South Dakota Air and Space Museum
Rapid City, South Dakota
July 2017
The museum is part of National Museum of the U.S. Air Force and is located in Box Elder, Rapid City, just outside the main gate of Ellsworth AFB.
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Entrance to the South Dakota Air and Space Museum guarded by B-1B Lancer
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Left to right: Rockwell Lancer B-1B (83-0067 'EL'), General Dynamics FB-111A Aardvark (68-0248), Boeing B-52D Stratofortress (56-0657) and Martin EB-57B Canberra (52-1548).
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Left to right: Boeing Stratotanker EC-135A (61-0262), Northrop YT-38A Talon (58-1192 'TF-192'), Cessna U-3A Blue Canoe (57-5872) and Beech U-8D Seminole (56-3708).
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Left to right: Republic F-105B Thunderchief (57-5839 'HI'), North American F-100A Super Sabre (53-1553), LTV A-7D Corsair II (74-1739 'SD') and Convair F-102A Delta Dagger (56-1017 'FC-017').
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Left to right: McDonnell F-101B Voodoo (59-0426), Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (57-0590), North American F-86H Sabre (53-1302) and Republic F-84F Thunderstreak (52-8886).
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Douglas C-54D Skymaster (42-72592).
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Left to right: Douglas C-54D Skymaster (42-72592), Convair C-131D Samaritan (55-0292) and Douglas C-47H Skytrain (42-93127 registered N226GB '26').
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Left to right: Boeing B-29A Superfortress (44-87779 'BF-112'). The B-29 first flew in 1942 and carried more bombs higher, farther, and faster than any other bomber of World War II. Of the 3,970 B-29s built, around 26 complete B-29s survive today, 24 in the US.
North American B-25J Mitchell (43-4030).
Douglas B-26K Invader (64-17640 'TA').
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Left to right: Beech C-45H Expeditor (52-10866 marked '40796'), Cessna O-2A Skymaster (67-21422), Bell UH-1F Iroquois (65-7951) and Vultee BT-13A Valiant (41-22204 'MD-38').