Alaska Warbird Survivors 2002: A Handbook on Where to Find Them

The purpose of this handbook is to provide aviation enthusiasts with a simple checklist on where to find the surviving retired military aircraft that are preserved in the state of Alaska. The majority of the Alaska Warbird Survivors can be viewed at Elmendorf AFB; Eielson AFB; Kulis ANG Base; in the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum in Anchorage; in the Alaskaland Pioneer Air Museum in Fairbanks; Healy Denali Wings; and at Palmer in the Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry. Various gate guardians are also listed.The museum staffs and volunteer organizations in Alaska have done a particularly good job of preserving the great variety of American combat veteran aircraft illustrated here. Hopefully as more aircraft are recovered from their crash sites in the bush and restored traded or brought back from private owners that they too will be added to the record. The book lists the aircraft alphabetically by manufacturer number and type. This list is also appended with a brief summary of the aircraft presently on display within the state and a bit of its history in the US military.