sherry@marchfield.org, Author at March Field Air Museum

BT-13 Valiant

During the Second World War, the United States Army Air Forces used a three-phase training program for pilots, Primary, Basic and Advanced. With each phase, aircraft complexity and the difficulty […]

UH-1F Iroquois

The iconic aircraft of the Vietnam War the distinctive wop-wop of the Huey’s rotor blades stirs the memories of the generation that came of age during the turbulent 1960s. Uniquely […]

UH-1D Iroquois

The iconic aircraft of the Vietnam War the distinctive wop-wop of the Huey’s rotor blades stirs the memories of the generation that came of age during the turbulent 1960’s. Uniquely […]

UH-1B Iroquois “Huey”

The Bell UH-1 Iroquois is a U.S. Army utility helicopter powered by a single turboshaft engine, with two-blade main and tail rotors. Developed by Bell Helicopter to meet a United […]

The Bell OH-58 Kiowa is a family of single-engine, single-rotor, military helicopters used for observation, utility, and direct fire support. Bell Helicopter manufactured the OH-58 for the United States Army […]

OH-6A Cayuse

The Hughes OH-6A was designed for use as a military scout during the Vietnam war to meet the U.S. Army’s need for an extremely maneuverable light observation helicopter (LOH program). […]

HH-34J Choctaw

Originally designed as an anti-submarine helicopter the large piston-engine helicopter was modified for service in several roles. The museum’s aircraft HH-34J, S/N 148943, was originally manufactured as an SH-34J by […]

UH-21 Workhorse

The H-21B was developed in 1955 from the Piasecki HRP-1, the world’s first practical tandem-rotor helicopter. The first H-21 flew in 1949; five were delivered to the Marine Corps to […]

B-8M Gyrocopter

The Benson B-8M gyrocopter is motorized version of the Benson B-7, a small single-seat gyro-glider developed in the mid-1950s by aviation pioneer Igor Benson. A Russian immigrant to the United […]

AH-1F Cobra

In the early stages of the war in Vietnam, the United States faced a committed enemy skilled in the tactics of irregular warfare. Trained to avoid the overwhelming power of […]