American air power museum/P-40/T6/PBY Catalina/B25/P51/C47/USAF Museum - Wright Patterson/AFB loans/Grumman TBF Avenger/FG-1D Corsair/L-39/Republic RF-84 Thunderflash/F-105/F-111

Curtis P-40 Warhawk - 1935

Curtiss-Wright P40 Warhawk - 1935

Mission	Fighter
Max Speed	362 MPH
Range	850 Miles
First Flight	1935
In Service	Operational 1937 through the end of WWII
Other	Best known for its service with the Claire Chennault American Volunteer Group, "The Flying Tigers."

L-39 Albatross - 1968


L-39 Albatross - 1968

Mission	Soviet Jet Trainer
Max Speed	570 MPH (sub-sonic)
Range	995 MIles with external tanks
First Flight	November 1968
In Service	Since 1972 and remains so with as many as 16 nations.

North American T6 “Texan”


North American T6 "Texan" - 1935

Mission	Advanced Fighter Trainer
Max Speed	210 MPH
Range	629 Miles
First Flight	1935
In Service	Operational 1936 - 1958, U.S. (operational in other countries until 1996)
Other	No other trainer in history has been used by so many countries spanning the period from 1938

Consolidated PBY Catalina -1939


Consolidated PBY Catalina - 1939

Mission	Ocean Reconnaissance, Amphibious flying boat used to search for Submarines and seaborne enemy battle forces throughout World War II
Max Speed	178 MPH
Range	2,545 Miles
First Flight	March, 1935
In Service	Throughout World War II and after as both an ocean reconnaissance plane and as a fire fighter.
Other	Service Ceiling: 15,748'
Crew	8

B25 Mitchell - 1940


North American B25 Mitchell - 1940

Mission	Medium Bomber made famous by Doolittle Raid on Tokyo
Max Speed	284 MPH (15,000 feet)
Range	1,500 miles (3,000 lb. bomb load)
First Flight	1940
In Service	Operational from 1941 - 1945
Other	"Miss Hap" - General Hap Arnold's personal airplane. Other past owners of this particular aircraft include Howard Hughes.

P-51 Mustang - 1940


P-51 Mustang - 1940

Mission	Fighter
Max Speed	437 MPH
Range	1,000 Miles
First Flight	1940
In Service	1941 - 1953
Other	The P-51, originally a photo recon and ground support aircraft, received a British "Merlin" engine in '43 transforming the P-51 into a fighter. Flying high-altitude escort to B-17's and B-24's, P-51's fought German interceptors. By war's end, they had shot down more enemy planes than any other fighter over Europe and served the U.S. in the Korean conflict. The P-51 Mustang is part of "Warbirds Over Long Island", a frequent visitor to the American Airpower Museum at Republic Airport and an honorary member of the AAM squadron.

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (1941)


Republic P47 Thunderbolt - 1940

Mission	Fighter
Max Speed	467 MPH
Range	800 Miles (without drop tanks)
First Flight	1940
In Service	Operational 1942 - 1967 in other countries (end of WWII with U.S.)
Other	Largest and heaviest (7-tons) single-seater, piston-engined fighter in history. Produced on Long Island at the site now housing the American Air Power Museum. 9,000 Thunderbolts were built on the Museum's site.

Douglas C47 Skytrain


Douglas C47 Skytrain (a.k.a. DC3 & Dakota) - 1940

Mission	Transport
Max Speed	180 MPH
Range	1,200 NauticalMiles
First Flight	December 1935
In Service	Operational June 1936 (American Airlines) and still being used commercially across the globe
Other	The C47, originally known as the DC3, started as one of the first commercial civilian airliners. Best known for the "Berlin Airlift", the C47 dropped food, clothing and medical supplies to keep Berliners alive during the Russian occupation after WWII . The museum's C47 is one of the few flyable C47's with a paratrooper configuration and is a WWII veteran, dropping troops for the D-Day invasion and also serving, most recently, with the Israeli Air Force.

Grumman TBF Avenger - 1942


Grumman TBM Avenger - 1942

Mission	Carrier based torpedo bomber
Max Speed	276 MPH
Range	1010 Miles
First Flight	August 1941
In Service	Operational January 1942 - June 1954
Other	3 man crew, 2 wing guns, one turret gun and one ventral gun.

Vought FG-1D Corsair - 1942


Vought FG-1D Corsair - 1942

Mission	Carrier based fighter
Max Speed	446 MPH
Range	1005 Miles
First Flight	May 1940
In Service	Operational June 1942 through the end of the Korean conflict
Other	Bent wing facilitates the large propeller. Most well known as the aircraft for the famed "Black Sheep" squadron and saw extensive use by the Marines.

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Republic F-84 Thunderjet - 1948


Republic F-84 Thunderjet - 1948

Mission	Fighter/Attack-Bomber
Max Speed	620 MPH
Range	1,485 Nautical Miles
In Service	Operational 1948 through the Korean Conflict
Other	One of the first early jets, it's first designation was P-84 (pursuit), however, when the Army Air Corps became the Air Force the designation changed to F-84 (fighter). Though produced in huge numbers, it's early-jet design rendered it obsolete by the time it was in wide use.

Republic RF-84 Thunderflash - 1953


Republic RF-84 Thunderflash - 1953

Mission	Photoreconnaissance
Max Speed	720 MPH
First Flight	1953
In Service	1953 through 1971
Other	The RF-84F Thunderflash was the final F-84 version to be built at Republic Aviation. It was the first of the modern jets to be designed specifically for photo - reconnaissance and the first fighter-type plane to carry cameras that could take horizon-to-horizon pictures.

Repiblic F-105 Thundercheif - 1955


Republic F-105 Thunderchief - 1955

Mission	Fighter/Attack-Bomber
Max Speed	1,390 MPH
Range	2,206 Miles
In Service	1955 through 1980
Other	The F-105D could carry over 12,000 pounds of ordnance, a heavier bomb load than a WWII B-17. The F-105D was used extensively in the Vietnam War.

General Dynamics F-111 - 1967


General Dynamics F-111 - 1967

Mission	Long-range, all-weather strike aircraft
Max Speed	mach 1.2 (Supersonic)
Range	3,565 miles (3,100 nautical miles) with external fuel tanks.
First Flight	1967
In Service	1967 - 1996
Other	First aircraft in service to use the versatile "swing wing". Rushed into service in Vietnam, the two crew F111 met with mixed success. However, the aircraft was later used effectively in attacking targets in Libya and later Iraq.