USAFNM Korean War Years - April 28th, 2012
F-80C Shooting Star - first 500mph level flight US aircraft
F-86A Sabre set world speed record of 670.9mph in 1948
Three .50-cal helped shoot down 792 MiGs during the war
MiG-15bis is an improved MiG produced after 1950
North Korean pilot defected to the South on Sep. 21, 1953
F-82G Twin Mustang was the 1st US aircraft over Korea
Not just 2 connected P-51s but a totally new design
Allison V-1710 with 1,600 hp giving a max speed of 400mph
The last USAF propeller-driven fighter acquired in quantity
WWII built Douglas A-26C Invader flew missions at night
Renamed B-26 despite the prior Martin B-26 Marauder
A-26 used for level bombing, strafing & rocket attacks
Two seat Lockheed F-94A Starfire all weather interceptor
Replaced the F-82 & primarily defended Japanese airspace
Nose radar located enemy aircraft at night/poor weather
Republic F-84E Thunderjet close air support for B-29s
Marked for the 58th Fighter-Bomber Wing in 1953
Straight-wing F-84 evolved to a swept-wing Thunderstreak
North American T-6D Mosquito airborne fwd air controller
North American B-45C Tornado 1st 4-jet US bomber
Sikorsky YH-5A Dragonfly flew rescue & mercy missions
Edo A-3 lifeboat from the sky
Modified B-29s would drop the lifeboat to ditched bombers; It could carry 15 people & was equipped w/food & water
Sikorsky UH-19B Chickasaw rescue & medical evacuation
Don't skip the NA L-17A Navion liaison/reconnaissance a/c
Douglas C-124 Globemaster II heavy airlifter
"Old Shakey" handled big cargo: tanks, field guns, trucks
Boeing Bird of Prey looks a little modern for 1952
Secret stealth technology demonstrator 1992-1999
Lockheed F-22A Raptor should have won the Korean War!
Internal side weapon bay carries an AIM-9 Sidewinder
One of nine F-22s built for EMD testing back in 1999
Extra room in the Korea War area gives room for the a/c
Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk recon drone
AV-3 retired in 2006 after 251 flights for 4,891 hours