Preserved US Military Aircraft

This list of US military aircraft preserved and displayed was originally compiled by Ben Marselis with input from many others. He posted it on the newsgroups and we asked him if we could host it here. With his cooperation, we have converted it to HTML and added URL's for pictures and technical data.

This is of course an ongoing project. Ben has moved to Peru, and then on to Egypt, and we haven't heard from him for a while. However, we carry on and would like changes, corrections and additions to the list, as well as links or pictures for the individual aircraft.

Ben's Introduction Rules of the game

This entire crackpot project is of course perpetually Under Construction -

Another Note:  It appears that the National Museum of Naval Aviation has once again reorganized their website, so all my links on the  individual aircraft at Pensacola are broken.  Maybe someday I'll fix them.

Gallery of special photos

To learn about the designation systems, check out US Military Aviation Designation Systems by Andreas Parsch.

For complete serial number listings, see Joe Baugher's Home Page.

National Warbird Registry  is another good source for both museum and civilian aircraft.

For the nicknames of these aircraft, Richard Caldwell has a list.

Allan Barley has a UK Survivors List which I am listing here until I can enter the updates.

Our coverage of airworthy warbirds is very limited, since Ben did not cover them in the original list. We have concentrated on those which are often on display rather than personal projects.

We are always happy to get updates, additions and in particular, photos of the aircraft on the list. Our emphasis is on showing the condition and circumstances of the actual aircraft displays. Photos do not have to have artistic merit, but should show the actual aircraft and its environment. Clearly seen tail numbers are a plus!

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The Helper Hall of Fame

Thanks to the following for their help!

Ben Marselis (Of Course!)

John McKellar, Kaylie McKellar and Scott McKellar (Nepotism rears its ugly head)

Mark Wilkinson, Bill Parrish, John Kerr, Dean Boys, Duncan Curtis, Bill Kistler, Paddy Ballard, Gerald McMasters, Stuart Lacy, Mark D. Harlin, Mark O. Williams, Eric Renth, Derek Olson, Martin Keenan, Glenn Chatfield
(Major contributors/critics)

Dennis Buley, Patrick Champ, Vince Horan, Jim Houston, Terry Martin, Blake Palmer, Fred Pierce, Buck Rigg, Randy Ryman, Ben Schapiro, John Simonson, John Walker, Colin Erith, Mark Lauter, Denis Plumly, Kevin Kearney, Jim Bates, Dave Hill, Jason Unwin, Bryon Simmons, Thierry Van Pevenaeyge, Clifford Bossie, Roy Hauer, Dwayne Allen Day, Mark Natola, David Hambrock, Dan Goss, James Kinter, Michael Carr, David Schultz, Scott Vetter, Peter van Kaathoven, Bob Johnson, Dale Jensen, Philippe Colin, Mark Swisher, Al Rankin, John Kessler, J.Y. Miller, Robert B. Lumpkin, Jr., Thomas Day, Hy Yarchun, Tim Heck, Larry Lee, Jack Polaritz, Rob Bennett, Dave Peel, Walter Powell, Jr., Tom Isbell, Bill Emery, Ray Veilleux, Allan Barley, Mariano Abel de la Cruz, Bib Binder, Bob Syzdek, Lee Morgan, Randy Haskin, Mark Morgan, Larry (Brushface), George Benoit

Web pages we have created about visiting museums

We found these links while annotating the list. We have not included the simple pages included in tourist sites or lists of museums,  only pages with specific data on the displays.  

Army Aviation Heritage Foundation Hampton (GA) Several airworthy aircraft
U.S. Army Aviation Museum The new official site for the museum, Ft. Rucker (AL)
US  Army Transportation Museum  Ft. Eustis (VA)

Beale Air Force Base U2 can spy on other countries, if you want 2
Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation With a flying C-54 and a NOW FLYING C-97!
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Nicely constructed page, mostly non-US aircraft (naturally!)
Castle Air Museum Another excellent page, plenty of photos, with Serial #'s
Cavanaugh Flight Museum Addison (TX), mostly airworthy birds
Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum The former Chanute AFB (IL) - Pictures of all aircraft.
Classic Jet Aviation Association Toys for boys
College Park Aviation Museum

Edwards Air Force Base Museum Very little on the museum, lots of pictures of other planes
Eighth Air Force Base Museum Barksdale LA - A new official page, just getting started
Empire State Aerosciences Museum Glenville (NY)
Firelands Museum of Military History Akron (OH) Hueys , a Cobra and an O-2
Flying Leatherneck Historical Foundation MCAS Miramar (CA)
Flying Tigers / Tom Reilly  Kissimmee (FL) Commercial, but fun
Freedom Museum USA Pampas (TX)
Grissom Air Museum  (IN)
Hill Aerospace Museum   (UT)
Historic Aviation Memorial Museum Tyler (TX)
USS Hornet Museum Alameda (CA) with a few aircraft
Hurlburt Field Airpark (FL) Special Ops!
Intrepid Air and Space Museum New Yawk City - uses AEC-CUNY (see below) as a resource
Kalamazoo Air Zoo A new page, nicely done!
Aviation Museum of Kentucky Lexington
Kansas Air Museum At MCCONNELL AFB, Wichita (KS) - Influenced by Beech and Cessna
Kansas ANG A very nice Memorial Park
USS Lexington Corpus Christi (TX)
Linear Air Park Nice website, nice museum at Dyess AFB (TX)
Lone Star Flight Museum Mostly airworthy warbirds, a few static displays

March Field Air Museum, Riverside (CA), Including P-38 Museum
MATS Connie Page Scottsdale (AZ) - Only one plane, but it's big and it flys!
Glenn L. Martin Aviation Museum    Avery small website for a small but growing museum (MD)
McClellan AFB Museum Mostly text, some pics on the displayed aircraft
Mid America Air Museum Liberal (KS) Mostly civilian aircraft
Mid Atlantic Air Museum Reading (PA) More flying warbirds, some airliners

Minnesota ANG Museum Minneapolis - St. Paul IAP (MN)
Museum of Aviation Warner Robins GA - The Air Force's second largest museum now has a proper page!
National Air and Space Museum The Smithsonian - No introduction necessary
National Warplane Museum - Elmira-Corning (NY) New improved webpage
Naval Aviation Museum (Pensacola) This website is recently overhauled, with lots of text and pictures.
New England Air Museum A very well done page, continuously updated
The Niagra Aerospace Museum Niagra Falls (NY)

Pacific Coast Air Museum This is the way a web site should be done
Palm Springs Air Museum (CA)
Patriots Point U.S.S. Yorktown - Charleston (SC) Page is developing nicely

Pima Museum The official page
Pima County Museum Long on text, short on detail, very short on pictures
Planes of Fame Chino (CA) Nice page, check out the parade of 'Cats
Planes of Fame,  Valle  (AZ)
Prairie Aviation Museum  Bloomington (IL)
Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society Colorado - Has a B-24 Museum with no B-24 as yet!
Quonset Air Museum (RI).
National Museum of Nuclear Science and History Alburquerque (NM)
San Diego Aerospace Museum A very well done page, about half military aircraft
Seattle Museum of Flight The new official page
Selfridge Military Air Museum and Air Park   (MI) A nice unofficial web site
Southern Minnesota Wing CAF A small but excellent page, flying aircraft
Southern Museum of Flight Birmingham (AL)
Spruce Goose Evergreen Aviation Museum(WA)(More than just the Goose)
Strategic Air & Space Museum The latest incarnation
Texas Air Museum Warbirds, three locations, small website
Tillamook Air Museum Upper left coast, check out the Alien Airship

Valiant Air Command Titusville (FL) Mostly airworthy warbirds - The Official page, see a link to our page above
Vermont Air National Guard A nicely done private page
Vintage Flying Museum Simple page - a B-17G Pathfinder the main attraction
Virginia Air & Space Center Hampton (VA)
Virginia Aviation Museum Richmond (VA) - Heavy on WWII and civilian planes, but now a Blackbird!
War Eagles Air Museum Santa Teresa (NM)
Western Aerospace Museum Oakland (CA)
Western Museum of Flight A small well constructed page - worth a look
Willow Grove (PA) - A small site with some rare and interesting aircraft
Wings of Freedom Museum Huntington (IN) A new small museum in Huntington (IN), off to a good start
Wings over the Rockies Museum As the WORM Turns.....
Yankee Air Force (MI) Nice new page, interesting aircraft

Related Links

General Reference Sites:

Aviation Enthusiast Corner Good museum and aircraft info
ElevonIncludes the Joe Baugher and Emmanuel Gustin Databases
Stalag 13A huge aviation links page, the best I've seen

Type Specific Pages:

Note: Due to the fact that Stalag 13 (See above) and others do such a good job on this type of link, I am not doing much with them myself. This is a very incomplete list.

A-1 Skyraider A nice first person/association page, recently enhanced
A-3D Skywarrior Thar she blows!
A-4 Skyhawk The Skyhawk Association, Excellent Page!
A-4 Skyhawk A personal page from Mike Baldock
A-6 Intruder Bill Watkins' page, links to many more
A-6 Intruder A nice page from Winnie Winston
B17 Extensive list from Aero Vintage Books
B25 Extensive list from Aero Vintage Books
B17, B24 & B29 Heavy Bombers, a nice page
B36 From the Goleta Air Museum
B-45 47th Bomb Wing
B-47 Association
B-58 B-58 Association
B-58 Hustler House
Blackbirds The Habu site, from David Allison
C-47 Actually a DC3 page, but a good one!
EC-121 Page From Dean Boys
F-4 Phantom Power
F-8 Crusader The Gunfighter Page
F-86 Duncan Curtis extensive site
F-106 The Sexy Six!
FB-111A Another site from Philippe Colin
HU-16 Albatross Ray Wolfe's site
OV-1 Mohawk Association
OV-10 BroncoAssociation
P3 Orion From The Netherlands, the P3 Research Group
PB4Y Privateers
PBY Catalina - A nice private site
PBY Catalina Foundation
SEMA Army Special Electronic Mission Aircraft

Spotters:

Andy Hutchings and Airnorth No, it's not a rock band

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