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Photo Diary: Aircraft at the USS Midway Museum [1]
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Date: 2025-05-03
The museum ship USS Midway has a number of helicopters and fixed-wing airplanes on display, representing the time periods from WW2 through Korea and Vietnam up to the end of the Cold War.
Some photos from a visit.
The Midway museum displays three aircraft that the ship never actually carried, but which were part of the significant 1942 naval battle for which she was named.
TBD Devastator torpedo bomber
SBD Dauntless dive bomber
F4F Wildcat fighter
The rest of the planes on exhibit were WW2, Korean War, Vietnam War and Cold War planes that were operated from the carrier.
F4U Corsair fighter/bomber
HO3S utility helicopter
C2 Greyhound cargo/transport
Inside the Greyhound
RA-5 Vigilante reconnaissance version
F-4 Phantom II fighter/bomber
F-14 Tomcat fighter
F-14 cockpit
A-4 Skyhawk attack plane
F-8 Crusader fighter/bomber
S-3 Viking anti-submarine
E-2 Hawkeye early-warning radar
SH-60 Seahawk helicopter
UH-1 Huey, used by Navy special forces in Vietnam
SH-3 Sea King anti-submarine
F7U Cutlass fighter
FJ-3 Fury, the naval version of the F-86 Sabre
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