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was an aviation museum previously located at the entrance to the
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Sidewinder St - not the C-119 at nearby
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Creason to complete the KC-97G
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16:Aviation museum in South Carolina, United States
728:American Helicopter Museum and Education Center
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556:Moved to Drister Aviation and Space Museum,
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398:Previous gate guard aircraft at the former
1077:Museums in Florence County, South Carolina
713:Moved to Friendship Park, Smithfield, Ohio
429:82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum
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840:"WWII Army Air Fields - Database Summary"
162:. The museum closed at the end of 1997.
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465:Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 33
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938:"GRUMMAN ALBATROSS / G-111 CARIBBEAN"
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359:Disassembled for restoration at the
1082:Aerospace museums in South Carolina
806:Now on display at the main gate of
445:Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center
936:Goodall, Geoff (1 February 2018).
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152:Florence Air & Missile Museum
20:Florence Air & Missile Museum
916:Wings of Eagles Discovery Center
884:Dumbell, Jim (2 February 1986).
510:Wings of Eagles Discovery Center
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456:Lockheed NC-121K Constellation
416:Fairchild C-119C Flying Boxcar
280:Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum
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615:Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter
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302:Convair YF-102A Delta Dagger
212:Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
436:Lockheed F-104B Starfighter
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693:North American F-86H Sabre
493:Darlington, South Carolina
356:Douglas MGR-1 Honest John
327:Richard B. Russell Airport
912:"Martin RB-57 (Canberra)"
790:Boeing B-29 Superfortress
762:Carolinas Aviation Museum
751:Carolinas Aviation Museum
719:Piasecki CH-21B Workhorse
628:Carolinas Aviation Museum
608:Carolinas Aviation Museum
594:Carolinas Aviation Museum
542:Carolinas Aviation Museum
526:Carolinas Aviation Museum
477:Charlotte, North Carolina
361:Carolinas Aviation Museum
350:Carolinas Aviation Museum
311:Carolinas Aviation Museum
295:Carolinas Aviation Museum
224:Charlotte, North Carolina
220:Carolinas Aviation Museum
156:Florence Regional Airport
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808:Dobbins Air Reserve Base
652:Douglas WB-66D Destroyer
408:Grissom Air Reserve Base
379:Grissom Air Reserve Base
271:Boeing NTB-47B Stratojet
160:Florence, South Carolina
74:Florence, South Carolina
815:Hu-16 Grumman Albatros
706:Northrop F-89J Scorpion
665:Grumman HU-16 Albatross
585:Sikorsky CH-34A Choctaw
569:Sikorsky HO4S Chickasaw
533:McDonnell F-101F Voodoo
318:Douglas BTD-1 Destroyer
871:Warbirds International
776:Now on display at the
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524:Now in storage at the
501:Martin RB-57A Canberra
491:Now on display at the
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107:34.19648°N 79.727265°W
782:Robins Air Force Base
635:Douglas A-26A Invader
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184:pursuit aircraft and
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626:, on display at the
251:adding missing items
174:U.S. Army Air Forces
112:34.19648; -79.727265
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423:Now displayed near
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368:Grumman C-1A Trader
176:training field for
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886:"Relics of Flight"
760:In storage at the
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404:Grissom Air Museum
375:Grissom Air Museum
282:in Pooler, Georgia
249:; you can help by
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746:F-101A Simulator
344:MGR-1 Honest John
333:. Relocated from
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85:Coordinates
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825:References
425:Pope Field
400:NAS Glynco
385:), Indiana
247:incomplete
186:A-20 Havoc
98:79°43′38″W
95:34°11′47″N
921:12 August
810:, Georgia
784:, Georgia
601:Waco CG-4
410:, Indiana
289:Regulus I
62:Dissolved
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1000:4 August
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331:Rome, GA
230:Exhibits
207:Cold War
141:Director
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696:52-5737
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677:Martin
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