T-34B, BG-397, Bureau Number 144090, Built 8/22/1957

On display at Randolph AFB airpark, San Antonio TX

The plane was apparently picked up by a USAF Aero Club and received USAF number 57-6552. 6552 couldn't get FAA certification so they traded it to the USAF museum for 57-6553, and 6552 (formerly USN 144090) went to Randolph to be put on display. Though it is a B-model, it represents the T-34As that flew at Randolph AFB and other USAF training bases in the 1950s. This photos were taken before it was repainted in 2000, but it looks about the same today.

Contributed by TSgt Peter A. Law, Historian, 12th Flying Training Wing, Randolph AFB