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Marine Corps: Semper Fidelis (Always Faithful)
Coast Guard: Semper Paratus (Always Ready)
Navy: Semper Fortis (Always Courageous)
Air Force: Aim High...Fly-Fight-Win
Army: This We'll Defend
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Artifact Friday: Thunderbird Flight Helmet
In honor of Women's History Month, we are celebrating the service of Dr. Charla Morgan. The USAF Air Demonstration Squadron is among the...
John Townsend
Mar 72 min read
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Artifact Friday: Curtiss-Wright Junior
Among the oldest aircraft in our collection is the Curtiss-Wright CW-1 Junior. The Junior was to be an affordable aircraft, roughly the...
John Townsend
Sep 20, 20242 min read
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Artifact Friday: Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche
This week we have a new temporary addition to our collection. A beautiful white, black and red Twin Comanche currently occupies a space...
John Townsend
Aug 16, 20242 min read
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Artifact Friday: Chester Poole's Purple Heart
“Let it be known that he who wears the military order of the Purple Heart has given of his blood in the defense of his homeland and shall...
John Townsend
Aug 9, 20242 min read
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Artifact Friday: The Scrapbook of Lucille Fredeman (Smith)
Happy Friday! Women’s History Month continues at the Arkansas Air and Military Museum! Here is another famous woman from our state!...
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Mar 15, 20242 min read
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Artifact Friday: North American T-2 Buckeye
This Friday, we are highlighting one of our trainer jets! North American was made famous with its P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft, and it...
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Feb 23, 20242 min read
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Artifact Friday: The R-5 Kinner Engine
TGIAF (Thank Goodness Its Artifact Friday)! We do not highlight engines very much, but today we are exhibiting the R-5 Kinner radial! In...
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Feb 2, 20241 min read
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Artifact Friday: The Travel Air Type "R" Mystery Ship
Happy Friday! The Arkansas Air and Military Museum is home to an infamous replica of a 1920s racing aircraft. This aircraft is known as...
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Jan 5, 20242 min read
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Artifact Friday: Zeppelin Photo
“We won’t come back till it's over over there!”...sang the traveling soldiers of World War One. Many of these boys had never traveled far...
directoraamm
Sep 9, 20222 min read
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Arkansans Behind the Flag: Robert G. "Bob" Abb
Born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin at the beginning of the “Roaring Twenties”, Robert G. “Bob” Abb was destined to make his mark on...
directoraamm
Aug 13, 20222 min read
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Arkansas Tuskegee Airmen
The Tuskegee Airmen were a segregated group of African American Army Air Corps cadets, personnel, and support staff. Known as the...
directoraamm
Feb 28, 20222 min read
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