C-54Q Skymaster / R5-D
The Douglas C-54 was the U.S. military version of the Douglas DC-4 airliner. The DC-4 had not yet entered commercial service when the United States Government commandeered the Douglas production […]
C-45J Expediter
Beech Aircraft first introduced the Model 18 light, twin-engine, twin-tail, tail-dragger to the civilian market in late 1937. Originally a 6 to 11 place civilian executive transport, the aircraft became […]
C-141B Starlifter
In over forty years of service, stretching from the jungles of Vietnam to thedeserts of the Persian Gulf, the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter the Air Force’s firstjet-powered, heavy-lift cargo aircraft has […]
C-131D Samaritan
The twin-engine, tricycle gear C-131D was a military transport version of the civilian Convair-Liner 340 built by General Dynamics. The first pressurized twin-engine air-evacuation, cargo, aircrew training and troop transport […]
C-123K Provider
The C-123 is based on the airframe developed in 1945 by Chase Aircraft Co. of New Jersey. It was a 16-passenger troop-carrying glider of all wooden construction. First flown in […]
C-119G Flying Boxcar
The C-119 Packet was designed late in World War II by North American Aviation as a medium-duty transport. The end of the war brought the cancellation of the North American […]
FB-111A Aardvark
Designed as a modification of the legendary General Dynamics variable–geometry “swing-wing” F-111 fighter-bomber, the FB-111A served in the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command from 1968 until 1991. Intended […]
EB-57B Canberra
In the midst of the Korean War, the United States Air Force determined itneeded an all-weather tactical bomber capable of the low-level interdiction ofenemy ground transports. Designed by English Electric […]
B-52D Stratofortress
Designed in the early years of the Cold War, the massive eight-engine Boeing B-52 Stratofortress with its crew of six was intended as a high-altitude, intercontinental, strategic bomber capable of […]
B-47E Stratojet
Designed to meet a 1944 requirement for a jet-powered bomber, the first XB-47 prototype flew in December 1947. The sleek aircraft incorporated many advanced features: swept wings, jet engines in […]