- Views: 1472
- Location: Tucson - Pima Air and Space Museum , USA - Arizona June 17, 2011
The B-57E version of the plane was the first aircraft in the U.S. inventory specifically built for towing aerial targets. The B-57E could be converted to a bomber and a number of them were converted to replace combat loses in Vietnam!
- Views: 1256
- Location: Tucson - Pima Air and Space Museum , USA - Arizona June 17, 2011
The F-86H was the last of the non-radar equipped, day-fighter Sabres and was intended for use as a fighter-bomber capable of dropping nuclear weapons. It did, however continue in service with the Air National Guard into the 1970s!
- Air Force: USA - Navy
- Aircraft: McDonnell F3B Demon
- Registration: 145221 / 143492 / AK-104 (cn 390)
- Views: 1623
- Location: Tucson - Pima Air and Space Museum , USA - Arizona June 17, 2011
The Demon was the Navy's first swept-wing, all-weather, missile-armed fighter. Design work on the F3H began in 1949, but delays due to engine problems resulted in the prototype not flying until 1951 and the first production aircraft didn´t fly until 1953!
- Air Force: USA - Navy
- Aircraft: Grumman F-14A Tomcat
- Registration: 160684 / NL-211 (cn 303) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1750
- Location: Tucson - Pima Air and Space Museum , USA - Arizona June 17, 2011
Tomcats entered service on the USS Enterprise in 1974, and flew some of the last American combat missions over Vietnam by April 1975. The F-14 has participated in every major American military engagement of the 20 years until leave the navy in 2006!
- Air Force: USA - Air Force
- Aircraft: Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird
- Registration: 61-7951 (cn 2002) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1658
- Location: Tucson - Pima Air and Space Museum , USA - Arizona June 17, 2011
The last of a small family of aircraft built by Lockheed's famous Skunk Works, the SR-71 is one of the most recognized aircraft ever built!
- Views: 1760
- Location: Tucson - Pima Air and Space Museum , USA - Arizona June 17, 2011
The Cougar turned out to be very adaptable and several versions made of this aircrafts. One of the more important of these is this photoreconnaissance version. This version incorporated a larger nose housing cameras and a fixed position refueling probe!
- Air Force: USA - Army Air Force
- Aircraft: North American P-51D Mustang
- Registration: 44-63272 / C
- Views: 1558
- Location: Tucson - Pima Air and Space Museum , USA - Arizona June 17, 2011
The Mustang remained in military service in the United States Air Force until 1957 and the last combat Mustang was retired by the Dominican Air Force in 1984. Mustangs remain popular in civilian hands with nearly 100 flying in private hands!
- Air Force: USA - Army Air Force
- Aircraft: Bell P-63E Kingcobra
- Registration: N9003R / 311727 (cn 43-11727)
- Views: 1449
- Location: Tucson - Pima Air and Space Museum , USA - Arizona June 17, 2011
Despite the improvement over the P-39 the P-63 was still inferior to other fighters that were in production for the Army Air Force and very few Kingcobras entered service with the U.S. military and none saw combat! Thia one is leased from a private owner!
- Air Force: USA - Army
- Aircraft: Sikorsky CH-54A Tarhe
- Registration: 68-18437 (cn 64-039)
- Views: 1836
- Location: Tucson - Pima Air and Space Museum , USA - Arizona June 17, 2011
The U.S. Army named the helicopter Tarhe, but most people call them Skycranes. The CH-54 served through the last years of the Vietnam War and finally left military service in the early 1990s. Many Skycranes still in use by many companies!
- Air Force: Private
- Aircraft: Grumman AF-2S Guardian
- Registration: N9995Z / 21-E (cn 321)
- Views: 1459
- Location: Tucson - Pima Air and Space Museum , USA - Arizona June 17, 2011
The last Guardians were retired in 1957. Of the 389 Guardians built only 5 survived scrapping. These 5 were purchased for conversion for fire fighting. They flew with the Aero Union Corporation in California until 1973!
- Air Force: Private
- Aircraft: Fairey Gannet AEW3
- Registration: N1350X / XL-482 (cn F9451)
- Views: 1617
- Location: Tucson - Pima Air and Space Museum , USA - Arizona June 17, 2011
At the Pima Air and Space Museum and leased from a private owner!
- Views: 1382
- Location: Tucson - Pima Air and Space Museum , USA - Arizona June 17, 2011
The DC-9, MD-80 and MD-90 have been so popular that they survived the demise of McDonnell-Douglas and reemerged as the Boeing 717 in the late 90s. The USAF adopted the C-9A Nightingale for use as medical transport and the Navy the C-9B for general duties!
- Air Force: USA - NASA
- Aircraft: Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker (717-100)
- Registration: N931NA (cn 18615)
- Views: 1509
- Location: Tucson - Pima Air and Space Museum , USA - Arizona June 17, 2011
Originally delivered to the USAF 11/26/1963 as 63-7998; WFU 5/23/1994. Then used by NASA as a zero-gravity trainer ("vomit comet") from 1995 to 2004!
- Air Force: USA - Army
- Aircraft: Cessna UC-35A Citation Ultra (560)
- Registration: 98-0008 (cn 560-0505)
- Views: 1307
- Location: San Juan - Isla Grande (SIG / TJIG) , Puerto Rico June 1, 2011
On the national guard ramp, I personally enjoy this view!
- Air Force: Honduras - Air Force
- Aircraft: Maule MXT7-180
- Registration: FAH-270 (cn 14127C)
- Views: 1283
- Location: San Pedro Sula - Ramón Villeda Morales Int (SAP / MHLM) , Honduras June 21, 2009
During the annual air force airshow held at this location!
- Air Force: Germany - Air Force
- Aircraft: Airbus A310-304
- Registration: 10+26 (cn 522)
- Views: 1291
- Location: Santiago - Arturo Merino Benitez (Pudahuel) (SCL / SCEL) , Chile April 3, 2008
Love this colors, look great!
- Air Force: USA - Air Force
- Aircraft: Boeing C-32A
- Registration: 99-0004 (cn 29028/829)
- Views: 1417
- Location: San Juan - Luis Munoz Marin Int. (SJU / TJSJ) , Puerto Rico March 13, 2008
Now with winglets!
- Air Force: Argentina - Navy
- Aircraft: Douglas A-4E Skyhawk
- Registration: 3-A-304
- Views: 1390
- Location: Off-Airport - Buenos Aires , Argentina May 1, 2011
At the Naval HQ at Libertad building!
- Air Force: Argentina - Army
- Aircraft: Grumman OV-1D Mohawk
- Registration: AE-021 (cn 136C)
- Views: 1309
- Location: Buenos Aires - Ciudadela - Museo Histórico del Ejército , Argentina April 29, 2011
At the Argentine Army heritage museum!
- Air Force: Argentina - Army
- Aircraft: Grumman OV-1D Mohawk
- Registration: AE-039
- Views: 2303
- Location: Buenos Aires - Campo de Mayo (CPO / SADO) , Argentina April 28, 2011
Love this bird, really look good after all this years!
- Air Force: Argentina - Army
- Aircraft: CASA C-212-200 Aviocar
- Registration: AE-264 (cn 324)
- Views: 1373
- Location: Buenos Aires - Campo de Mayo (CPO / SADO) , Argentina April 28, 2011
A good memory from very good friends!
- Views: 1499
- Location: Tucson - Pima Air and Space Museum , USA - Arizona March 24, 2011
The F-5 was developed in conjunction with the T-38 Talon trainer as a private venture of the Northrop company. The U.S. Government selected it in 1962 for production as an export fighter for countries participating in the Military Assistance Program!
- Air Force: USA - Air Force
- Aircraft: General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon
- Registration: 78-0005 / AZ (cn 61-11) Aircraft Info
- Views: 1041
- Location: Tucson - Int. (TUS / KTUS) , USA - Arizona March 24, 2011
Part of the park collection showing the people about their history and the frames used during their existence as fighter training unit!
- Air Force: France - Customs
- Aircraft: Reims-Cessna F-406 Caravan II
- Registration: F-ZBCJ (cn F406-0074)
- Views: 1283
- Location: San Juan - Isla Grande (SIG / TJIG) , Puerto Rico March 17, 2011
The Direction générale des douanes et droits indirects-DGDDI is a French law enforcement agency responsible for levying indirect taxes, preventing smuggling, surveilling borders, and investigating counterfeit money!