3552 results found
Registration / Serial:48-626
Alternate Serial:48-622
Other Marks:622
Aircraft Original Type:Northrop C-125 Raider
Aircraft Generic Type:Northrop C-125 Raider
Aircraft Version:Northrop YC-125B Raider
C/n (msn):2510
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:6 May 2008
Photo by:Glenn ChatfieldContact
Photo ID:828497Submit Correction
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Ca.1949: TOS USAF. 1955: Sheppard AFB, TX, for maintenance training. 1956: Registered N2566B, exported to Mexico for Chiapas Aero Services, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapa with c/r XA-LOU. By 1960: Open storage in Mexico City. 1978-1988: Derelict, at a farm. 1990: Returned to USA. 1991-1993: Restored to static condition for USAF Museum using components from YC-125A 48-634 (N3756Q). 1994: United States Air Force Museum, 1995: Restoration completed at the museum. Marked as 48-622, which was stationed at Wright-Patterson for cold weather testing. 2022: NMUSAF solicited for buyers. 2025: Engines removed
Registration / Serial:48-626
Alternate Serial:48-622
Aircraft Version:Northrop YC-125B Raider
C/n (msn):2510
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:6 May 2008
Photo by:Glenn ChatfieldContact
Registration / Serial:48-626
Alternate Serial:48-622
Other Marks:622
Aircraft Original Type:Northrop C-125 Raider
Aircraft Generic Type:Northrop C-125 Raider
Aircraft Version:Northrop YC-125B Raider
C/n (msn):2510
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:6 May 2008
Photo by:Glenn ChatfieldContact
Photo ID:828497Submit Correction
View count: 22
Ca.1949: TOS USAF. 1955: Sheppard AFB, TX, for maintenance training. 1956: Registered N2566B, exported to Mexico for Chiapas Aero Services, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapa with c/r XA-LOU. By 1960: Open storage in Mexico City. 1978-1988: Derelict, at a farm. 1990: Returned to USA. 1991-1993: Restored to static condition for USAF Museum using components from YC-125A 48-634 (N3756Q). 1994: United States Air Force Museum, 1995: Restoration completed at the museum. Marked as 48-622, which was stationed at Wright-Patterson for cold weather testing. 2022: NMUSAF solicited for buyers. 2025: Engines removed
Registration / Serial:48-626
Alternate Serial:48-622
Aircraft Version:Northrop YC-125B Raider
C/n (msn):2510
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:6 May 2008
Photo by:Glenn ChatfieldContact
Registration / Serial:52-1911
Alternate Serial:0-21911
Military Code:11
Aircraft Original Type:Northrop F-89 Scorpion
Aircraft Generic Type:Northrop F-89 Scorpion
Aircraft Version:Northrop F-89J Scorpion
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:United States Air Force Museum
Photo Date:August 1973
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:828316Submit Correction
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Taken into service in September 1954 as an F-89D and upgraded to F-89J in 1957, this aircraft was the last Scorpion in service with an operational unit and arrived at the museum in July 1969 from the Maine ANG. These days it is painted as an F-89J of the 449th FIS as per my upload from December 2024 here
Registration / Serial:52-1911
Alternate Serial:0-21911
Aircraft Version:Northrop F-89J Scorpion
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:August 1973
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:52-1911
Alternate Serial:0-21911
Military Code:11
Aircraft Original Type:Northrop F-89 Scorpion
Aircraft Generic Type:Northrop F-89 Scorpion
Aircraft Version:Northrop F-89J Scorpion
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:United States Air Force Museum
Photo Date:August 1973
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:828316Submit Correction
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Taken into service in September 1954 as an F-89D and upgraded to F-89J in 1957, this aircraft was the last Scorpion in service with an operational unit and arrived at the museum in July 1969 from the Maine ANG. These days it is painted as an F-89J of the 449th FIS as per my upload from December 2024 here
Registration / Serial:52-1911
Alternate Serial:0-21911
Aircraft Version:Northrop F-89J Scorpion
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:August 1973
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:39 red
Aircraft Original Type:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
Aircraft Generic Type:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
Aircraft Version:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MS
C/n (msn):Not known
Operator Titles:Soviet Union - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:16 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:828151Submit Correction
View count: 67
More than 5,000 MiG-23s of all types were built. The MiG-23MS was designed for export and was equipped with a less sophisticated radar housed in a smaller radome. The USAF's 4477th Test Squadron, the "Red Eagles," flew this aircraft during Project Constant Peg providing realistic adversary training for US pilots. It is likely an ex Egyptian AF aircraft and was transferred to the museum in February 2017
Registration / Serial:39 red
Aircraft Version:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MS
C/n (msn):Not known
Operator Titles:Soviet Union - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:16 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:39 red
Aircraft Original Type:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
Aircraft Generic Type:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
Aircraft Version:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MS
C/n (msn):Not known
Operator Titles:Soviet Union - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:16 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:828151Submit Correction
View count: 67
More than 5,000 MiG-23s of all types were built. The MiG-23MS was designed for export and was equipped with a less sophisticated radar housed in a smaller radome. The USAF's 4477th Test Squadron, the "Red Eagles," flew this aircraft during Project Constant Peg providing realistic adversary training for US pilots. It is likely an ex Egyptian AF aircraft and was transferred to the museum in February 2017
Registration / Serial:39 red
Aircraft Version:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MS
C/n (msn):Not known
Operator Titles:Soviet Union - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:16 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:08 blue
Aircraft Original Type:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29
Aircraft Generic Type:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29/35
Aircraft Version:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29A (9-12A)
C/n (msn):2960516761
Operator Titles:Russia - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:16 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:828149Submit Correction
View count: 56
This is an early model Soviet AF MiG-29A that was assigned to the 234th Gvardeiskii Istrebitelnii Aviatsionnii Polk (234th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment) stationed at Kubinka AB in Moscow. It was one of the six MiG-29s that made a goodwill visit to Kuopio-Rissala, Finland, in July 1986, marking the first public display of the type. In 1992 it was one of 33 MiG-29s inherited by the Moldovan AF, operated as '25 white' (ex '22 yellow') and was sold to the US in 1997 wearing its olive green camouflage
Registration / Serial:08 blue
Aircraft Version:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29A (9-12A)
C/n (msn):2960516761
Operator Titles:Russia - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:16 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:08 blue
Aircraft Original Type:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29
Aircraft Generic Type:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29/35
Aircraft Version:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29A (9-12A)
C/n (msn):2960516761
Operator Titles:Russia - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:16 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:828149Submit Correction
View count: 56
This is an early model Soviet AF MiG-29A that was assigned to the 234th Gvardeiskii Istrebitelnii Aviatsionnii Polk (234th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment) stationed at Kubinka AB in Moscow. It was one of the six MiG-29s that made a goodwill visit to Kuopio-Rissala, Finland, in July 1986, marking the first public display of the type. In 1992 it was one of 33 MiG-29s inherited by the Moldovan AF, operated as '25 white' (ex '22 yellow') and was sold to the US in 1997 wearing its olive green camouflage
Registration / Serial:08 blue
Aircraft Version:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29A (9-12A)
C/n (msn):2960516761
Operator Titles:Russia - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:16 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:N91847
Aircraft Original Type:Schweizer SGU 2-22
Aircraft Generic Type:Schweizer SGU 2-22
Aircraft Version:Schweizer SGU 2-22
C/n (msn):22
City / Airport:Dayton - James M Cox Dayton International (KDAY / DAY)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Event:CenterPoint Energy Dayton Air Show 2025
Photo Date:21 June 2025
Photo by:Kevin KuhnContact
Photo ID:827733Submit Correction
View count: 45
I was a bit surprised to see this unskinned glider on display at the airshow, and despaired of finding a reg for it, until I passed by again, and spoke to the gentleman who'd brought her in. This 1946 Schweizer is, in fact, the very first glider owned by what was originally the Soaring Society of Dayton, now Caesar Creek Soaring Club in Waynesville, Ohio. After her time there, she went to the Stewart family at their field in Waynesville, and then to an owner in Florida before she was rediscovered, retrieved, and is now under restoration to her former glory.
Registration / Serial:N91847
Aircraft Version:Schweizer SGU 2-22
C/n (msn):22
City / Airport:Dayton - James M Cox Dayton International (KDAY / DAY)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:21 June 2025
Photo by:Kevin KuhnContact
Registration / Serial:N91847
Aircraft Original Type:Schweizer SGU 2-22
Aircraft Generic Type:Schweizer SGU 2-22
Aircraft Version:Schweizer SGU 2-22
C/n (msn):22
City / Airport:Dayton - James M Cox Dayton International (KDAY / DAY)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Event:CenterPoint Energy Dayton Air Show 2025
Photo Date:21 June 2025
Photo by:Kevin KuhnContact
Photo ID:827733Submit Correction
View count: 45
I was a bit surprised to see this unskinned glider on display at the airshow, and despaired of finding a reg for it, until I passed by again, and spoke to the gentleman who'd brought her in. This 1946 Schweizer is, in fact, the very first glider owned by what was originally the Soaring Society of Dayton, now Caesar Creek Soaring Club in Waynesville, Ohio. After her time there, she went to the Stewart family at their field in Waynesville, and then to an owner in Florida before she was rediscovered, retrieved, and is now under restoration to her former glory.
Registration / Serial:N91847
Aircraft Version:Schweizer SGU 2-22
C/n (msn):22
City / Airport:Dayton - James M Cox Dayton International (KDAY / DAY)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:21 June 2025
Photo by:Kevin KuhnContact
City / Airport:Columbus - John Glenn International (KCMH / CMH)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:1 June 2025
Photo by:Kevin KuhnContact
Photo ID:827725Submit Correction
View count: 47
Sharing the Lane Aviation ramp with an earlier Sikorsky product on an early summer evening. Built in 1999, ex N7612S, N317MX, N76LC, N76LQ, and C-GNYO, having become C-FXGQ in 2014.
Registration / Serial:C-FXGQ
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-76C
C/n (msn):760499
City / Airport:Columbus - John Glenn International (KCMH / CMH)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:1 June 2025
Photo by:Kevin KuhnContact
City / Airport:Columbus - John Glenn International (KCMH / CMH)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:1 June 2025
Photo by:Kevin KuhnContact
Photo ID:827725Submit Correction
View count: 47
Sharing the Lane Aviation ramp with an earlier Sikorsky product on an early summer evening. Built in 1999, ex N7612S, N317MX, N76LC, N76LQ, and C-GNYO, having become C-FXGQ in 2014.
Registration / Serial:C-FXGQ
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-76C
C/n (msn):760499
City / Airport:Columbus - John Glenn International (KCMH / CMH)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:1 June 2025
Photo by:Kevin KuhnContact
Registration / Serial:N15027
Aircraft Original Type:Piper PA-28R Cherokee Arrow
Aircraft Generic Type:Piper PA-28R Cherokee Arrow
Aircraft Version:Piper PA-28R-200 Cherokee Arrow II
C/n (msn):28R-7235320
Operator Titles:Speed Hunter Aviation
City / Airport:Dayton - James M Cox Dayton International (KDAY / DAY)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Event:CenterPoint Energy Dayton Air Show 2025
Photo Date:21 June 2025
Photo by:Kevin KuhnContact
Photo ID:827666Submit Correction
View count: 55
One half of Speed Hunter Aviation's display at this year's show. Based out of Warren County Airport (I68) in Lebanon, Ohio. Built in 1972.
Registration / Serial:N15027
Aircraft Version:Piper PA-28R-200 Cherokee Arrow II
C/n (msn):28R-7235320
Operator Titles:Speed Hunter Aviation
City / Airport:Dayton - James M Cox Dayton International (KDAY / DAY)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:21 June 2025
Photo by:Kevin KuhnContact
Registration / Serial:N15027
Aircraft Original Type:Piper PA-28R Cherokee Arrow
Aircraft Generic Type:Piper PA-28R Cherokee Arrow
Aircraft Version:Piper PA-28R-200 Cherokee Arrow II
C/n (msn):28R-7235320
Operator Titles:Speed Hunter Aviation
City / Airport:Dayton - James M Cox Dayton International (KDAY / DAY)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Event:CenterPoint Energy Dayton Air Show 2025
Photo Date:21 June 2025
Photo by:Kevin KuhnContact
Photo ID:827666Submit Correction
View count: 55
One half of Speed Hunter Aviation's display at this year's show. Based out of Warren County Airport (I68) in Lebanon, Ohio. Built in 1972.
Registration / Serial:N15027
Aircraft Version:Piper PA-28R-200 Cherokee Arrow II
C/n (msn):28R-7235320
Operator Titles:Speed Hunter Aviation
City / Airport:Dayton - James M Cox Dayton International (KDAY / DAY)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:21 June 2025
Photo by:Kevin KuhnContact
Registration / Serial:N12252
Alternate Serial:550704
Military Code:LL-52
Aircraft Original Type:Beech 45 Mentor
Aircraft Generic Type:Beech 45 Mentor/Turbo Mentor (T-34)
Aircraft Version:Beech T-34A Mentor
C/n (msn):G-704
Display Paint:USA - Navy
City / Airport:Dayton - James M Cox Dayton International (KDAY / DAY)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Event:CenterPoint Energy Dayton Air Show 2025
Photo Date:21 June 2025
Photo by:Kevin KuhnContact
Photo ID:827660Submit Correction
View count: 36
One of many Mentors to be seen at the show this year. As noted elsewhere, though she wears 550704 under her tail, this is actually ex-USAF 55-147. Dataplate gives a manufacture date of September 1955; after military service, went to the Civil Air Patrol as N12252 in 1964, retaining that same reg with other owners to the present day.
Registration / Serial:N12252
Alternate Serial:550704
Aircraft Version:Beech T-34A Mentor
C/n (msn):G-704
Display Paint:USA - Navy
City / Airport:Dayton - James M Cox Dayton International (KDAY / DAY)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:21 June 2025
Photo by:Kevin KuhnContact
Registration / Serial:N12252
Alternate Serial:550704
Military Code:LL-52
Aircraft Original Type:Beech 45 Mentor
Aircraft Generic Type:Beech 45 Mentor/Turbo Mentor (T-34)
Aircraft Version:Beech T-34A Mentor
C/n (msn):G-704
Display Paint:USA - Navy
City / Airport:Dayton - James M Cox Dayton International (KDAY / DAY)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Event:CenterPoint Energy Dayton Air Show 2025
Photo Date:21 June 2025
Photo by:Kevin KuhnContact
Photo ID:827660Submit Correction
View count: 36
One of many Mentors to be seen at the show this year. As noted elsewhere, though she wears 550704 under her tail, this is actually ex-USAF 55-147. Dataplate gives a manufacture date of September 1955; after military service, went to the Civil Air Patrol as N12252 in 1964, retaining that same reg with other owners to the present day.
Registration / Serial:N12252
Alternate Serial:550704
Aircraft Version:Beech T-34A Mentor
C/n (msn):G-704
Display Paint:USA - Navy
City / Airport:Dayton - James M Cox Dayton International (KDAY / DAY)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:21 June 2025
Photo by:Kevin KuhnContact
Registration / Serial:"51-135"
Alternate Serial:0-10135
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas C-124 Globemaster II
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas C-124 Globemaster II
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-124C Globemaster II
C/n (msn):43975
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:6 May 2008
Photo by:Glenn ChatfieldContact
Photo ID:827335Submit Correction
View count: 107
This really is 52-1066. Chateauroux to Athens and was forced down by Yugoslavia Air Force fighters. Plane and crew were held until after some diplomatic negotiations when they were released to return to Chateauroux. 19 Sep '74: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, for storage. 27 Aug '75: Flown to the Air Force Museum. It is displayed as 51-135 of 756th Military Airlift Squadron/909th Military Airlift Group (Andrews AFB).
Registration / Serial:"51-135"
Alternate Serial:0-10135
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-124C Globemaster II
C/n (msn):43975
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:6 May 2008
Photo by:Glenn ChatfieldContact
Registration / Serial:"51-135"
Alternate Serial:0-10135
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas C-124 Globemaster II
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas C-124 Globemaster II
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-124C Globemaster II
C/n (msn):43975
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:6 May 2008
Photo by:Glenn ChatfieldContact
Photo ID:827335Submit Correction
View count: 107
This really is 52-1066. Chateauroux to Athens and was forced down by Yugoslavia Air Force fighters. Plane and crew were held until after some diplomatic negotiations when they were released to return to Chateauroux. 19 Sep '74: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, for storage. 27 Aug '75: Flown to the Air Force Museum. It is displayed as 51-135 of 756th Military Airlift Squadron/909th Military Airlift Group (Andrews AFB).
Registration / Serial:"51-135"
Alternate Serial:0-10135
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-124C Globemaster II
C/n (msn):43975
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:6 May 2008
Photo by:Glenn ChatfieldContact
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:827283Submit Correction
View count: 38
The USAAS adopted the SPAD XIII, a development of the SPAD VII, as its primary fighter in WWI. By the war's end, the Air Service had accepted 893 SPAD XIIIs from the French, equipping 15 of the 16 American fighter squadrons. This example went into service with the French in October 1918 so did not see war operations but was shipped to the US in 1919 and fitted with a smaller Wright-Suiza engine to replace its Hispano-Suiza. Joined Cole Palen's flying circus in 1951, becoming N2030A and bequeathed to the USAFM in 1993 where it is now displayed in the colours of 94th PS ace Eddie Rickenbacker
Registration / Serial:S3730
Aircraft Version:SPAD S-VII
C/n (msn):1924E
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:827283Submit Correction
View count: 38
The USAAS adopted the SPAD XIII, a development of the SPAD VII, as its primary fighter in WWI. By the war's end, the Air Service had accepted 893 SPAD XIIIs from the French, equipping 15 of the 16 American fighter squadrons. This example went into service with the French in October 1918 so did not see war operations but was shipped to the US in 1919 and fitted with a smaller Wright-Suiza engine to replace its Hispano-Suiza. Joined Cole Palen's flying circus in 1951, becoming N2030A and bequeathed to the USAFM in 1993 where it is now displayed in the colours of 94th PS ace Eddie Rickenbacker
Registration / Serial:S3730
Aircraft Version:SPAD S-VII
C/n (msn):1924E
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:SC42133
Aircraft Original Type:Packard Lepere C2
Aircraft Generic Type:Packard Lepere C2
Aircraft Version:Packard Lepere LUSAC 11
C/n (msn):160
Operator Titles:France - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:827218Submit Correction
View count: 41
Designed in 1917 as a combination fighter, light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft by Capt Georges LePere, a French aeronautical engineer working for the USAAS, LUSAC stood for LePere United States Army Combat. This is the only LUSAC 11 in existence of 28 built and went to France just before the end of the war. In 1989 the museum acquired it from the Musee de l'Air in Paris. After extensive restoration, it went on display in 1992, marked as it appeared while at the Allied test facility in Orly, France, in late 1918
Registration / Serial:SC42133
Aircraft Version:Packard Lepere LUSAC 11
C/n (msn):160
Operator Titles:France - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:SC42133
Aircraft Original Type:Packard Lepere C2
Aircraft Generic Type:Packard Lepere C2
Aircraft Version:Packard Lepere LUSAC 11
C/n (msn):160
Operator Titles:France - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:827218Submit Correction
View count: 41
Designed in 1917 as a combination fighter, light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft by Capt Georges LePere, a French aeronautical engineer working for the USAAS, LUSAC stood for LePere United States Army Combat. This is the only LUSAC 11 in existence of 28 built and went to France just before the end of the war. In 1989 the museum acquired it from the Musee de l'Air in Paris. After extensive restoration, it went on display in 1992, marked as it appeared while at the Allied test facility in Orly, France, in late 1918
Registration / Serial:SC42133
Aircraft Version:Packard Lepere LUSAC 11
C/n (msn):160
Operator Titles:France - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:NC42050
Aircraft Original Type:Piper J-3 Cub
Aircraft Generic Type:Piper J-3 Cub (L-4/NE)
Aircraft Version:Piper J-3C-65 Cub
C/n (msn):8570
Operator Titles:Civil Air Patrol
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:827213Submit Correction
View count: 32
Originally allocated USAAF serial 42-36446. Donated in 1971 by the CAP's Greene County Composite Squadron at Xenia, OH
Registration / Serial:NC42050
Aircraft Version:Piper J-3C-65 Cub
C/n (msn):8570
Operator Titles:Civil Air Patrol
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:NC42050
Aircraft Original Type:Piper J-3 Cub
Aircraft Generic Type:Piper J-3 Cub (L-4/NE)
Aircraft Version:Piper J-3C-65 Cub
C/n (msn):8570
Operator Titles:Civil Air Patrol
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:827213Submit Correction
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Originally allocated USAAF serial 42-36446. Donated in 1971 by the CAP's Greene County Composite Squadron at Xenia, OH
Registration / Serial:NC42050
Aircraft Version:Piper J-3C-65 Cub
C/n (msn):8570
Operator Titles:Civil Air Patrol
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:38944
Aircraft Original Type:Thomas-Morse S-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Thomas-Morse S-4
Aircraft Version:Thomas-Morse S-4C
C/n (msn):160
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:827186Submit Correction
View count: 49
Dubbed the "Tommy" by its pilots, the Thomas-Morse Scout became the favourite single-seat training airplane for US pilots during WWI with nearly 600 procured for the USAAS. Some were still being used as late as the mid-1930s for movies filmed in Hollywood. This one was donated to the museum in 1965 and went on show after a two-year restoration in 2021
Registration / Serial:38944
Aircraft Version:Thomas-Morse S-4C
C/n (msn):160
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:38944
Aircraft Original Type:Thomas-Morse S-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Thomas-Morse S-4
Aircraft Version:Thomas-Morse S-4C
C/n (msn):160
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:827186Submit Correction
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Dubbed the "Tommy" by its pilots, the Thomas-Morse Scout became the favourite single-seat training airplane for US pilots during WWI with nearly 600 procured for the USAAS. Some were still being used as late as the mid-1930s for movies filmed in Hollywood. This one was donated to the museum in 1965 and went on show after a two-year restoration in 2021
Registration / Serial:38944
Aircraft Version:Thomas-Morse S-4C
C/n (msn):160
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:N39DH
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 82 Tiger Moth
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 82 Tiger Moth
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 82A Tiger Moth
C/n (msn):85674
Display Paint:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:827054Submit Correction
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Taken into service by the RAF in May 1942 as DE744 and became G-ANCN in 1953 then OO-NCN in 1955 and N39DH in 1970. It won several trophies at air shows in the States before entering the USAFM in 1998
Registration / Serial:N39DH
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 82A Tiger Moth
C/n (msn):85674
Display Paint:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:N39DH
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 82 Tiger Moth
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 82 Tiger Moth
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 82A Tiger Moth
C/n (msn):85674
Display Paint:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:827054Submit Correction
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Taken into service by the RAF in May 1942 as DE744 and became G-ANCN in 1953 then OO-NCN in 1955 and N39DH in 1970. It won several trophies at air shows in the States before entering the USAFM in 1998
Registration / Serial:N39DH
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 82A Tiger Moth
C/n (msn):85674
Display Paint:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:44-35733
Alternate Serial:435733
Military Code:BC-733
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas A-26 Invader
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas A-26 Invader (B-26/JD)
Aircraft Version:Douglas B-26C Invader
C/n (msn):29012
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Dream Girl
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:827046Submit Correction
View count: 61
This Invader is now painted to represent a night intruder used during the Korean War by the 34th BS. My 1973 photo here
Registration / Serial:44-35733
Alternate Serial:435733
Aircraft Version:Douglas B-26C Invader
C/n (msn):29012
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:44-35733
Alternate Serial:435733
Military Code:BC-733
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas A-26 Invader
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas A-26 Invader (B-26/JD)
Aircraft Version:Douglas B-26C Invader
C/n (msn):29012
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Dream Girl
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:827046Submit Correction
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This Invader is now painted to represent a night intruder used during the Korean War by the 34th BS. My 1973 photo here
Registration / Serial:44-35733
Alternate Serial:435733
Aircraft Version:Douglas B-26C Invader
C/n (msn):29012
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:827045Submit Correction
View count: 33
Based on existing Cierva and Pitcairn designs, in 1931 this was the first autogiro tested by the Army Air Corps at Wright Field for a possible role as a slow flying machine to observe enemy forces and control artillery fire, but it was found to have unsuitable performance
Registration / Serial:N10767
Alternate Registration:NC10767
Aircraft Version:Kellett K-2
C/n (msn):2
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:827045Submit Correction
View count: 33
Based on existing Cierva and Pitcairn designs, in 1931 this was the first autogiro tested by the Army Air Corps at Wright Field for a possible role as a slow flying machine to observe enemy forces and control artillery fire, but it was found to have unsuitable performance
Registration / Serial:N10767
Alternate Registration:NC10767
Aircraft Version:Kellett K-2
C/n (msn):2
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:N9344L
Aircraft Original Type:Cessna 172
Aircraft Generic Type:Cessna 172 Skyhawk/Cutlass/Hawk XP
Aircraft Version:Cessna 172P
C/n (msn):172-76543
Operator Titles:Civil Air Patrol
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:827039Submit Correction
View count: 44
This Cessna was retired by the Civil Air Patrol in 2024 having operated it since 1986. It was the only civilian aircraft authorised to fly in and around New York City on 12 September 2001 after the 9/11 terror attacks when the airspace was otherwise closed to civil traffic, performing aerial photography of the area surrounding the destroyed World Trade Center. In March 2024 it arrived at the NMUSAF and has been put on display in the Cold War gallery
Registration / Serial:N9344L
Aircraft Version:Cessna 172P
C/n (msn):172-76543
Operator Titles:Civil Air Patrol
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:N9344L
Aircraft Original Type:Cessna 172
Aircraft Generic Type:Cessna 172 Skyhawk/Cutlass/Hawk XP
Aircraft Version:Cessna 172P
C/n (msn):172-76543
Operator Titles:Civil Air Patrol
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:827039Submit Correction
View count: 44
This Cessna was retired by the Civil Air Patrol in 2024 having operated it since 1986. It was the only civilian aircraft authorised to fly in and around New York City on 12 September 2001 after the 9/11 terror attacks when the airspace was otherwise closed to civil traffic, performing aerial photography of the area surrounding the destroyed World Trade Center. In March 2024 it arrived at the NMUSAF and has been put on display in the Cold War gallery
Registration / Serial:N9344L
Aircraft Version:Cessna 172P
C/n (msn):172-76543
Operator Titles:Civil Air Patrol
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:41-19039
Aircraft Original Type:Stinson V-74 Vigilant
Aircraft Generic Type:Stinson V-74 Vigilant
Aircraft Version:Stinson L-1A Vigilant
C/n (msn):11-2203
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:827037Submit Correction
View count: 52
The versatile L-1 performed a variety of missions both in the US and overseas during WWII and was well suited for operations from short fields. Its duties included towing training gliders, artillery spotting, liaison, rescue, supply transport, espionage behind Japanese lines and even dropping light bombs. This one was civilianised as N66648 after the war, later changing N63229 and N4782C. It was donated to the museum in 1973 by the widow of its owner in Alaska and placed on display in 1979
Registration / Serial:41-19039
Aircraft Version:Stinson L-1A Vigilant
C/n (msn):11-2203
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:41-19039
Aircraft Original Type:Stinson V-74 Vigilant
Aircraft Generic Type:Stinson V-74 Vigilant
Aircraft Version:Stinson L-1A Vigilant
C/n (msn):11-2203
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:827037Submit Correction
View count: 52
The versatile L-1 performed a variety of missions both in the US and overseas during WWII and was well suited for operations from short fields. Its duties included towing training gliders, artillery spotting, liaison, rescue, supply transport, espionage behind Japanese lines and even dropping light bombs. This one was civilianised as N66648 after the war, later changing N63229 and N4782C. It was donated to the museum in 1973 by the widow of its owner in Alaska and placed on display in 1979
Registration / Serial:41-19039
Aircraft Version:Stinson L-1A Vigilant
C/n (msn):11-2203
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:44-27297
Military Code:77
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing B-29/B-50 Superfortress
Aircraft Version:Boeing B-29 Superfortress
C/n (msn):3615
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Bockscar
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:827018Submit Correction
View count: 79
The B-29 which (in)famously dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki on 9th August 1945, three days after the first dropped by "Enola Gay" on Hiroshima. Flown to the USAFM in September 1961 after storage at Davis Monthan
Registration / Serial:44-27297
Aircraft Version:Boeing B-29 Superfortress
C/n (msn):3615
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:44-27297
Military Code:77
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing B-29/B-50 Superfortress
Aircraft Version:Boeing B-29 Superfortress
C/n (msn):3615
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Bockscar
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:827018Submit Correction
View count: 79
The B-29 which (in)famously dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki on 9th August 1945, three days after the first dropped by "Enola Gay" on Hiroshima. Flown to the USAFM in September 1961 after storage at Davis Monthan
Registration / Serial:44-27297
Aircraft Version:Boeing B-29 Superfortress
C/n (msn):3615
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:MM8146
Military Code:372-5
Aircraft Original Type:Macchi MC-200 Saetta
Aircraft Generic Type:Macchi MC-200 Saetta
Aircraft Version:Macchi MC-200 Saetta
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:Italy - Air Force
Unit Markings:372nd Squadriglia
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:826998Submit Correction
View count: 69
In November 1942 this MC-200 was damaged while landing at Benghazi K-3 airfield in Libya and was captured by British forces during the Axis retreat after the battle of El Alamein. In early 1943 it was shipped to the USA and used for tours around the country to raise War Bonds. It became derelict postwar but in 1965 went to the Bradley Air Museum, Windsor Locks, CT. From December 1989 the Aermacchi factory at Verese in Italy restored it for the USAFM and was flown as airfreight to Wright Patterson in October 1992. It is finished in the Regia Aeronautica markings as found when captured
Registration / Serial:MM8146
Aircraft Version:Macchi MC-200 Saetta
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:Italy - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:MM8146
Military Code:372-5
Aircraft Original Type:Macchi MC-200 Saetta
Aircraft Generic Type:Macchi MC-200 Saetta
Aircraft Version:Macchi MC-200 Saetta
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:Italy - Air Force
Unit Markings:372nd Squadriglia
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:826998Submit Correction
View count: 69
In November 1942 this MC-200 was damaged while landing at Benghazi K-3 airfield in Libya and was captured by British forces during the Axis retreat after the battle of El Alamein. In early 1943 it was shipped to the USA and used for tours around the country to raise War Bonds. It became derelict postwar but in 1965 went to the Bradley Air Museum, Windsor Locks, CT. From December 1989 the Aermacchi factory at Verese in Italy restored it for the USAFM and was flown as airfreight to Wright Patterson in October 1992. It is finished in the Regia Aeronautica markings as found when captured
Registration / Serial:MM8146
Aircraft Version:Macchi MC-200 Saetta
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:Italy - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact