally built in 1928 as a 4-AT-B and converted by the factory in 1929 to a 4-AT-E. N7861 spent most of its flying career with Johnson Flying Service, where it was used as an insect spray aircraft as well as under contract with the US Forest Service as a smoke jumper transport. It was donated to the museum in 1973. The US Navy and US Marine Corps had a total of 9 Ford Tri-Motors of various types in their inventory, all ordered between 1927-1931.

14 Aug 1954: First flight as a XA4D-1. Ca.1955: TOS USN. By 1957: NATC, NAS Patuxent River, MD. 1960: NARF, upgraded to A4D-1. It was then transferred to VA-83, NAS Oceana, VA. 7/62: Redesigned A-4A. By 10/62: NAF China Lake, CA for testing. 1 Jul 1963: SOC, stored at NAS Litchfield, AZ. By 1967: TOS USN and returned to NATC Patuxent River. 10/69: SOC. By 1975: Naval Aviation museum, marked as it was when in service with VA-83.

This MH-60S of the Longhorns (the nickname of the NAS Fallon search and rescue (SAR) flight) crashed near Mt. Hogue (CA) at approximately 5 p.m. on 16 July 2021, while conducting SAR operations. All four crewmembers survived the crash without injury and have been safely recovered. The status of the helicopter is not clear yet (19 July 2021). The Seahawk, call sign Longhorn 02, was supporting Mono County SAR efforts to locate a lost hiker in the rugged high-altitude terrain (11,700 feet above sea level) in the National Forest south of Boundary Peak, 120 miles south of Fallon.

4/60: TOS USN as A3D-2T. 7/62: Redesignated TA-3B. 1987: Bailed to Chrysler Technologies Airborne Systems.1989: Converted to ERA-3B assigned to VQ-2, NS Rota Spain. By 8/90: VQ-2 as an EA-3B. Ca.12/90 to ca.4/91: Deployed to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Storm.  15 Mar 1994; Bailed to Raytheon Corporation and registered N875RS. 20 Jun 2011: Flown to the Naval Aviation Museum.

30 Nov 1957: TOS USN as A3D-2 12/57: (VAH-8), NAS Whidbey Island, WA. 10/58: FASRON-113, NAS Cubi Point, Philippines. 11/58: Naval Air Facility Obama, Japan. 12/58: VAH-8 on board the USS Midway before ending the deployment back at Whidbey. 10/61: VAH-13, NAS Whidbey. 7/62: Redesignated A-3B. 8/64: VAH-123, NAS Whidbey. 1970: Naval Air Test Center (RDT&E), NAS Patuxent River, MD. 9 Feb 1976: Flown to the New England Air Museum and SOC.

HSL-42 Det.5 "Proud Warriors"

30 Jul 1956: TOS USN as A3D-1, assigned to VAH-1. 4/58: VAH-3 and deployed aboard USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. 8/59: VAH-123. 7/62: Redesignated A-3A. 9/63: Placed in storage at NAS Litchfield, AZ. 12/65: MASDC. 8/66: NARF at NAS Alameda; converted to EA-3A. 10/66: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E), Pacific Missile Test Center, NAS Point Mugu, CA. 12/74: NARF, NAS Pensacola, FL; modifications were removed and redesignated A-3A. 5 Dec 1974: SOC and given to the Naval Aviation Museum.

29 Jun 1954: TOS USN as AD-6 and assigned to VA-55. 1956: VA-115, NAF Atsugi, Japan. 1959-1962: Unknown units. 1962: VA-145. 7/62: Redesignated A-1H. 1964 to 1967: VA-25, VA-52, VA-25 aboard USS Midway, USS Ticonderoga, USS Coral Sea for 219 combat missions over Vietnam. 20 Feb 1968: Last Navy Skyraider to fly an attack mission in South Vietnam - in support of Khe Sanh. 10 Apr 1968: Retirement ceremony at NAS Lemoore. The next day it was ferried to the NNAM by the pilot of the last combat mission.

29 Jun 1954: TOS USN as AD-6 and assigned to VA-55. 1956: VA-115, NAF Atsugi, Japan. 1959-1962: Unknown units. 1962: VA-145. 7/62: Redesignated A-1H. 1964 to 1967: VA-25, VA-52, VA-25 aboard USS Midway, USS Ticonderoga, USS Coral Sea for 219 combat missions over Vietnam. 20 Feb 1968: Last Navy Skyraider to fly an attack mission in South Vietnam - in support of Khe Sanh. 10 Apr 1968: Retirement ceremony at NAS Lemoore. The next day it was ferried to the NNAM by the pilot of the last combat mission.

29 Jun 1954: TOS USN as AD-6 and assigned to VA-55. 1956: VA-115, NAF Atsugi, Japan. 1959-1962: Unknown units. 1962: VA-145. 7/62: Redesignated A-1H. 1964 to 1967: VA-25, VA-52, VA-25 aboard USS Midway, USS Ticonderoga, USS Coral Sea for 219 combat missions over Vietnam. 20 Feb 1968: Last Navy Skyraider to fly an attack mission in South Vietnam - in support of Khe Sanh. 10 Apr 1968: Retirement ceremony at NAS Lemoore. The next day it was ferried to the NNAM by the pilot of the last combat mission.

Ca.1952: TOS USN as AD-5N. Unknown date:: Converted to AD-5Q, and assigned to Airborne VAW-13. July/62: Redesignated EA-1F. Unknown date: Naval Air Test Center, NAS Patuxent River, MD. By 1970: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. 6 Apr '71: SOC. 20 Jan '72: Ferry flight to National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, FL. Marked as 135018

Ca.1952: TOS USN as AD-5N. Unknown date:: Converted to AD-5Q, and assigned to Airborne VAW-13. July/62: Redesignated EA-1F. Unknown date: Naval Air Test Center, NAS Patuxent River, MD. By 1970: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. 6 Apr '71: SOC. 20 Jan '72: Ferry flight to National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, FL. Marked as 135018

Ca.1952: TOS USN as AD-5N. Unknown date:: Converted to AD-5Q, and assigned to Airborne VAW-13. 7/62: Redesignated EA-1F. Unknown date: Naval Air Test Center, NAS Patuxent River, MD. By 1970: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. 6 Apr '71: SOC. 20 Jan '72: Ferry flight to National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, FL. Marked as 135018

1942: Purchased by USAAF for RAF as Bermuda 1.This plane was ferried to Tullahoma, TN to turn over to the RAF. After the RAF accepted the plane it crashed in a swamp just after takeoff. The pilot got out but the plane was left there. In 1974 David Tallichet found it and recovered it for his collection. He decided to donate it to the Navy and in 1978 it was taken to the Naval Air Development Center in Warminster, PA, for restoration by 60 ex-Brewster employees. Ownership was transferred to the Naval Aviation Museum in 2004. Restoration was completed in 2007 to represent a Navy SB2A-1 Buccaneer

1942: Purchased by USAAF for RAF as Bermuda 1.This plane was ferried to Tullahoma, TN to turn over to the RAF. After the RAF accepted the plane it crashed in a swamp just after takeoff. The pilot got out but the plane was left there. In 1974 David Tallichet found it and recovered it for his collection. He decided to donate it to the Navy and in 1978 it was taken to the Naval Air Development Center in Warminster, PA, for restoration by 60 ex-Brewster employees. Ownership was transferred to the Naval Aviation Museum in 2004. Restoration was completed in 2007 to represent a Navy SB2A-1 Buccaneer