Cold War Aircraft Hangar

The Cold War Gallery covers the US Air Force history of flight from Post World War II era through the late 1980s. The aircraft displayed range from the giant B-36 bomber to the F-15 Eagle and Soviet-era MiG-29.

This gallery index is an "as planned" representation of the actual Museum layout. Not all aircraft listed below will necessarily be on display at any particular time, although most will.

The Creation and Growth of SAC

• Convair B-36J
  Emerging Air Defense
• North American F-86D Sabre
• Northrop F-89J Scorpion
• Lockheed F-94C Starfire
• Avro CF-100 Mk IV
  Early Cold War Reconnaissance/Nuclear Sampling
• Boeing WB-50D Superfortress
• Lockheed XF-90
• North American RK-86F
• Republic RF-84K
  Air/Sea Rescue during the Cold War
• Grumman OA-12 Duck
• Cessna LC-126A
• Vertol CH-21B Workhorse
• Grumman HU-16B Albatross
• DeHavilland U-6A Beaver
  Aerial Refueling
• Boeing KC-97L Stratofreighter
  Theater Nuclear Forces - Mid 1950s to Early 1960s
• Republic F-84F Thunderstreak
• North American F-86H Sabre
• Lockheed F-104C Starfighter
• Martin TM-61A Matador
• Martin CGM-13B Mace
  SAC - 1960s and 1970s
• Convair B-58 Hustler
• North American AGM-28B Hound Dog
• McDonnell ADM-20 Quail
  Pulling the Iron Curtain Aside - 1950s to Late 1960s
• Boeing RB-47H
• Martin RB-57D
• Lockheed U-2A
  Soviet Air Defense of the 1960s
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19S Farmer
  Strategic Airlift
• Douglas C-133A Cargomaster
• Convair Atlas Missile
  Protecting Against the Bear: Air Defense
• Convair F-102A Delta Dagger
• McDonnell F-101B Voodoo
• Convair F-106A Delta Dart
• Boeing CIM-10A Bomarc
  Reconnaissance - New Capabilities - Late 1960s/1970s
• Ryan AQM-34N
• Lockheed SR-71A
• Lockheed D-21B
  Ending the Cold War
• Boeing AGM-86B (ALCM)
• General Dynamics AGM-129A
• Northrop AT-38B
• McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle
• F-16 Cockpit Mock-up
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Fulcrum
  Training and Liaison in the Cold War
• Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star
• Beech T-34A Mentor
• Beech C-45H Expeditor
• Cessna U-3A
• North American L-17A Navion
• BQM-34
• BQM-34F
• Cessna T-37B Tweety Bird
• Northrop T-38A Talon
• Cessna T-41A Mescalero
• Dart Aerial Gunnery Target
• MQM-107