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.

Assigned to 1866 Facility Checking Flight.

Assigned to 1866 Facility Checking Flight.

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.

When this slide was taken Chanute AFB was still active. This aircraft was used as a ground instructional trainer, and when the AFB closed in 1993 it was transferred to the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum. The museum painted it as a T-38 flown by the USAF Thunderbirds. When the museum closed in 2015 it was transferred to the Frost Museum of Science in Miami, Florida.

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.

Chanute AFB was still active when I took this slide. This F-100C was redesignated a GF-100C in February 1963 and was used as a ground instructional airframe at Chanute AFB until September 1974. It then was painted in Thunderbird markings and put on display at the base. When the base closed it was transferred to the Chanute Air Museum. In 2009 it was transferred to the Prairie Air Museum in Bloomington, IL. where it is on display.

Chanute AFB was still open when this slide was taken. After being used as a ground instructional airframe at Chanute, this a/c was put on display at the base from 1949 through 1992. From 1993 through 2015 it was on display at the Chanute Air Museum. When the museum closed in 2015 it was transferred to the Museum of Aviation at Robins AFB Georgia where it is currently on display.

This is TB-25N USAAF s/n 44-30635 marked as B-25B 40-2270, which was one of the aircraft used on the Doolittle raid on Japan in April 1942. 44-30635 was TOC with the USAAF on 7 February 1945, and converted to a TB-25N in 1954. SOC in August 1958 and put on display at Chanute AFB. When the base closed in 1992 the aircraft transferred to the Octave Chanute Museum. When the museum closed in 2015 the aircraft was transferred to the Southern Museum of Flight in Birmingham, AL. where it is on display.

Photographer: John Anderson. Testbed for B-52G tail configuration.

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.

This Aardvark was built as a F-111A and was accepted into the USAF in February 1965 . It was loaned to General Dynamics to be used as a test bed for the MK-1 NAV/Attack system and thento to Pratt and Whitney as an engine/intake test bed. In December 1969 it was transported by ground to 3345th Maintenance and Supply Group (Air Training Command) at Chanute AFB and re-designated as a GF-111A. By 1974 it was retired and on display at the base, formerly joining the Octave Chanute Museum in 1993. After the museum closed the plane found a new home at the Lake County Veterans Memorial at Waukegan, IL.

Unfortunately the Chanute museum had already closed for good and all its exhibits were being disposed of. Due to the kindness of one of the administrators I was allowed an hour to have a look around. This F-4 first flew in September 1963 and was used, in the first part of its service life, as a test aircraft, for example in the development of the J79 engine. In June 1978 it was transferred to Chanute Technical Training Center (Air Training Command) at Chanute AFB but SOC in May 1985 and placed on display. Fortunately it is now on display at the Regional Military Museum in Houma, LA.

This slide was taken when Chanute AFB was still active, the a/c being used as a ground instructional airframe. After the base closed in the early 1990s it was transferred to the Octave Chanute Museum on the former base. When the museum closed in 2015 this a/c did not find a home and was scrapped.

Second RF-4C built. It was converted on the McDonnell assembly line from a USN F4H-1 to a YRF-110A Spectre, later redesignated a RF-4C. Used for development testing of GE J79 engines. Transferred to Chanute AFB as a ground instructional airframe June 1978 and redesignated GRF-4C. Transferred to the Octave Chanute Museum in the early 1990s when the base closed. When the museum closed in 2015 it was transferred to the Regional Military Museum in Houma, LA. where it is on display.