The following shots are presented mostly out of a need for completeness. Frankly, there's far better shots of the planes in question up on the US Air Force Museum's website, complete with actual info and all that. Of course, it could be argued that they're cheating, what with being able to move the planes around to get a good shot...
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Exterior Shot of US Air Force Museum | |
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Curtiss 1911 Model D | The second plane purchased by the US Army. |
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Sopwith Camel | Snoopy flew one. |
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Boeing P-12E | Used between WWI and WWII. |
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Curtiss P-40E "Warhawk" | Best fighter we had at the start of WWII. |
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30mm cannon | Note that the cannon shoots through the propshaft. The engine sits behind the gun (off camera to the left) and drives the prop through the bottom shaft. |
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North American P-51D "Mustang" | |
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Consolidated B-24D "Liberator" | Long-range bomber used in WWII. |
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Messerschmitt ME 109G "Gustav" | |
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Boeing B-17G "Flying Fortress" | |
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Messerschmitt ME 262A "Schwalbe" | |
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Boeing B-29 "Superfortress" | This particular B-29, "Bock's Car", is the plane that dropped the Nagasaki bomb, thereby ending WWII. |
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North American F-82B "Twin Mustang" | |
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Convair F-102A "Delta Dagger" | All-weather supersonic jet interceptor used during late 50's. |
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Lockheed F117A "Nighthawk" (in front of a B-52) | |
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Northrop T-38A "Talon" | High-performance trainer used in 50's. |
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Grumman X-29A | Experimental Forward Swept Wing design. |
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Boeing B-52D "Stratofortress" | Big, real big. |
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Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig-17 "Fresco" | |
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Lockheed SR-71A | This plane Kicks Ass! |
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North American XB-70 "Valkyrie" | Only surviving example. |
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Fairchild Republic A-10A "Thunderbolt II" | More commonly known as the A-10 Warthog. |
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McDonnell Douglas F-15 "Streak Eagle" | |
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Rockwell International B-1A "Lancer" | |
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Lockheed EC-121D "Constellation" | |
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Junkers JU-52 | |
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Lockheed AC-130A "Spectre" Gunship | A C-130 "Hercules", but turned into a ground-attack gunship. |
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Another shot of the EC-121D "Constellation" |