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For the similarly named museum in Serbia, see Museum of Aviation (Belgrade).
Museum of Aviation
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 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]
Contents
Aircraft on Display
Bombers
- Martin WB-57F "Intruder"
- Lockheed RB-69A "Neptune"
- Douglas WB-66D "Destroyer"
- Boeing B-1B "Lancer"
Cargo Aircraft
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"
- Lockheed F-104A "Starfighter"
- 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"
- BAE Lightning Mk.53Ê
- McDonnell RF-101C "Voodoo"
- General Dynamics F-16A "Fighting Falcon" Former USAF Thunderbird
Helicopters
- Bell TH-13M "Sioux"
- Bell UH-1F "Iroquois"
- Bell UH-1P "Iroquois"
- Benson X-25A "Gyrocopter"
- Sikorsky MH-53M Pave Low
Missiles and Drones
- AIM 4D, E, F, G "Falcon"
- AIM 9L "Sidewinder"
- AIM 26A "Super Falcon"
- Douglas AIR-2A "Genie"
- Northrop AGM-136A "Tacit Rainbow"
- Ryan AQM-34V "FireBee"
- Ryan BQM-34F "FireBee"
- Lockheed D-21 Drone
- Martin MGM-13A "Mace"
- Martin TM-61A "Matador"
- Cessna MGM-107D Target Drone
- Boeing YCGM-121B "Seek Spinner"
- Raytheon AGM-88 "HARM"
- Raytheon AIM-120
Trainers
- Vultee BT-13A "Valiant"
- Boeing PT-17 "Kaydet"
- Fairchild PT-19A "Cornell"
- Ryan PT-22 "Recruit"
- North American T-39A "Sabre Liner"
Special Aircraft
- BaE Concorde
- 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
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F4 Phantom II at entrance to the museum
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B1 Bomber at entrance to the museum
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F15 Eagle inside main entrance
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North American P51D Mustang
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Curtiss P40N
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SR-71A Blackbird in hangar (#61 7958)
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Lockheed U2 in hangar (#66682)
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SR-71A Blackbird in hangar
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B-29 Superfortress
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Airplanes in rear of museum
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Airplanes in rear of museum
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Airplanes in rear of museum
Other Air Force museums
- See: National Museum of the United States Air Force and National Museum of the USAF #Other Air Force museums
References
External links
Categories:- Aerospace museums in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Military and war museums in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Museums in Houston County, Georgia
- Air force museums in the United States
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