United States Army Air Corps

A blog following the history of the USAAC and later USAAF, from the birth of aviation through the early jet age. This blog is not affiliated with the US Air Force.

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F9F-2 Panther

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"Pacific Princess" parked at Chino Airport

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28 July 1935. First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress NX13372 (Boeing Model 299). American four-engine heavy bomber aircraft. Flown by Boeing Chief Test Pilot Leslie Ralph (“Les”) Tower and Louis Waite.

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The WWII Airborne Demonstration Team exiting "Wild Kat" over Wittman Regional Airport during OSH2026

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That's us! Great week for some jumping.

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An F7U-1 launches from USS Midway (CVB-41) during testing, 25 July 1951

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Aviation cadets with a line of P-40s at Foster Field, Texas, 24 July 1943.  The aircraft closest to the camera are P-40Ks, while those in the background are P-40Ls or Fs

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A pair of B-18s make a low level pass over a Philippine road, 24 July 1941

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A 33rd Pursuit Squadron P-40 gets lifted aboard USS Wasp (CV-7) at Norfolk, Virginia, 24 July 1941

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P-40 fighters at a repair base in China ww2.

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Men of the 48th Bomb Squadron with their B-25G Paper Doll

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Goering’s Nightmare of the 96th Bomb Group after making an emergency landing at Snatterton Heath, 23 July 1943

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Getting to ride to Oshkosh in style with the C-49.

We should be arriving around noon, N4089T if you want to follow our progress from Oklahoma.

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A 773rd Bomb Squadron B-17G in Italy, 20 July 1944

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The beautiful SB2C Helldiver restoration in the WestPac restoration hangar at the National Museum of WWII Aviation this afternoon. The crew was working on something in the port wing, not sure exactly what.

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A PBM-3C of VP-74, summer 1943.  The aircraft was credited with the sinking of U-128 on May 17 and U-513 on July 19.

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AD-5 Skyraider. Oshkosh 2026

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A B-26 of the 22nd Bomb Group after a nose wheel failure at Antil Plains Airfield, Australia, 18 July 1942