http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/ Aircraft Exhibits This aircraft has the paint scheme that would be found on it at the time of Pearl Harbor and the early years of the war prior to 1943. Imagine this photo was taken at some midwestern airport on Sunday morning December 7, 1941. The sleeping aircraft could be seen as symbolic of our nation at that time. However it had already begun wake up; just not fast enough. http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=4262426 4262426 http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=4262512 4262512 http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=57251707 57251707 http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=4690081 4690081 http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=4690082 4690082 http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=4690086 4690086 http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=4690087 4690087 http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=4690064 4690064 This UH-1H is set up like the ones used to take troops into action during the Vietnam War. The rotors are in storage. It has the colors of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). The following was sent to IMM by a viewer. It is unfortunatly credited anonymuosly. "You're a 19 year old kid. You're critically wounded, and dying in the jungle in the La Drang Valley , 11-14-1965, LZ X-ray, Vietnam. Your infantry unit is outnumbered 8-1, and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or 200 yards away, that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the Medi-Vac helicopters to stop coming in. You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns, and you know you're not getting out. Your family is half way around the world-12,000 miles away and you'll never see them again. As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day. Then, over the machine gun noise, you faintly hear that sound of helicopter, and you look up to see an un-armed Huey, but it doesn't seem real, because no Medi-Vac markings are on it. Ed Freeman (1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile)), is coming for you. He's not Medi-Vac, so it's not his job, but he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire, after the Medi-Vacs were ordered not to come. He's coming anyway. And he drops it in, and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 2 or 3 of you on board. Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire, to the doctors and nurses. And, he kept coming back 13 more times, and took about 30 of you and your buddies out, who would never have gotten out." Medal of Honor Recipient, Ed Freeman, died Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 at the age of 80, in Boise, ID. May God rest his soul. http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=3349039 3349039 Allison J33-A-35 centrifugal compressor turbojet with 5,400 foot pounds ( 23kN) thrust. ). This engine designed by GE and built by Allison in Indianapolis was used by the first operational American combat jet fighter;  the P/F-80 series and its two seat version the T-33 A (TP-80C) series among other historic aircraft. http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=3349038 3349038 http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=57251703 57251703 http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=57251700 57251700 http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=57251701 57251701 http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=57251702 57251702 In July 2008 the transformation begins from the civilian paint job to a rendition of the colors she carried as part of the 4780th Air Defense Wing ( Air Defense Command), Perrin AFB, TX. where it served from June 1964 to November 1969.  See Restoration Projects for more photos. http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=10830554 10830554 http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=11099014 11099014 The US Army Air Force called the the TP-80C. After 1947 the US Air Force called it the TF-80C then the T-33. The US Navy called it the TV-2 then after 1962 the T-33B(Sea Star)This paint job is a close reproduction of its orginal colors during the 1964-1969 period. At that time it was most likely bare polished aluminum. The gray base coat was applied to protect the exhibit from the weather until the museum is able to place this exhibit on display inside our new building in the future. http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=57251704 57251704 http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=11099029 11099029 Empty weight: 8,300 lbs ( 3,775 kg) Max take off weight: 15,100 lbs (6,865 kg). Length 37' 9 '' (11.2 m) Wingspan: 38' 10.5'' ( 11.5 m) Height: 11' 8'' (3.3 m) http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=11099030 11099030 Crew:2, Armament: (AT-33) 2 x 50 cal (12.7mm) M3 machine guns with 350 rounds per gun. Up to 2,000lb (907 kg) of ordnance on two under wing hard points; bombs or rockets. Range 1,275 miles ferry (2,050 km) Service ceiling: 48,000 ft (14,600 m) http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=10830638 10830638 Power Plant: 1 x Allison J33-A-35 centrifugal compressor turbojet with 5,400 foot pounds ( 23kN) thrust. Maximum Speed: 600 mph (970 km/h) http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=57251706 57251706 Aircraft s/n 56-1669 was manufactured in late 1956 by Lockheed Aircraft, Burbank CA (now Lockheed Martin). It was transferred to the USAF on 20 Feb 1957. On Feb 1957 it was assigned to 1401st Air Base Wing (Military Air Transport Command), Andrews AFB, MD. On Oct 1957 it was re assigned to 1001st Air Base Wing ( Headquarters USAF), Andrews AFB. From June 1964 to November 1969 it was with the 4780th Air Defense Wing ( Air Defense Command), Perrin AFB, TX. On Nov 1969 it went to the Miliatry Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center, Davis- Monthan AFB, AZ. On Dec 1969 it went to 192nd Tactical Fighter Group (Air National Guard), Byrd Field VA. On Dec 1979 it was dropped from inventory "by transfer to another agency." http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=11099026 11099026 Nose has antenas house behind the black panels. http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=11099027 11099027 This was the number carried at Perrin AFB, Texas. http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=11098151 11098151 Intakes http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=11099015 11099015 Air Brakes http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=11099017 11099017 4780th Air Defense Wing http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=11099028 11099028 4780th Air Defense Wing http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=11099016 11099016 This was the exhibit for the public as added for viewing on  2 April, 2008.  It still needed a restoration to a more authentic paint scheme but is was beautiful as is. The new paint scheme was finished about 10 August 2008. See photos below as well as the series of restoration photos in the Restoration Projects Album. http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=3349040 3349040 This aircraft is painted in the fighting colors of the Vincennes University, National Junior College Athletic Association( NJCAA) basket ball championship team, the Trailblazers.  It was painted this way by the university where the plane was used for years as a training device for aviation trade skill students. After being retired for modern technology it was donated to the Indiana Military Museum and will remain in the current paint to protect it while it is stored out side.  It will be restored to a more appropriate bare aluminum paint scheme when it is moved indoors. http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/apps/photos/photo?photoID=4689639 4689639