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Artifact Friday: Thunderbird Flight Helmet
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.
John Townsend
Mar 7, 20252 min read


Artifact Friday: Curtiss-Wright Junior
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.
John Townsend
Sep 20, 20242 min read


Artifact Friday: Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche
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.
John Townsend
Aug 16, 20242 min read


Artifact Friday: Chester Poole's Purple Heart
Let it be known that he who wears the military order of the Purple Heart has given of his blood in the defense of his homeland and shall forever be revered by his fellow countrymen.
John Townsend
Aug 9, 20242 min read


Artifact Friday: The Scrapbook of Lucille Fredeman (Smith)
Women’s History Month continues at the Arkansas Air and Military Museum! Here is another famous woman from our state!
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Mar 15, 20242 min read


Artifact Friday: North American T-2 Buckeye
North American was made famous with its P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft, and it continued to produce airplanes for the military into the 1950s.
cartwrighth.aamm
Feb 23, 20242 min read


Artifact Friday: The R-5 Kinner Engine
We do not highlight engines very much, but today we are exhibiting the R-5 Kinner radial! In the 1920s and 1930s,
cartwrighth.aamm
Feb 2, 20241 min read


Artifact Friday: The Travel Air Type "R" Mystery Ship
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.
cartwrighth.aamm
Jan 5, 20242 min read


Artifact Friday: Zeppelin Photo
“We won’t come back till it's over over there!”...sang the traveling soldiers of World War One.
directoraamm
Sep 9, 20222 min read


Arkansans Behind the Flag: Robert G. "Bob" Abb
Born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, at the beginning of the “Roaring Twenties”, Robert G. “Bob” Abb was destined to make his mark on American and aviation history.
directoraamm
Aug 13, 20222 min read


Arkansas Tuskegee Airmen
The Tuskegee Airmen were a segregated group of African American Army Air Corps cadets, personnel, and support staff.
directoraamm
Feb 28, 20222 min read

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