RF-4C Phantom II
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M-2 (MGM-5) Corporal

RF-4C Phantom II, also, M-2 (MGM-5) Corporal. . , RF-4C Phantom II , No. 69-0372 . USAF . Reconnaissance, The Phantom II is one of the most successful modern aircraft designs, with over 5,000 built. Developed for the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps flew it as well. Many U.S. allies also purchased Phantom IIs. Capable of speeds greater than Mach 2, the reconnaissance version carried an array of cameras and sensors to collect tactical information., The RF-4C seen on display was built by the McDonnell Douglas Corporation in St. Louis, Missouri and was delivered to the USAF on August 19, 1970. It served with the 363rd TRW at Shaw AFB, South Carolina in 1971; the 26th TRW at Zweibrucken AB, Germany in 1973; the 19th TFW at Kadena AB, Okinawa in 1987; and the 460th TRG at Taegu, Korea in 1989. The markings are those of the 18th TFW at Kadena, Okinawa., On loan from the National Museum of the United States Air Force , (captions) , RF-4C in flight on a training mission with the 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 10/10/1965. NARA, RF-4C No. 69-0372 as assigned to the 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, ca. 1972. National Museum of the United States Air Force, RF-4C nose camera in down position before a 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing training mission from Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, 10/10/1965. NARA, M-2 (MGM-5) Corporal , Army . Tactical Ballistic Missile, The Army's Corporal was the first U.S. ballistic missile. Originally developed by the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California, it was powered by a liquid-fuel rocket engine and carried either a high explosive or nuclear warhead. A surface-to-surface missile, Corporal was fired from a launching pad where it was placed by a self-propelled, electrically powered transporter-erector. Control was by command guidance system. After firing, minor corrections were made to the trajectory to ensure accuracy. Range was around 75 miles at Mach 3., A research version called the WAC Corporal, mounted as the second-stage atop a German V-2 rocket launched from White Sands, New Mexico, set an altitude record in February 1949, reaching nearly 250 miles into space., (captions) , A Corporal in flight at White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico, 5/22/1956. NARA, 81st Artillery Regiment personnel fuel a Corporal missile at Oro Grande Range, New Mexico, June 1961. NARA