This week we will be taking a look into one of our newer collection items and at our new exhibit here at the museum. THe BPH-2 Helmet is a part of a new collection that shows the impact and history of service. This particular BPH-2 Helmet was used primarily in 1965 and 1966, Its coloring and engraving is unique to its own. This helmet was designed for aircrews for patrol, transport, and reconnaissance missions, essentially for non fighter or non high performing fighter jets.

The Army Air Corps during World War 2 found many different types of personalities, strong-willed persons, and people willing to fight for freedom in the extreme. Harold and Phyllis Caskey was one of these people,, and they found love and commitment within it. Phyllis Caskey grew up in Minden, Iowa, and decided she would be a nurse one day. After high school she attended Jennie Edmundson School of Nursing. She graduated in 1943 and joined the Army Air Corps as a nurse in the s

With a new season coming in bloom, we have new exhibits coming up here at the Arkansas Air and Military Museum. In building three, our curator, John Townsend, did a new display on the Japanese Pacific Theater of World War II. On display in that case is a Japanese officer's field hat, which we will be covering this week in our artifact Friday. A Japanese officer's field hat, also called a Ryaku-bou, was a standard cloth hat used by officers in the Japanese Imperial Army and Na

This Friday, we are talking about the Saudi Arabia and Kuwait Liberation Medals that were awarded to coalition force members who served during Operation Desert Storm. A service member is eligible for this award if they served in direct support of Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Gulf of Oman, parts of the Arabian Sea, or Gulf of Aden. Service members could also be considered if they served on the landmasses of Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, and the Unite

Morse code is a long taught language throughout the US military. It was crucial during times of hidden communication behind enemy lines, tenuous moments, and even through cameras. A blinker light trainer from World War II, also known as a code pocket trainer, was a lightweight Morse code trainer. Here in our collection, this Morse code pocket trainer was a small, lightweight, cardboard Morse code trainer that was portable and made learning Morse code easier for U.S. Navy pers