Trip to the National Museum of the US Air Force

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The other Aircraft to come out to the Northrop N-156 design was the T-38 Talon advanced supersonic trainer. The talon entered service in 1961 and is still the U.S. Air Force's advanced fighter trainer and with structural and avionics improvements going on now, will be until 2020.
The AT-38B was a Modified T-38 with a weapons pylon and a gunsight. and could carry gun pods, rockets or practice bombs.

Wile looking for pictures of the F-5 from my trip 2 years ago I found a couple of pictures I added here and others that I will add of other aircraft in future posts.

 
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I really like the F-5. Sharp little hot rod. I believe there are a few in private hands now to. And the B-1 behind!!!!!! WOW! I liked the F-4 a lot to. Again Glenn, thanks for taking the time sir.
 
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I really like the F-5. Sharp little hot rod. I believe there are a few in private hands now to. And the B-1 behind!!!!!! WOW! I liked the F-4 a lot to. Again Glenn, thanks for taking the time sir.
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The National Guard used to fly the F-4's low and fast over our farm property when I was a kid so that is what hooked me on them. I also used to like to watch them takeoff in pairs from the airport. That was definitely a sweet roar as the engines spooled up to full power for takeoff.


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The A-1 Skyraider was an attack aircraft designed for the Navy during World War II, but was too late to see action in that war. It did however see action in the Korean war before being replaced by Jets. In the early 1960s the U.S government began supplying Skyraiders to the South Vietnamese Air Force. Eventually the U.S Air Force instructors began flying combat missions with the South Vietnamese pilots. My 1964 the U.S. Air Force seeing the value of the Skyraider in that type of war began flying A-1s themselves

 
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The A-7 design for the Navy was based on the Vought F-8 Crusader to replace the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, in the ground attack roll.. It was later used by The Air Force to replace the Douglas A-1 Skyraider, North American F-100 Super Sabre and Republic F-105 Thunderchief. The A-7 saw service at the end of the Vietnam war, the last ones being retired from National Guard units in 1993.

 
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The A-37s were T-37 trainers modified as a counter-insurgency (COIN) attack/reconnaissance aircraft to use in the Vietnam war.

 
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Nobody calls it the Thunderbolt II. To everyone it's the Warthog. This is the aircraft I wanted to fly when I signed up for Air Force ROTC in collage before I learned that I wasn't qualified due to eyesight.
The A-10 was the Air Force's first aircraft designed from the start as a ground attack aircraft. It is sub-sonic, very maneuverable (that's what hooked me, I love roller coasters) and has great endurance that gives it a large combat radius. The A-10 is very heavily armored to survive the hostile environment it works in, and is equipped with a 30mm gatling type gun which is one of the most powerful aircraft cannons ever flown, it fires depleted uranium armor-piercing shells, at the rate of 3,900 round per minute.
After operation Desert storm there was talk of retiring the A-10, but now it is scheduled to be in service with the USAF until 2028 and possibly later.
Lots of pictures here because it IS one of my favorites.

 
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The CF-100 was the only Canadian designed and build fighter to be mass produced. The prototype first flew in early1950 and production models entered service with the RCAF in 1953. The USAF considered using them in Korea as a all-weather, interdiction/surveillance aircraft, but the job was given to the English Electric Canberra. In all 692 CF-100's were built and served as front line fighters until replaced by the CF-101 Voodoo. Even then they continued to serve in the reconnaissance, training and electronic warfare roles until finally retired in 1981.

 
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