The museum
Located beside March Air Reserve Base, the museum interprets the long history of March Field and American military aviation through a large aircraft and artifact collection.
March Field Air Museum occupies part of the historic March aviation landscape at Riverside. Its aircraft line runs from early replicas and trainers through the aircraft of the strategic bombing era to supersonic fighters, reconnaissance machines and remotely piloted aircraft. The proximity of the modern March Air Reserve Base adds a continuing military-aviation setting to the museum’s collection.
The official aircraft roster places the B-17G, B-25J and B-29A near the story of the B-47E, B-52D and later KC-10A and KC-135A tankers. A long fighter sequence includes F-86, F-100, F-101, F-102, F-104 and F-105 variants before reaching the F-15, F-16 and F-4. Helicopters, aircraft used in the Vietnam War and Cold War reconnaissance types such as the SR-71A are especially useful for comparing the requirements that shaped different missions.
For M028, the Air Archive transcribes named aircraft headings from the museum’s own collection directory. It excludes the listed missiles, space booster and clothing exhibits from the aircraft roster. Repeated website headings without distinct airframe identity are counted once, and marked replicas are not presented as surviving originals. The museum’s advertised overall aircraft count and the itemized Air Archive selection are different measures.
What defines the collection
U.S. military aviation from early flight through modern operations, with bombers, fighters, helicopters, reconnaissance aircraft, and drones.
What to expect
Begin with the indoor displays, then explore the outdoor air park for the scale of the B-52, tankers and strategic aircraft. Compare the Blackbird with the other reconnaissance and tactical types; the Vietnam-era firebase interpretation and early trainers provide a broader setting than jet fighters alone.
What the museum holds
118 historic aircraft (museum official collection page, October 2026)
The inventory below separates what the museum or its sources say the institution holds from the smaller set of aircraft histories already connected to the Air Archive.
- Boeing B-17 Flying FortressUnknown
- Boeing B-29 SuperfortressUnknown
- Boeing B-47 StratojetUnknown
- Boeing B-52 StratofortressUnknown
- North American F-100 Super SabreUnknown
- Lockheed F-104 StarfighterUnknown
- Republic F-105 ThunderchiefUnknown
- Republic F-105 ThunderchiefUnknown
- McDonnell Douglas F-15 EagleUnknown
- General Dynamics F-16 Fighting FalconUnknown
- McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom IIUnknown
- McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom IIUnknown
- North American F-86 SabreUnknown
- North American F-86 SabreUnknown
Open full museum-listed inventory (102 entries)
| Aircraft | Status | Identity |
|---|---|---|
| Lockheed TV-1 Seastar (Under Restoration) | Restoration | — |
| 1903 Wright Flyer I (Replica) | Unknown | — |
| A-26 Invader | Unknown | — |
| A-37 Dragonfly | Unknown | — |
| A-7D Corsair II | Unknown | — |
| AH-1F Cobra | Unknown | — |
| AN-2 Colt | Unknown | — |
| AQM-81A Firebolt | Unknown | — |
| Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress B-17G Flying Fortress | Unknown | — |
| B-25J Mitchell | Unknown | — |
| Boeing B-29 Superfortress B-29A Superfortress | Unknown | — |
| Boeing B-47 Stratojet B-47E Stratojet | Unknown | — |
| Boeing B-52 Stratofortress B-52D Stratofortress | Unknown | — |
| B-8M Gyrocopter | Unknown | — |
| Beech AT-11 Kansan | Unknown | — |
| BT-13 Valiant | Unknown | — |
| BT-13A Japanese Aichi D3A Val replica | Unknown | — |
| C-119G Flying Boxcar | Unknown | — |
| C-123K Provider | Unknown | — |
| C-131D Samaritan | Unknown | — |
| C-141B Starlifter | Unknown | — |
| C-45J Expediter | Unknown | — |
| C-54Q Skymaster / R5-D | Unknown | — |
| Cessna 152 | Unknown | — |
| CQ-10A Snow Goose UAV | Unknown | — |
| CT-39A Sabreliner | Unknown | — |
| D-21 Drone | Unknown | — |
| De Havilland C-7A Caribou | Unknown | — |
| EA-1E Skyraider | Unknown | — |
| EA-6B Prowler | Unknown | — |
| EB-57B Canberra | Unknown | — |
| ERCOUPE 415 | Unknown | — |
| North American F-100 Super Sabre F-100C Super Sabre | Unknown | — |
| F-101B Voodoo | Unknown | — |
| F-102A Delta Dagger | Unknown | — |
| Lockheed F-104 Starfighter F-104 Starfighter | Unknown | — |
| Republic F-105 Thunderchief F-105B Thunderchief | Unknown | — |
| Republic F-105 Thunderchief F-105D Thunderchief | Unknown | — |
| McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle F-15 Eagle | Unknown | — |
| General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon F-16 Fighting Falcon | Unknown | — |
| McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II F-4C Phantom II | Unknown | — |
| McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II F-4E Phantom II | Unknown | — |
| F-84C Thunderjet | Unknown | — |
| F-84F Thunderstreak | Unknown | — |
| North American F-86 Sabre F-86A Sabre | Unknown | — |
| North American F-86 Sabre F-86H Sabre | Unknown | — |
| North American F-86 Sabre F-86L Sabre | Unknown | — |
| F-89J Scorpion | Unknown | — |
| General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark FB-111A Aardvark | Unknown | — |
| FO-141 Gnat | Unknown | — |
| Fokker D.VI (7/8 Replica) | Unknown | — |
| HH-34J Choctaw | Unknown | — |
| Hispano HA-200 Saeta | Unknown | — |
| HU-16E Albatross | Unknown | — |
| JN-4 Curtiss Jenny (2/3 Replica) | Unknown | — |
| KC-10A Extender | Unknown | — |
| KC-135A Stratotanker | Unknown | — |
| KC-97L Stratofreighter | Unknown | — |
| L-5 Sentinel | Unknown | — |
| Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon | Unknown | — |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 MiG-15 Fagot | Unknown | — |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 MiG-17 Fresco | Unknown | — |
| MiG-19 Farmer | Unknown | — |
| MiG-21F-13 Fishbed | Unknown | — |
| MiG-23 Flogger | Unknown | — |
| MQ-1B Predator | Unknown | — |
| Nieuport 11 (7/8 Replica) | Unknown | — |
| O-1 Bird Dog | Unknown | — |
| O-2/C-337 Super Skymaster | Unknown | — |
| O-2B Skymaster | Unknown | — |
| OH-58 Kiowa | Unknown | — |
| OH-6A Cayuse | Unknown | — |
| OQ-2 / RP-5 Radioplane | Unknown | — |
| P-39Q Airacobra | Unknown | — |
| North American P-51 Mustang P-51D Mustang (Replica) | Unknown | — |
| P-59A Airacomet | Unknown | — |
| P-6 Hawk (Replica) | Unknown | — |
| PT-17 Stearman | Unknown | — |
| PT-19B Cornell | Unknown | — |
| PT-6A Consolidated | Unknown | — |
| R50-5 Lodestar | Unknown | — |
| McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II RF-4C Phantom II | Unknown | — |
| SD-5 Osprey | Unknown | — |
| SNJ-4 Texan | Unknown | — |
| SR-71A Blackbird | Unknown | — |
| T-28A Trojan | Unknown | — |
| T-33A Shooting Star | Unknown | — |
| T-34A Mentor | Unknown | — |
| T-37A Tweet | Unknown | — |
| T-38A Talon | Unknown | — |
| TA-4J Skyhawk | Unknown | — |
| TG-2 Glider | Unknown | — |
| U-3A Blue Canoe (C-310) | Unknown | — |
| U-9A Aero Commander | Unknown | — |
| UH-1B Iroquois Huey | Unknown | — |
| UH-1D Iroquois | Unknown | — |
| UH-1F Iroquois | Unknown | — |
| UH-21 Workhorse | Unknown | — |
| VC-47 Skytrain | Unknown | — |
| YA-9A | Unknown | — |
| Yak-52 | Unknown | — |
| YF-14A Tomcat | Unknown | — |
Aircraft histories connected to this museum
These links connect museum holdings to aircraft histories already in the Trackpads Air Archive. They are not intended to imply that every museum aircraft has a dedicated archive profile yet.