FEATURED EXHIBIT

The RC-26B has been supporting state and federal authorities to combat narcotics, provide photographs and video of natural disasters like flood damage, identify search and rescue sites for the US Coast Guard, and search for forest fires. These aircraft find and map their targets using infrared and electro-optical imaging. Entering the Air Force in 1989, they were spread across Air National Guard units in ten states. The RC-26B Program came to an end in December 2022 and the aircraft were retired from active service. Thanks to staff at the GSA and DGS Surplus Property Division of Maryland, the museum was able to acquire this historic Fairchild aircraft. The Hagerstown Aviation Museum will use this RC-26B to tell the untold stories of this special unit.