Museum of Aviation (Warner Robins)

Museum of Aviation

2006 aerial photo of museum buildings and aircraft
Established 1981
Location Robins Air Force Base, Georgia
Type Aerospace
Owner United States Air Force
Website http://www.museumofaviation.org/
For the similarly named museum in Serbia, see Museum of Aviation (Belgrade).

The Museum of Aviation is the second-largest aerospace museum of the United States Air Force. The museum is located just outside Warner Robins, Georgia, and near Robins Air Force Base. It has a total of five different buildings containing fewer than its previous 93 different aircraft on 51 acres (21 ha). The SR-71A Blackbird on display is the current record holder for flight airspeed. Serial number 61-7958 set an absolute speed record of 1,905.81 knots (2,193.2 mph; 3,529.6 km/h) on July 28, 1976, which stands today.[1]

Aircraft on display

Bombers

  • North American B-25J "Mitchell"
  • Douglas (B-26C) A-26C "Invader"
  • Boeing B-29B "Superfortress"
  • Boeing B-52D "Stratofortress"
  • Martin RB-57A "Canberra"
  • Lockheed RB-69A "Neptune"
  • Douglas WB-66D "Destroyer"
  • Rockwell International B-1B "Lancer"

Cargo aircraft

  • Lockheed AC-130 "Spectre" Gunship
  • DeHavilland C-7A "Caribou"
  • Beechcraft C-45G "Expeditor"
  • Curtis C-46 "Commando"
  • Douglas C-47A "Skytrain"
  • Douglas C-54G "Skymaster"
  • Lockheed C-60 "Lodestar"
  • Fairchild C-119B "Flying Boxcar"
  • Douglas C-124C "Globemaster" II

Fighters

  • Cessna Cessna A-37A "Dragonfly"
  • McDonnell-Douglas F-4C "Phantom II"
  • McDonnell-Douglas F-4D "Phantom II" MiG Killer
  • Lockheed F-80C "Shooting Star"
  • Republic F-84F "Thunderstreak"
  • Northrop F-89J "Scorpion"
  • McDonnell F-101B "Voodoo"
  • Convair F-106A "Delta Dart"
  • MiG-17 "Fresco"
  • Curtiss P-40N "Warhawk"
  • North American P-51D "Mustang"
  • McDonnell-Douglas F-15A "Eagle"
  • Republic F-84E "Thunderjet"
  • North America F-86H "Sabre"
  • N. American F-100C "Super Sabre"
  • Convair F-102A "Delta Dagger"
  • Republic F-105G "Thunderchief"
  • General Dynamics F-111E "Aardvark"
  • McDonnell RF-101C "Voodoo"
  • General Dynamics F-16A "Fighting Falcon" Former USAF Thunderbird

Helicopters

Missiles and drones

Trainers
  • North American T-6G "Texan"
  • North American T-28 "Trojan"
  • Lockheed T-33A "Shooting Star"
  • Cessna T-37B "Tweety Bird"
  • Northrop T-38A "Talon"

Special aircraft

  • Grumman HU-16B "Albatross"
  • Cessna L-19A/O-1E "Bird Dog"
  • Cessna O-2A "Super Skymaster"
  • Lockheed SR-71A "Blackbird"
  • Lockheed U-2D "Dragon Lady"
  • Cessna U-3B "Blue Canoe"
  • Rockwell U-4B "Aero Commander"

Gallery

Other Air Force museums

See: National Museum of the United States Air Force and National Museum of the USAF #Other Air Force museums

References

  1. ↑ A-12, YF-12A, & SR-71 Timeline of Events

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