Museum of Aviation (Warner Robins)

Museum of Aviation
2006 aerial photo of museum buildings and aircraft
Established	1981
Location	Robins Air Force Base, Georgia
Type	Aerospace
Owner	United States Air Force
Website	http://www.museumofaviation.org/

For the similarly named museum in Serbia, see Museum of Aviation (Belgrade).

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 fewer than its previous 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]

Aircraft on display

Bombers

North American B-25J "Mitchell"
Douglas (B-26C) A-26C "Invader"
Boeing B-29B "Superfortress"
Boeing B-52D "Stratofortress"

Martin RB-57A "Canberra"
Lockheed RB-69A "Neptune"
Douglas WB-66D "Destroyer"
Rockwell International B-1B "Lancer"

Cargo aircraft

Lockheed AC-130 "Spectre" Gunship
DeHavilland C-7A "Caribou"
Beechcraft C-45G "Expeditor"
Curtis C-46 "Commando"
Douglas C-47A "Skytrain"
Douglas C-54G "Skymaster"
Lockheed C-60 "Lodestar"
Fairchild C-119B "Flying Boxcar"
Douglas C-124C "Globemaster" II

Lockheed C-141C "Starlifter"
Lockheed EC-121K "Constellation"
Boeing KC-97L "Stratofreighter"
Fairchild UC-123K "Provider"
Cessna UC-78 "Bobcat"
Lockheed VC-140B "Jetstar"
Lockheed YMC-130H "Hercules"
Boeing EC-135N "Stratolifter"

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"
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"
McDonnell RF-101C "Voodoo"
General Dynamics F-16A "Fighting Falcon" Former USAF Thunderbird

Helicopters

Vertol CH-21B "Workhorse"
Sikorsky H-19D "Chickasaw"
Sikorsky HH-3E "Jolly Green Giant"
Kaman HH-43A "Huskie"
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 MQM-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"

North American T-6G "Texan"
North American T-28 "Trojan"
Lockheed T-33A "Shooting Star"
Cessna T-37B "Tweety Bird"
Northrop T-38A "Talon"

Special aircraft

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"
DeHavilland U-6A "Beaver"

Helio U-10D "Super Courier"
Aeronca Champ 7AC
1896 Chanute Glider
Epps 1912 Monoplane
Laister-Kauffman TG-4A "Yankee Doodle"
Rockwell OV-10 "Bronco"
Northrop Grumman RQ-4A "Global Hawk"

Gallery

Airplanes in rear of museum
Airplanes in rear of museum
Airplanes in rear of museum

Bombers

B1 Bomber at entrance to the museum
B-29 Superfortress

Cargo aircraft

cargo compartment of C-7A Caribou
Cessna O-2 Skymaster

Fighters

F4 Phantom II at entrance to the museum
F15 Eagle inside main entrance
Curtiss P40N
F-16A Fighting Falcon

P-51

North American P51D Mustang
P-51

F-111

F-111E, side view
F-111E, rear view

Helicopters

Sikorsky MH-53M, side view
Sikorsky MH-53M, rear view

Trainers

Special aircraft

Lockheed U-2 in hangar (#66682)
Rockwell OV-10 Bronco
Curtiss JN-4
RQ-4A "Global Hawk"

SR-71

SR-71A Blackbird in hangar (#61 7958)
SR-71A Blackbird in hangar
detail of SR-71 Blackbird

Other Air Force museums

See: National Museum of the United States Air Force and National Museum of the USAF #Other Air Force museums

References

↑ A-12, YF-12A, & SR-71 Timeline of Events

External links

Museum of Aviation

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