![]() Highway 247, all who visit this area of Middle Georgia will be able to enjoy the aircraft that is such a large part of the mission here at Robins, whether they stop by the museum to see the grounds or are driving by to another destination. With the F-15A in place now in front of the Museum of Aviation right next to Ga. Of course, our own museum staff worked tirelessly to pull it all together to make it happen and our Museum of Aviation Foundation did their part with funding for the large cranes.” “Civil Engineering from the 78th Air Base Wing helped with site development and engineering, and contracting from the Air Force Sustainment Center put the foundation and pedestal contracts in place. “The 402nd Aircraft Maintenance Group played the most crucial role in getting the aircraft down, moved painted and ready for its new location,” Emery said. It took many moving parts to complete the task. Preparing, moving, and placing the aircraft was not a simple feat. “We will also have better access to it for upkeep, periodic washing and repairs.” Highway 247 and will give it much better visibility,” said Emery. “We are moving the aircraft to the museum to make it the signature aircraft seen from Ga. The move of the F-15A from building 215 to the museum gives the aircraft more prominence. Since being retired from service in 1991, the aircraft was placed on the Museum of Aviation’s artifact account with the National Museum of the Air Force for accountability purposes. Highway 247 to wait at the museum until the new pedestal and foundation were in place for it. “So the Robins depot at one time had its own tail flash and we have elected to show that historical connection by putting it on this F-15 out front.”Īfter the F-15A was prepared for the museum, it was towed down Ga. “While the F-15s were assigned here, their tail flashes were ‘RG’ for Robins, Georgia,” said Ken Emery, Museum of Aviation director. The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is a twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter designed by McDonnell Douglas to gain and maintain air superiority in aerial combat. Two were first seen destroying a Mi-24A Hind that was attacking a M1 Abrams group in the first trailer. In the 1980s, Robins had two F-15 aircraft assigned to the installation for test operations. Available to NATO forces, the McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle is an American tactical air superiority fighter. This aircraft received some special markings during its reburbishment. It received new landing gear to prepare it for mobility and had its old paint stripped and replaced with new primer, paint and markings. The F-15A, which had been in front of the WR-ALC Headquarters in building 215 since the early 1990s, was removed from its old pedestal and moved to the industrial area where it received an overhaul to prepare it for display at the museum. ![]()
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