T-28A Trojan

From 1950 to 1957, North American Aviation manufactured 1,948 T-28 Trojans to replace the T-6 trainer, delivering the A model to the Air Force and the B and C models to the Navy, while a further modification produced the T-28D Nomad, a tactical fighter-bomber used in Southeast Asia after 1962. Goodfellow's Trojan, serial number 49-1679, entered the USAF inventory as a trainer on 9 January 1951 but flew for less than a year before serving as a maintenance and ground-instructional vehicle. In March 1976, the plane was dropped from the USAF inventory and placed in static display at Reese AFB, Texas. At Goodfellow since 1998, it represents the period from 1953 to 1955 when T-28s lined the ramp and filled the sky above the base.

San Angelo, Texas · United States