8th Air Force Museum - Barksdale AFB, LA

1. 1953 Dodge AF Ambulance
2. Boeing B-47E
3. Republic F-84F
4. North American P-51D
5. Boeing B-17G
6. 8AF Memorial Walkway
7. Consolidated (Ford) B-24J
   8. Douglas C-47A
  9. Beechcraft C-45
10. Beechcraft AT-11
11. Titan II Nose Cone
12. B-58 Rocket Sled
13. General Dynamics FB-111A
14. GE TF-30 Jet Engine
 15. Lockheed T-33A
16. Boeing B-29
17. OA-11 Crash Truck
18. Boeing KC-97G/L
19. AVRO Vulcan
20. Jet Engine Crane
21. MiG-21F
 22. Boeing B-52D
23. EUCLID
24. B-52G
25. AGM-28
26. P-15 Crash Truck
27. Boeing KC-135A
28. Lockheed SR-71A

Museum entrance with Dodge Ambulance in bkgd

Boeing (Douglas) B-47E Stratojet   (back to top)

Stratojet tailgun

Operational at Barksdale AFB from 1953-1963
View B-47E Specifications and Information

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Republic F-84F Thundersteak   View Specs & Info

North American P-51D Mustang   (back to top)

Operational from 1941 to 1953   View Specs & Info

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Tail gun of a B-17G Flying Fortress

Fabric aileron coverings have worn away

The 2nd to last B-17 made   View Specs & Info

On display here since April, 1978   (back to top)

Consolidated B-24J (Ford) Liberator

The Louisiana Belle didn't come with specs and info

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Front gun turret of the B-24J

View back toward the museum building

Douglas C-47A Skytrain   (back to top)

Beachcraft C-45 Expeditor

Initially developed as a staff transport   (back to top)

Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan   Specs & Info   (back to top)

Advanced bombardier and gunnery trainer

Titan II Nosecone   Specs & Info

Rocket sled built to test ejection capsule system
at supersonic speeds   (back to top)

B-58 Hustler rebuilt as a Rocket Sled

General Dynamics FB-111A

The last supersonic bomber flown by the 8th

View FB-111A Specs & Info   (back to top)

Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star two seater

Boeing B-29 Superfortress   (back to top)

View B-29 Specifications and Information

OA-11 Crash Truck   (back to top)

Boeing KC-97G/L Stratofreighter aerial tanker

Introduced the "flying boom" refueling system

B-29 cargo version with "double-bubble" fuselage

AVRO Vulcan was the first jet bomber to use the delta shaped wing   (back to top)

Vulcan B2 became operational in 1960

Built to carry a nuclear air to ground missile

Two shots of the Vulcan landing gear

Compare to Thunderball movie set in the Bahamas

Rolls Royce Olympus 301 engines, 20Klbs of thrust

Vulcan photos at www.avrovulcan.org.uk   (back to top)

Jet Engine Crane   (back to top)

MiG-21F Fishbed fighter-interceptor

Boeing B-52D Stratofortress   (back to top)

145 bombing missions painted on the fuselage

Wheels support up to 450,000 lbs

Four 50 cal machine guns in tail turret

EUCLID - retired electric off highway truck

Boeing B-52G retired by 1993   (back to top)

Enhanced vision fairings for low level night flying

Pratt & Whitney engines with 13,750 lbs thrust

AGM-28 Hound Dog missle replaced with this truck

P-15 Crash Truck   (back to top)

Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker replaced the KC-97

Derived from the Boeing 707 airliner   (back to top)

Two active B-52s at Barksdale AFB

More than 70 active B-52 bombers at the base

View back at the outdoor display aircraft

Heading back to the museum and parking lot

Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird   (back to top)

Pratt & Whitney J58 w/32,500 lbs. thrust removed

Lt. Col. Tom McCleary and Lt. Col. Blair Bozek
flew this SR-71A until it was retired in 1999

This SR-71A was put on display December, 2003
View Specs & Info   (back to top)