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Airforce One at Lahm Airport
Airforce One at Lahm Airport
Airforce One at Lahm Airport
Airforce One at Lahm Airport
Allegheny Commuter at Lahm Airport
Obama at Lahm Airport
Obama at Lahm Airport
The Super Guppy at Lahm Airport
The Super Guppy at Lahm Airport
The Super Guppy at Lahm Airport
The Super Guppy at Lahm Airport
The Super Guppy at Lahm Airport
Trump at Lahm Airport
Trump at Lahm Airport
Trump at Lahm Airport
Trump at Lahm Airport
Trump at Lahm Airport
The Goodyear Blimp at Lahm Airport
The Goodyear Blimp at Lahm Airport
The Goodyear Blimp at Lahm Airport
The Goodyear Blimp at Lahm Airport
The Goodyear Blimp at Lahm Airport
The Goodyear Blimp at Lahm Airport
The Goodyear Blimp at Lahm Airport
The Goodyear Blimp at Lahm Airport
The Goodyear Blimp at Lahm Airport
The Goodyear Blimp at Lahm Airport
The Goodyear Blimp at Lahm Airport
The Goodyear Blimp at Lahm Airport
The Goodyear Blimp at Lahm Airport
The Goodyear Blimp at Lahm Airport
The Goodyear Blimp at Lahm Airport
The Goodyear Blimp at Lahm Airport
The Goodyear Blimp at Lahm Airport
The Goodyear Blimp at Lahm Airport
The Goodyear Blimp at Lahm Airport

History

John Wise and the balloon Jupiter in Mansfield City Square, July 17, 1852.
Cal Rogers taking off from a field near Mansfield on September 30, 1911.
Frank Lahm and Orville Wright on September 9, 1908, when Frank Lahm became the first military passenger in the world.
Beckwith Havens with his Curtiss Aeroplane at the Manstield News Aviation Meet of 1912. Held at the Richland County Fairgrounds on Springmill.
Curtis Flyer landing in a field near the fairgrounds 1912.
Charles F. Havens taking off from the Race Track at the Richland County Fairgrounds, 1912.
Charles F. Walsh at his Curtiss Aeroplane at the Mansfield News Aviation Meet of 1912.
Balloonist exhibition at the 1913 Richland County Fair.
Close-up view of the Curtis Flyer at the Aviation Meet in 1912.
James Zimmerman’s License issued during WWI.
The Flying Circus on display at the opening of the Mansfield Airport on May 8, 1928.
The Goodyear Blimp Pilgrim flying over the city during the festivities of May 8, 1928.
The crash of the Douglas O-38F Army Air Corps Mail Plane on the Freund farm just outside Mansfield. This was the first recorded crash in the National Aviation Records.
July 20-21, 1946 a Navy Observation is taking off for its aerials over the crowds.
Goodyear Blimp, Pilgrim, during the opening of the new airport on May 8, 1928.
James Harrington’s Air Service hangers and planes, early 1940s.
The first delivery by plane to Mansfield was Gardenias on July 20, 1946.
The P-80, Shooting Star, taking off for combat maneuvers at the dedication in 1946.
Closer view of the P-80 Shooting Star.
An orderly chaos of cars parked for the celebration in July, 1946.
Planes on display and crowds waiting to view the interiors of several planes.
Harrington Manufacturing of the food service buffets for the DC-4 Skymasters.
Lines waiting to view planes on display during the airport dedication on July 20-21, 1946.
Display of the Bing Cherries that were freshly delivered from Washington State in July 1946.
United Airlines display in one the quansit huts on the airport grounds during the celebration in 1946 promoting the new air service to Mansfield.
The new Skyway Club was built at a cost of $125,000 and served as a restaurant and clubhouse for the airport.
The induction of the 145 Officers and Enlisted men to the new 164th Ohio Air National Guard Fighter Squadron on July 20, 1948.
Mansfield saw its first helicopter and how it could maneuver on July, 1946.
P-47 with Richland County, Ohio markings.
wA German WWI V-1 Buzz Bomb in the City Square during the recruitment for the Air National Guard 1948.
wA German WWI V-1 Buzz Bomb in the City Square during the recruitment for the Air National Guard 1948.
A TWA passenger flight landing at Mansfield Airport in 1952.
General Frank P. Lahm

179th Airlift Wing

Tech. Sgt. Joseph C. Sabo, Maintainer from the 179th Airlift Wing Maintenance Group, cleans the windows on the C-130H Hercules August 30, 2018, at the 179th Airlift Wing, Mansfield, Ohio. Maintainers perform routine operations on the aircraft to ensure mission readiness at all times. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman Alexis Wade)