1956: TOS USAF and assigned to the 19th Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron, RAF Sculthorpe, England. Unknown date: Converted to JRB-66B and modified to test radar and control systems of the Boeing BOMARC missile. By 1965: Chanute Technical Training Center, Chanute AFB, IL, for use as an instructional airframe. 1993: Chanute AFB closed, aircraft transferred to the new Chanute Air Museum. 10/31/15: Chanute Museum closed. 2017: Scrapped.

Actually 55-666. 20 Mar 58 first flight as YB-58A. Used as test aircraft by Convair. 8 Nov 58: Flew 32 minutes at sustained Mach 2 with YJ79-GE-5 engines. 28 Apr 59: TOS USAF, but retained by Convair as a test and evaluation aircraft. 1 May 59: Converted to YRB-58A. 11/62: 6510th Operational Maintenance Squadron (AFSC), Edwards AFB, CA. 5/64: 3345th Maintenance and Support Group (ATC), Chanute AFB, IL. 5/65: Redesignated GRB-58A. 1967: Museum status; displayed at base air park. 1993: Chanute Air Museum. Marked as 61-2059. 10/15: Chanute Museum closed. 2017: Moved to Castle Air Museum, Castle AFB, CA.

21 July 1948: First flight, flown by Boeing test pilots. December/48: TOS USAF. Spent its entire career as a flying test bed. 1954: Transferred to Chanute AFB, IL for maintenance and familiarization training. 1994: Placed on display with the Chanute Air Museum. 31 Oct 2015: The museum closed and the following year this plane was transported to the Air Force Flight Test Center Museum at Edwards AFB, CA.

After the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum closed in 2015 the exhibits were dispersed and this aircraft is now displayed at the Yankee Air Museum, Ypsilanti, MI.

After the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum closed in 2015 the exhibits were dispersed and this aircraft is now displayed at the Indiana Air National Guard base, Fort Wayne International Airport, IN.

The painted serial 42-805 is false and was applied for an unknown reason. When the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum closed in 2015 this aircraft was taken back into the USAF Museum collection but its current whereabouts is unknown.

Displayed in fake USAF Thunderbirds colours. After the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum closed in 2015 the exhibits were dispersed and this aircraft is now displayed at the Frost Science Museum, Miami, FL.

After the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum closed in 2015 the exhibits were dispersed and this aircraft is now displayed at the Southern Museum of Flight at Birmingham - Shuttlesworth International Airport, AL.

The Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum closed in 2015 and former exhibits that were not passed to other museums were sold at a government auction at Rantoul in September 2017, the fate of this aircraft is unknown but it is believed to have been scrapped.

The Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum closed in 2015 and former exhibits that were not passed to other museums were sold at a government auction at Rantoul in September 2017, the fate of this aircraft is unknown but it is believed to have been scrapped.

The painted serial number "488656" is fictitious, it was painted to represent a USAF Thunderbirds formation team F-84D serial 48-656; the correct type is fact YF-84A and the correct serial 45-59494. After the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum closed in 2015 the exhibits were dispersed and this aircraft is now displayed at the Discovery Park of America, Union City, TN.

The Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum closed in 2015 and former exhibits that were not passed to other museums were sold at a government auction at Rantoul in September 2017, the fate of this aircraft is unknown but it is believed to have been scrapped.

The Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum closed in 2015 and former exhibits that were not passed to other museums were sold at a government auction at Rantoul in September 2017, the fate of this aircraft remains unknown.

After the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum closed in 2015 the exhibits were dispersed and this aircraft is now displayed at the Indiana Air National Guard base, Fort Wayne International Airport, IN.

After the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum closed in 2015 the exhibits were dispersed and this aircraft is now displayed at the Tennessee Air National Guard headquarters McGee Tyson Airport, Knoxville, TN.

7 Feb '45: TOS USAAF as B-25J, assigned to Moody Army Air Field, GA. 4/45: 2109th Base Unit, Turner AAF, GA and redesignated TB-25J. 7/75: 2143rd BU, Tuskegee AAF, AL. 6/46: 3706th BU, Sheppard AAF, TX. 8/46: 3502nd BU, Chanute AAF, IL. 8/48: 3345th Technical Training Wing, Chanute. 12/54 through 1/55: Hayes Aircraft, Birmingham Modification Center, AL. Converted to TB-25N and returned to the 3345th TTW. 8/58: SOC; put on display at Thunderbird Air Park at Chanute. 1993: Chanute Air Museum. The Chanute Museum closed on 31 Oct 2015. By 2016: Southern Museum of Flight in Birmingham, AL.

7 Feb '45: TOS USAAF as B-25J, assigned to Moody Army Air Field, GA. 4/45: 2109th Base Unit, Turner AAF, GA and redesignated TB-25J. 7/75: 2143rd BU, Tuskegee AAF, AL. 6/46: 3706th BU, Sheppard AAF, TX. 8/46: 3502nd BU, Chanute AAF, IL. 8/48: 3345th Technical Training Wing, Chanute. 12/54 through 1/55: Hayes Aircraft, Birmingham Modification Center, AL. Converted to TB-25N and returned to the 3345th TTW. 8/58: SOC; put on display at Thunderbird Air Park at Chanute. 1993: Chanute Air Museum. The Chanute Museum closed on 31 Oct 2015. By 2016: Southern Museum of Flight in Birmingham, AL.

This F-105F flew combat missions in 1969-70 with the 354 TFS, 355 TFW out of Takhli RTAFB, Thailand. On 10 March 1984 it made the last flight of a F-105F when it was flown from Hill AFB, Utah to Chanute AFB. When the base closed in the early 1990s it was transferred to the Octave Chanute Museum. The museum closed in 2015, and sadly this a/c did not find a new home. It was scrapped in early 2019.

This a/c was redesignated a GF-100C in October 1962, and was used as a ground instructional airframe at Chanute AFB, IL. When the base closed it was transferred to the Chanute Air Museum. When the museum closed in 2015 it was transferred to the Yankee Air Museum in Ypsilanti, Michigan where it is on display.

This C-47 was built as a C-47B-16-DK at Oklahoma City and TOC with the USAF in December 1944. It was converted twice, firstly in September 1954 to a C-47D and then around 1956 an executive interior was fitted to make it a VC-47D. In July 1971 it was transferred to the Chanute Air Force Base Training Center at Rantoul and used as an instructional airframe. It joined this museum in 1993 but was offered for sale as scrap in September 2017, two years after the museum closed.