National Museum of the US Air Force, Dayton, Ohio

Aircraft types F - M

Aircraft	Reg'n	Notes
Fairchild PT-19A Cornell	42-34023 as '41-14666 47'	Ex N1070N. The USAF had 4,889 Cornells.
Fairchild C-82A Packet	48-581 CQ-581	Alaskan Air Command. Ex N7452C. Packets served from 1945 to 1954.
Fairchild C-119J Flying Boxcar	51-8037	This version was equipped to recover returning spy satellites as they parachuted to Earth.
Fairchild UC-123K Provider	56-4362	'Patches' - converted to spray defoliant and insecticide in Vietnam, it was regularly damaged and repaired.
Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II	78-0681 MB	Desert Storm veteran whose pilot won the Air Force Cross for valour in 1991.
Fieseler Fi156C-1 Storch	N156SV as '5F+YK'	German AF - markings of Rommel in North Africa. Ex Sweden Fv3808, D-EBOY.
Fisher P-75A Eagle	44-44553	GM's Fisher Body Division designed this large escort fighter, but the P-47 and P-51 filled the role. There's an example of its mighty Allison engine in Sacramento.
Focke-Achgelis Fa330 Bachstelze (Wagtail)	100463 T2-4617 (FE-4617)	German Navy rotary-wing kite towed by submarines for recce. Pilot relayed info by telephone.
Focke-Wulf Fw190D-9	601088 (T2-120 FE-120)	German AF - tested at Wright Field then went to the NASM who loaned it to the museum.
Fokker Dr1 replica	N1387B	German AF
Fokker DVII replica	N10408 Li	German AF
General Atomics YMQ-9 Reaper	02-4002	Remotely-piloted attack and recce UAV. This was a pre- production model tested in Afghanistan.
General Dynamics F-111A Aardvark	67-0067 NA	Southeast Asia veteran in the markings it wore during Operation Linebacker II in 1972-73.
General Dynamics EF-111A Raven	66-0057 CC	Carried 4 tons of jamming equipment. 42 F-111As were converted, retiring in 1998.
General Dynamics F-111F Aardvark	70-2390 LN	The Fs had an IR targeting system, widely used during Desert Storm in 1991.
General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon	81-0663	One of the original F-16As used by the Thunderbirds.
General Dynamics NF-16A AFTI	75-0750	Advanced Fighter Technology Integration testbed included electric powered controls.
Grumman OA-12 Duck	Bu 33587 as '48-0563'	Ex N67790, star of several films inc Murphy's War.
Grumman HU-16B Albatross	51-5282	Broke the world altitude record for twin-engine amphibians: 32,883ft.
Grumman X-29A	82-0003 NASA003	First of two examples testing supersonic forward-swept wings. First flew 1984.
Gulfstream C-20B (G-III)	86-0201 N770GA	VIP and presidential transport for 30 years: users included Carter, Ford, George HW Bush, and Clinton.
Halberstadt CLIV	4205/18	1918 original German AF ground attack aircraft.
Hawker Hurricane IIa	'Z3174 XR-B'	Ex Canadian AF 5390 marked as an RAF aircraft.
Hawker Siddeley XV-6A (P-1127) Kestrel	64-18262 2	Ex XS688, one of six brought to the USA for evaluation.
Helio U-10D Super Courier	66-14360 as '66-14374 EO'	Ex N42022
Interstate L-6 Grasshopper	43-2680	Ex N60458. Military version of the Cadet, overheating made this the least successful of the Grasshoppers.
Junkers Ju88D-1 Trop	105 ex HK959 (FE-1598)	Original Romanian AF markings. Pilot defected to Cyprus in 1943, then Britain gave it to the US.
Kaman HH-43B Huskie	60-0263	This set class records for rate of climb, altitude and range in 1961-62.
Kawanishi N1K2-Ja Shiden Kai (George)	3-105	Japanese Navy - other survivors are at Pensacola and Udvar-Hazy.
Kellett K-2/K-3 Autogiro	NC10767 (N10767)	This airframe (a K-2 modified to a K-3) was tested by the Army Air Corps at Wright Field in 1931.
Kettering Aerial Torpedo 'Bug' replica		1917 automatic drone - at a set time the engine stopped, the wings came off, and the fuselage/bomb fell to earth.
Laister-Kauffman TG-4A (LK-10 Yankee Doodle 2)	42-43734	US Army. Trainer for cargo glider pilots - 150 built.
Learjet C-21A (35A)	84-0064	One of the first three C-21s delivered to the USAF, this spent a lot of time in the middle east.
Lockheed P-38L Lightning	42-53232 as P-38J '42-67855'	Last production version - 3,923 built. Ex NX66678, Honduras 505.
Lockheed C-60A Lodestar	43-16445	325 of these paratroop transports were built. This is ex F-BAMA, N94540, XA-SEX (XB-SEX), N51605.
Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star	53-0555	'Triple Nickel', whose crew in 1967 over the Gulf of Tonkin made the first ever successful interception guided by an airborne radar aircraft.
Lockheed VC-121E (L-1049 Super Constellation)	53-7885	'Columbine III' Eisenhower's presidential plane for 6 years. Later retired in 1966.
Lockheed AC-130A Spectre	54-1626	The prototype, converted from a JC-130A at Wright-Patterson AFB in 1967.
Lockheed AC-130A Spectre	54-1630	Azrael, Angel of Death, played an important role in Operation Desert Storm in 1991.
Lockheed C-130E Hercules	62-1787	'Spare 617' a Southeast Asia veteran, two of whose crew were awarded the Air Force Cross for valour.
Lockheed VC-140B JetStar	61-2492	Carried presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan, retired in 1987.
Lockheed C-141C Starlifter	66-0177	'Hanoi Taxi' In 1973, flew twice to Hanoi to return US PoWs to the USA, and re-enacted the journey in 2004.
Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star	53-5974 TR-974	5,691 T-33s were built from 1948-59. Thie museum says that this arrived in 1952.
Lockheed NT-33A	51-4120	Flying simulator operated by Calspan, and used for aircraft from the X-15 to the F-22.
Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star	49-0696 FT-696	Korean war veteran in 1950 markings. This served with the Uruguay AF for a while.
Lockheed P-80R	44-85200	In 1947, this hot-rod took the world speed record from the RAF's Gloster Meteor.
Lockheed F-94A Starfire	49-2498 FA-498	All-weather interceptor - 1st US production jet with an afterburner. 855 F-94s built, retired 1959.
Lockheed F-94C Starfire	50-0980 as '50-1054 FA-054'	Redesign with longer nose: rockets replaced the A's guns. Originally called the F-97A.
Lockheed F-104C	56-0914	This plane served in Europe, the US, and the far east. Was flown to the museum in 1975.
Lockheed YF-117A Nighthawk	79-10781 ED	Second F-117 built, modified for testing, used between 1981-91.
Lockheed F-22A Raptor	91-4003 FF	USAF engineering test aircraft based at Edwards, moved to the museum in 2007.
Lockheed U-2A	56-6722	The last one built - apparently used for clear air turbulence research and some recce.
Lockheed YF-12A	60-6935	Second of the three 2-seat interceptors built, and sole survivor, flew to the museum in 1979, 11 years after the programme was cancelled.
Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird	61-7976	Made the 1st SR-71 operational sortie in 1968. Flew more than any other. Flew to the museum in 1990.
Lockheed D-21B	524	Supersonic recce drone carried by an M-21 (modified A-12). (M=Mother, D=Daughter).
Lockheed-Martin RQ-3A DarkStar	696	Autonomous stealthy recce UAV. The 2nd of 4 built, this is the only survivor that flew.
LTV (Vought) A-7D Corsair II	70-0970 MB	The Army pressured the USAF to get this upgraded version of the Navy's A-7. 459 built
Macchi MC-200 Saetta	MM8146 372-5	Italian AF. Taken by the Brits in Benghazi in 1942 and moved to the US. Restored by Aermacchi in 1991.
Martin MB-2 (NBS-1) replica	AS64213 14	130 built, operating 1920-29, but no survivors - this replica was built in 2002.
Martin B-10 (Model 139)	33-0146 146	First mass-produced modern bomber. Argentina donated this sole survivor in 1970.
Martin B-26G Marauder	43-34581 as B-26B 42-95857	"Shootin' in". Used by the Free French in 1945 and returned from France in 1965.
Martin B-57B Canberra	52-1499 PQ	Vietnam veteran later spent 10 years as an EB-57B. The museum restored it in 2010.
Martin RB-57D	53-3982 BA-982	20 were built in several versions - this is a photo recce single-seater - 13 built.
Martin X-24A mockup (SV-5J)	'66-13551'	2 SV-5Js were built as jet- powered trainers for the rocket-powered X-24A lifting body. Never flown, this one was converted to represent the X-24A for the museum.
Martin X-24B	66-13551	The original X-24A was converted to the more stable X-24B. Made 36 successful flights assisting Space Shuttle development.
McCook Field Engineering Section G-3 Target Glider		1920s programmable glider could fly a straight, circular or random course. It was released from the aircraft that would try to shoot it down.
McDonnell XH-20 Little Henry	46-689	One-off experimental chopper - flew successfully but as with all tip-jets, excessive noise and fuel consumption.
McDonnell XF-85 Goblin	46-523	Parasite fighter for operation from B-36s. Tests with a B-29 began in 1948 but recovery was too hazardous. This is the first of the 2 built.
McDonnell ADM-20 (GAM-72) Quail	69-700	Decoy missile launched by a B-52, simulated another B-52 to confuse the enemy.
McDonnell F-101B Voodoo	58-0325 13	2-seat all-weather interceptor: 479 built - McDonnell wanted to call it the F-109.
McDonnell RF-101C Voodoo	56-0166 AH	Operating in Vietnam, this was the only Voodoo version to see combat - it served until 1979, this one retired in '78.
McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II	64-0829 FG	Vietnam veteran with two kill stars below the cockpit.
McDonnell Douglas RF-4C Phantom II	64-1047 BH	Deilivered in 1965, flew more missions than any other F-4. Flew to the museum in 1994.
McDonnell Douglas F-4G Wild Weasel V	69-7263 WW	134 converted from F-4Es for suppression of enemy air defences. This is a Desert Storm veteran.
McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle	74-0117 FF	384 A models were built from 1972-79. This moved here in 2013.
McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle	76-0027 FF	Delivered to the museum in 1996.
McDonnell Douglas (Boeing) NASA X-36		Remotely-piloted Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft with thrust vectoring. 2 were built, only this one flew, very successfully. Possibly a predecessor of the Boeing F-47 NGAD.
McDonnell Douglas (Boeing) C-17 Globemaster III	87-0025	The prototype, first flight 9/1991, used for testing and several film appearances, flew to the museum in 2012.
Messerschmitt Bf109G-10	'4'	German AF markings. Ex Bulgaria 610824, Yugoslavia 9664, N109MS.
Messerschmitt Me163B Komet	191095	Arrived via Canada. May have been sabotaged by forced labour during production.
Messerschmitt Me262A Schwalbe	501232	German AF. Tested by the Navy at Pax River for carrier potential. Ex Bu 121442.
MiG-15bis	2057	North Korean AF - flown to South Korea by a defecting pilot.
MiG-17F	799 as '3020'	Ex Egyptian AF, gifted to the Museum and now in North Vietnam AF markings.
MiG-19S	'0138'	Ex Egyptian AF, now in North Vietnam AF markings
MiG-21PF	'4128'	Ex Hungarian AF 408, now in North Vietnam AF markings
MiG-29A	08 Blue	Russian AF
Mitsubishi A6M2 Reisen (Zero)	A1-3-102	Japanese Navy. Recovered from Papua New Guinea.