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F-102’s, Clinton-Sherman AFB 1959

At the open house. In order: 57-830 of the 482nd FIS, 54-1351 of the 71st FIS (The first TF-102 built, it is now on display at the Selfridge Museum), and 56-1195 of the 71st FIS.

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B-47 Stratojets, Clinton-Sherman AFB open house 1959

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Pilot training, 1960

Fledgling birdmen of the 3576th Pilot Training Squadron, Vance AFB. Coming soon to a sky near you.

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B-58 Hustler, 1959 Clinton-Sherman AFB open house

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James E. Stewart, Harlingen Aerial Gunnery School

Stewart went on to serve as a B-17 flight engineer with the 833rd Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group, at RAF Sudbury. Stewart is standing, left.

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Project “Long Leap.”

On September 23 1958, F-101A Voodoo 56-0039 flew non-stop and unrefueled from Carswell AFB, Texas, to Bermuda – a distance of 1,896 miles.

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Boeing XF2B

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Zepplin LZ-96 came down October 20, 1917

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The mighty Graf Zepplin

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Boeing F4B all Bombed Up and Ready to Go

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USMC F4B-4 of VMF-2. They got all kinds of markings on this thing

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Aeromarine

In 1919, the Aeromarine Plane & Motor Company took pride in stating that their company was already in business prior to WW1. They were not some new kid on the block, no, they had been around at least five years.

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The Alexander Aircraft Company “Bullet”

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We’ve all seen the Spruce Goose on its one and only flight…

…but here is the newspaper story from when it all happened. San Francisco Examiner, November 3, 1948.

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The Spectre

As hardcore Phantom phans will tell you, there was a brief moment in time when the F-110A Spectre was part of the Air Force inventory.

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Boeing builds the plane…you buy it. Boeing teaches you to fly…you pay them. No wonder they are still around.

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Boeing F4B’s of the US Navy

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Pleasing shot of the Boeing B-9

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Boeing GA-1 ground attack aircraft – the original flying fortress

Coated in slabs of armor plating, and carrying more machine guns and cannons than there are days in the week, the GA-1 was an ungainly brute to fly. William Boeing is 3rd from left. One cannot fault Boeing for the design – he built what the Air Service asked for.

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Boeing’s BB-L6

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The North American NA-40 never won a beauty contest

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F-4J Phantoms

153074 was assigned to the Pacific Missile Test Center at Pt. Mugu, 157287 served with VF-101 at NAS Oceana. 3074 is now on display at Lakehurst NJ.

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B-25’s of the 17th Bomb Group

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B-25A Mitchells, 40-2196 and 40-2201

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A brace of North American FJ Furies.

143555 served with VA-144 at NAS Lemoore, 141477 in the short-lived VA-63 at Norfolk.

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