A short photo essay cannot do justice to this great museum, but I offer a few images to show the range of the collection.
![Diamond](https://saferaviator.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Diamond.jpg)
Yes, the Blue Angels really do fly this close together in their signature diamond formation.
![World War I](https://saferaviator.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/World_War_I.jpg)
Every aviation era is represented.
![PBY](https://saferaviator.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/PBY.jpg)
Some aircraft, like this PBY, give you a chance to see what it was like to be part of the crew.
![Homecoming](https://saferaviator.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Homecoming.jpg)
Long family separations have been part of Naval Service since the beginning. Homecoming brings us back to those we do it all for.
![WWII Carrier Display](https://saferaviator.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/WWII_Carrier_Display.jpg)
You can walk the deck of a World War II aircraft carrier mock up.
![Early USCG helo](https://saferaviator.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Early_USCG_helo.jpg)
Coast Guard aviation is as much a part of Naval Aviation as the Navy and Marine Corps. The USCG is well represented.
![A-6 Intruder](https://saferaviator.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/A6_Intruder.jpg)
How many carrier landings do you think this Intruder made?
![A-6 Landing Gear](https://saferaviator.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/A6_Landing_Gear.jpg)
How ever many landing it was, this is the landing gear built to handle them.
![TBM Engine](https://saferaviator.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/TBM_Engine.jpg)
How would like to have this 14 cylinder beast in your plane?
![Cubi Point](https://saferaviator.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Cubi_Point.jpg)
Time for a break! When the US Navy base in Subic Bay, Philippines, was closed, they boxed up The Cubi Point Officers Club and sent it to the museum.
![HC-11 Det 1977-78](https://saferaviator.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/HC11_Det_197778.jpg)
Squadrons and Detachments that passed through Subic Bay hired local artisans to make plaques and presented them to the O-Club.
![SH-60B](https://saferaviator.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SH60B.jpg)
This SH-60B was used to hunt submarines and surface ships. A few are still in use, but are being replaced by the SH-60R.
![F-14 Tomcat](https://saferaviator.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/F14_Tomcat.jpg)
The last combat mission flown by an F-14 was conducted by this Tomcat.
![Lunar Lander](https://saferaviator.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Lunar_Lander.jpg)
Naval Aviation has been well represented in the astronaut corps from the beginning.
![H-46D Sea Knight](https://saferaviator.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/H46D_Sea_Knight.jpg)
A personal favorite, the H-46 Sea Knight has served the Navy and Marine Corps for nearly 50 years.