National Museum of the United States Air Force Restoration Facility - "behind the scenes" tour

B-17 Swoosh	B-17 Swoosh rudder	B-17 Swoosh rivet process	B-17 Swoosh wing root
B-17 Swoosh wing connection cables	Worker inside the B-17 Swoosh	Fabric covered control surfaces in the paint booth	Fabric applied to B-17 control surfaces
Fuselage interior of the B-17 Swoosh	Battle damage repaired with metal signs	This worker had a lot of repairs to do on this plane that was recovered from decades at the bottom of a lake	B-17 Memphis Belle tail section
B-17 Memphis Belle	B-17 Memphis Belle signatures from the bond drive during WWII. (anyone who purchased a war bond could sign their name)	B-17 Memphis Belle interior	B-17 Memphis Belle battle damage (flack over Germany)
B-17 Memphis Belle nose art	Memphis Belle in flight - 1943	B-17 tires and engines	B-17 Memphis Belle forward fuselage section
B-17 Memphis Belle wing	B-17 Memphis Belle fuel bladders	B-17 Memphis Belle wing interior	Worker inside a wing engine mount from the B-17 Memphis Belle
Radial engines for the B-17 Memphis Belle	Rex inspecting the radial engines for the B-17 Memphis Belle	B-17 Memphis Belle engine plumbing	B-17 Memphis Belle wheel
B-17 Memphis Belle ball gun (belly mount). It's 1000+ parts were completely dissambled and rebuild into new condition.	XC-99 wing root & landing gear strut	Parts and crates were everywhere	Mig 23 Flogger
An aircraft in need of a lot of work	Mig 25 that was formerly buried in the Iraq desert by Sadam's air force	Mig	Mig markings
300 degree panorama of one of the restoration hangers