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March Air Reserve Base, California - March Field Air Museum - From 1940 to 1945, the North American Aviation SNJ and AT-6 Texan was the advanced trainer for both the United States Army Air Forces and the United States Navy. North American Aviation produced over 15,000 examples during the war. Canada, Australia and Sweden were licensed and built a combined total of 5,000 aircraft. During the Korean War, AT-6s were used in the Forward Air Control (FAC) role directing artillery and air strikes and as a close air support aircraft. The Texan’s career with the military ended in 1955. Some examples of the Texan flew with Spain, Italy, and numerous South American Countries until the early 1970s. The museum’s SNJ-4 is BUNO 51360 and was delivered to the U.S. Navy in 1943. It served in Florida and Illinois. It last served in Pensacola and retired in 1957 with 5,833 hours. The aircraft was later civilian owned and in 1982 came to the museum. In 2001 it was restored in the Navy markings of the NAS Glenview, Illinois in which it served. This aircraft is on loan from the USAF. Link to Photo Without Frame Thank You for Making this Daily Photo Tied for the # 1 Pick on 04-07-2018.
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BIRDS-WILDLIFE-AUSTRALIA
on Apr 15Fine old plane, beautifully restored ! Interesting info !
Greg&Rose Photography
on Apr 12Well composed clear photo, great narration
johnchapmanphotographer
on Apr 09Hi Rick, Great.
Bruno Suignard
on Apr 07very well taken!!
Lgood
on Apr 07Very good looking old plane!
fotoeffects
on Apr 07Great shot, nice clouds and shadow!
Calazone's Flics
on Apr 07Awesome capture!
Donna McCommon
on Apr 07Nice shot.
Gene Hyder
on Apr 07Super shot.
Darlene Jansen
on Apr 07Very nice shot of this great old aircraft!