The AH-1 Cobra or Huey Cobra was the first helicopter to be produced specifically as an attack aircraft for the U.S. Army. The Bell UH-1 Huey utility helicopter was used in the Vietnam conflict for only a few years before heavily armed escort and light attack versions were needed.
The Museum's Sea Dart was donated by Convair in 1963, but at the time there was no room for the large, unusually shaped plane at the Museum's old location on the del Prado. Thus, the Museum's Sea Dart languished on Convair's back lot for 20 years. The Museum's new location in the Ford Building afforded an ideal spot for the Sea Dart – right in front for all to see.
The A-12, the first of three different versions of the Blackbird, was secretly developed by Lockheed for the Central Intelligence Agency. The majority of Blackbirds were the SR-71 strategic reconnaissance versions used by the USAF Strategic Air Command until March 1990.
Few aircraft bear the designer's imprint quite so clearly as the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk. The designer, Edward H. Heinemann, is a legend in the aircraft industry; and the Skyhawk is the ultimate embodiment of his simple, no frills approach to the creation of combat aircraft.
The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F/A-18 Hornet is a supersonic, all-weather carrier-capable multi-role fighter jet, designed to attack both ground and aerial targets. The F/A-18 was derived from the YF-17 in the 1970s for use by the United States Navy and Marine Corps.
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