Continuing our tour of the USAF Museum (post 1) in Dayton, Ohio…
The second hangar is devoted to the Korean and Vietnam wars.
Walking into the hangar we are immediately reminded that it was American women who did the heavy lifting in the Vietnam War:
Turning 180 degrees we find the Korean War exhibit. The floor signs remind us that, as of July 14, 2025, we’re still fighting our War Against SARS-CoV-2:
Our brave young warriors are also protected from COVID-19 by simple non-N95 cloth masks:
The Twin Mustang was our favorite plane on exhibit in this section:
Tough to believe that these were actually used in combat!
Progressive Democrats have complained about the sometimes-too-cold and sometimes-too-warm air conditioning situation in Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz, where noble undocumented migrants spend a few weeks in the UNESCO World Heritage treasure of the Everglades awaiting deportation. USAF pilots and mechanics deployed to Korea spent a year or more in tents without A/C or reasonable heat:
Returning to Vietnam, we lost the war because of failed political leadership:
Dogs and helicopters are appropriately recognized:
In the category of, if I won the lottery and was a zillionaire, there is a fully restored Twin Mustang available for sale:
https://www.controller.com/listing/for-sale/236934031/1944-north-american-xp-82-twin-mustang-piston-military-aircraft
> Payments as low as USD $78,796.05
Heh, even zillionaire’s finance stuff. Who knew? When I was getting the timing belt changed in my ’03 Protege a couple years ago in Ft. Collins, the shop’s driver told me he flew one of these in ‘Nam:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_O-2_Skymaster
Which I doubt I could afford either. The father of a friend in college flew a jet in Vietnam, not sure which one, then had a career flying private planes and jets.