Out of the gate in 2022, I decided to visit three museums that have been on my “to do” list for some time: the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, the Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy Center outside of Washington, D.C., and the USS Midway in San Diego, California.
First stop was in Dayton to visit the USAF! What a MASSIVE museum. My Apple Watch reported just under 6 miles of walking in this museum. A must stop visit for any aviation enthusiast (a.k.a. an avgeek).
While these do not represent all of my photos from this stop, these are my favorites. I hope you enjoy!
SAM 26000, President Kennedy’s Air Force one on that fateful day in Dallas… 
Presidential Seal on SAM 26000, otherwise known as Air Force One 
B-52 in the Southeast Asia gallery 
B-2 Spirit 
CV-22B Osprey 
B-1B Lancer 
AC-130A Hercules “Azrael Angel of Death” flying gun platform 
F-117A Nighthawk 
F-100D Super Saber in Thunderbird 6 livery 
SR-71 Blackbird 
The pointy end of the SR-71 Blackbird 
B-58 Hustler 
B-36 Peacemaker (yep it’s HUGE) 
RB-47 Stratojet 
Air Force One, SAM 26000, President Kennedy’s plane to Dallas… 
X-13 Vertijet 
X-1B experimental aircraft 
X-15 experimental rocket plane 
Apollo 15 Command Module Endeavour 
XB-70 Valkyrie 
Missle gallery 
A-7D Corsair II 
F-4C Phantom II 
Bell UH-1P Iroquois with the 20th SOS “Green Hornet” 
OV-10A Bronco 
F-100 Super Sabre under the wing of a B-52D 
F-22A Raptor 
F-86A Sabre (love the gunsmoke stains) 
MiG-15bis 
C-124C Transport 
Fat Man Atomic Bomb, type dropped on Nagasaki to end WWII 
B-29 Superfortress “BocksCar”, the plane that dropped the Fat Man on Nagasaki, Japan 
Junkers JU-88D Bomber 
Messerschmitt ME-262 Schwalbe, first jet fighter of WWII 
Messerschmitt Me 163B Komet 
P-47D “Five by Five” bubbletop 
Messerschmitt Bf-109 G-10 series 
P-51D Mustang, “Shimmy IV” (what happened to 1, 2, and 3…) 
B-17F Flying Fortress “Memphis Belle” 
B-24D Liberator “Strawberry Bitch” 
P-39Q Airacobra 
B-25B Mitchell, Doolittle raid… 
Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero 
P-40E Warhawk featuring the Sharkmouth 
B-10 Martin 
P-26A Peashooter 
Martin MB-2 
Spad XIII C.1 
Fokker Dr.1 tri-plane (red baron, anyone?) 
Nieuport 28 bi-plane 
Spad VII bi-plane
Video Tour
If you enjoyed the photo gallery, here’s my video tour of the museum!
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