This is the only P-23 built. Curtiss retained the last P-6E Hawk (32-278) at their factory, and completed it with a new monocoque aluminum fuselage. Also new were the nose, tail surfaces and landing gear. It was fitted with a turbo-supercharged G1V-1570-C engine with a 3-bladed prop. The new aircraft was delivered on 16 April 1932 and designated XP-23 (Curtiss model 63). It was redesignated YP-23 when the turbo-supercharger was removed. Unfortunately by then the USAAC had lost interest in biplane designs, and no orders were placed. The YP-23 was dropped from USAAC inventory in January 1936. Official USAAC photo.

Wearing MAC 375th Aeromedical Airlift Wing markings.

AEMCO was awarded a $3 million dollar contract to recondition 68 USAF C-82 Packets. Seen here are three of those aircraft undergoing the work in one of the hangars at the AEMCO plant. AEMCO company photo.

AEMCO company photo of an F-80 under maintenance at their Oaklant plant.

Work in progress on a 1953 government (USAF) contract to overhaul F-80s and T-33s by the Aircraft Engineering and Maintenance Company (AEMCO) at their Oakland Airport plant. Countless F-80s and T-33s are visible in this photo, and in the front row are the tail ends of T-33As 51-9177, 52-9852, 52-9139, 51-8665, 51-8546 and 52-9252. AEMCO company photo.

C-124 Globemasters receiving maintenance and modification work at the Aircraft Engineering and Maintenance Company (AEMCO) plant at Oakland Airport. Also note the C-97 in the distance and the T-33s on the left. This is an AEMCO company photo.

Photographer unknown.

USAAF photo of a rare type, the first of only four XC-108 conversions. Originally delivered as a B-17E in Feb 1942, it was converted into the XC-108 VIP transport in 1943, to serve as General Douglas MacArthur's personal aircraft, named "Bataan". Armament and armor was removed, and it was fitted with a B-17F plexiglas nose with a single machine gun with a chrome barrel. The cabin was fitted with seats, tables, cooking facilities and extra windows for use as a flying living and office space. In Oct 1945 the aircraft was stored for disposal at Walnut Ridge, AR and sold for scrap in Sep 1946.

Photographer: Hans-Joachim Schröder. Photographer did not provide location. Probably Holloman AFB.

used for ground instruction duties after her active career and redesignated a GC-141B - broken up. Photographer unknown

Army Air Service ambulance plane built in 1925 with a Liberty engine. Crashed on takeoff from Ammans Crossing, TX on 18 November 1929. Photographer unknown.

Apparently ditched in the San Francisco Bay on 1 May 1928. Photographer unknown.

Photographer: Jim Morrow.

One of three C-32s supporting President Biden's 2023 visit to Ireland. This aircraft was converted from civil to military VIP configuration, entering USAF service in 2018. It was first operated by Finnair as OH-LBO, a 757-2Q8.