Wright-Patterson Area B

Pictured is one of the more unusual aircraft at the National Air Force Museum; a Northrop YC-125 Raider. It must be said however, that there are many very interesting retired machines here that I’d never seen before — not to mention knew about, e.g. Douglas A-20G Havoc of which 2,850 copies were built. Very cool looking: a B-36 Peacemaker, the sleek and sexy B-58 Hustler, and bizarre: F-82 Twin Mustang “Betty Jo” ( last of piston propeller fighter planes delivered to the military at the dawn of the jet age ). All of this hardware presentation is enclosed indoors along with historic memorabilia and display from early aviation, War time and Cold War years. A single day is not long enough to take it all in.

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