Due to the speed and urgency with which Japan modernized in the late 1800s and early 1900s, many ancient traditions and customs persisted into the more developed age of their nation.

The USAF Air Demonstration Squadron is among the oldest units in the US Air Force, formed on June 13, 1917. Today, they are better known as the Thunderbirds.

This week, we’re highlighting the iconic Buffalo Soldier patch worn by the soldiers of the 92nd Infantry Division.

For a pilot in World War II, few things were as terrifying as getting shot down. For pilots in the Pacific theatre, that fear was compounded by the presence of sharks.

For this Artifact Friday, we draw attention to yesterday, which marked the sixty-fourth year since the first-ever presidential debate held on television in which both candidates were present.

Among the oldest aircraft in our collection is the Curtiss-Wright CW-1 Junior. The Junior was to be an affordable aircraft, roughly the cost of the average car.

Since the invention of gunpowder, militaries of the world have utilized cannons to strike at fortifications and large enemy concentrations.

This week we have a new temporary addition to our collection. A beautiful white, black, and red Twin Comanche currently occupies a space in the White Hangar.

In the early 1900s, Kijirõ Nambu began developing a new type of pistol for the Japanese Navy and Army.

In the late 1950s, the inventor and entrepreneur William Lear Sr. began to develop a company he would call Learjet Corporation.

North American was made famous with its P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft, and it continued to produce airplanes for the military into the 1950s.

This featured artifact has never been on display here, and in fact, I had to dig deep to find out more about it.

We do not highlight engines very much, but today we are exhibiting the R-5 Kinner radial! In the 1920s and 1930s,

Today, we are depicting a patch in our collection. It is the 104th Infantry Division patch.

The Arkansas Air and Military Museum is home to an infamous replica of a 1920s racing aircraft. This aircraft is known as the Mystery Ship.

Here is a special artifact in our collection published on Christmas Eve, 1943-eighty years ago!

Just WOW! Saturday December 2nd truly blew AAMM Staff away.

Shortly after the US entered World War Two, a number of problems arose with the standard army uniform, namely in its field jacket.

For our Artifact Friday today, we are going to do something a little different and talk about women’s service in the United States military!

James Allen Swearingen was born on June 11, 1977. From a very young age, his mom, Jannie, could tell that he was special.