One of seven airworthy aircraft on display at the Lyon Air Museum. All seven are in immaculate condition and look as if they were painted and polished yesterday. This nice little Bird Dog is ex French Army 24729, now painted in the markings of the US Army 183rd Seahorses during their duty in Vietnam, with fake serial "0-24729". Registration N4583V is carried just below the tailplane, barely visible in this photo. It was registered to Mark Foster in September 2009, and was still current as such by December 2020.

One of the seven airworthy aircraft at the Lyon Air Museum. All look splendid, as if they were built yesterday. This C-47B served with the French Air Force since 1945, and then with the Israeli Air Force since 1967. It was sold as N791HH in July 2000 and ended up in storage at Ephrata, WA, until acquired by the museum in Aug 2006. Following restoration it was painted in these 97th Troop Carrier Squadron D-Day markings as "Willa Dean", with its original serial 44-76791.

One of seven airworthy aircraft on display at the Lyon Air Museum. All seven are in immaculate condition and look as if they were painted and polished yesterday. This Invader carries its actual former USAAF serial. It became N6839D in Mar 1957 and was immediately converted to Rock Island Consort 26 executive configuration. It later served with Howard Hughes, before conversion back to A-26C configuration and becoming a warbird in the 1990s. It was acquired by museum owner William Lyon in April 1999.

Looking magnificent, this is one of seven airworthy aircraft on display at the Lyon Air Museum. All seven are in immaculate condition and look as if they were painted and polished yesterday. "Guardian Of Freedom" is ex USAAF 44-29465, which is carried on the fin. It was acquired by museum owner William Lyon in June 2000. The wonderful nose art is only painted on the left side.

One of seven airworthy aircraft on display at the Lyon Air Museum. All seven are in immaculate condition and look as if they were painted and polished yesterday. This Invader carries its actual former USAAF serial. It became N6839D in Mar 1957 and was immediately converted to Rock Island Consort 26 executive configuration. It later served with Howard Hughes, before conversion back to A-26C configuration and becoming a warbird in the 1990s. "Feeding Frenzy" was acquired by museum owner William Lyon in April 1999.

One of seven airworthy aircraft on display at the Lyon Air Museum. All seven are in immaculate condition and look as if they were painted and polished yesterday. This DC-3 is in fact a civilianised C-47A (ex 42-100931, a D-Day veteran), which was acquired by the museum in Dec 2008 and painted in these very nice old American Airlines colours.

One of seven airworthy aircraft on display at the Lyon Air Museum. All seven are in immaculate condition and look as if they were painted and polished yesterday. Fuddy Duddy carries "44 83563" in small print below the tailplane, which is its actual former USAAF serial. It became N9563Z in Aug 1959, and in 1962 this Douglas-built B-17 featured in the movie "The War Lover" (painted as "127742 / DF-T"). A few years later it became an aitanker, and in the late 1980s it entered the warbird circuit, falsely painted as "297400 / K-E" as seen here. William Lyon acquired it for his museum in Jan 2006.

Unfortunately the US Forest Service terminated Aero Union's airtanker contract less than a year after this photo was taken, on 29 July 2011, due to alleged safety violations. All their magnificent P-3 Aerostar airtankers, including this former Spanish Orion (ex P.3-5), were withdrawn from use and stored at McClellan, Sacramento, CA.

This Bronco previously served with the US Marines as Bu155401.

Tanker 70, still somewhat stained from a recent firefighting job, is the third Tracker to be allocated the registration N427DF. The first one was c/n 256 (1974-1985), although it was never operated as such and probably never had the reg actually applied to the aircraft. The second one was c/n 550 (since 1985), which unfortunatly crashed in June 1992. The Tracker in this photo was registered as N427DF on 30 Aug 2000.

Tanker 71 is the second Tracker to be allocated the registration N432DF. The first one was c/n 247 (1974-1985), but it was never operated as such and probably never had the registration actually applied to the aircraft. The Tracker in this photo was registered as N432DF on 30 Aug 2000.

This Texan is often quoted as the real 51360 (c/n 88-13627), but that airframe was still flying as warbird N694US at the time this photo was taken (it crashlanded at Heber City, UT on 16 Nov 2019). The real identity of the aircraft in this photo is not known.

In the late 1960s this Mitchell was one of several B-25s featuring in the movie "Catch-22", painted as "Blonde Bomber" and coded "6D". Following many years of storage at Chino, CA, it arrived at the museum in early 1982.

This Invader became N9421Z in the early 1960s, and it was acquired in 1969 by Mr. Burchinall for display in his Flying Tigers Air Museum in Paris, TX. In January 1978 it was registered to Milt Stollak as N6240D, but apparently he donated it to the March Field Air Museum almost immediately, as it arrived there three months later. By 1982 it had been painted in black USAF markings with its original serial, later named "Sweet Miss Lillian", then by 2005 "Midnight Endeavour". By 2008 it had reverted to "Sweet Miss Lillian" again, as seen here.

Built in 1975 and registered as CCCP-19736. Sold in the USA and became the second N22AN in Apr 1993 (the first N22AN was An-2TD c/n 1G142-35 in 1975). Soon abandoned in Mexico, but later salvaged and loaned to the March Field Air Museum, delivered 7 Oct 2000. It was repainted in these fake DOSAAF markings in 2004, but in 2013 they were replaced by much nicer but equally fake Polish Air Force markings. Registration N22AN was finally cancelled on 19 May 2015.

In the markings of 320 AREFS (Air Refueling Squadron) and carries their "Dumbo" squadron badge below the USAF titles. 320 AREFS was based at March AFB.