RF-86F Sabre History by Bob Archibald The F-86 was developed in the late-1940s, and was America’s first swept-wing fighter. It was the premier USAF jet fighter in the 1950-1953 Korean […]
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RF-8 Crusader Cockpit History coming soon… RF-8 Crusader Cockpit Specifications Dimensions & Weights Coming Soon… Crew Chief Mark Fajardin
F-106 Delta Dart History In the early 1950’s it became clear that the Interceptor being developed by Convair would not be operational by its 1954 deadline. Faced with this problem, […]
F-86H Sabre Jet History North American Aviation responded to a request from the US Army Air Force to design a day fighter using jet power that could be used also […]
F-84F Thunderstreak History Republic Aviation jumped into the jet age with the development of the P-84 “Thunder” Jet series (which kept with the “Thunder” naming theme that brought fame to […]
F-16N Viper History Although an Air Force jet, the Pacific Coast Air Museum’s F-16N is the Navy version of the famous and well used “hot rod” of the Air Forces of the […]
F-15A Eagle #102: the September 11 First Responder The Pacific Coast Air Museum has the honor of being the home of the first aircraft to respond to the World Trade […]
F-14A Tomcat History 03/79 through 09/97 Dates: Assigned To: Location: 03/79 – 10/79 NPRO Bethpage Bethpage 10/79 – 11/80 VF-124 NAS Miramar 11/80 – 09/81 VF-24 NAS Miramar 10/81 – […]
F-8U Crusader History Pacific Coast Air Museum’s F-8C Vought Crusader was the “plane in the park” on 19th Ave in San Francisco for 20 years. After service time with the Navy […]
F-5E Tiger II History The development of the Northrop F-5 began in 1954 when a Northrop team toured Europe and Asia to examine the defense needs of NATO and SEATO […]
