National United States Air Force Museum

The official United States National Museum of the United States Air Force is the National Museum of the United States Air Force. It was once known as the US Air Force Museum. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is located near Riverside, Ohio, about east of Dayton. It contains nearly 400 aircraft and missiles on exhibit, the majority of which are inside. There is no admission fee.

History

The National United States Air Force Museum has its roots in 1923, when the engineering department at McCock Field in Dayton began collecting technological relics. In 1927, they were relocated to Wright Field and housed in a series of structures. Building 89, the old engine repair hangar at Patterson Field in Fair born, became the first permanent US Air Force Museum building in 1954. Until the present building built in 1971, several of the museum's aircraft were parked outside and exposed to the weather. The museum's block length has more than quadrupled since its inception in 1971, excluding the initial Wright Field-specific expansion.

Exhibition

The National Air Force Museum's lobby. It is adorned with an Icarus statue.

B-29 Boxcar with a Fat man clone The Bock scar, the B-29 Super fortress used to deliver the atomic bomb on Nagasaki during the Pacific War, the lone surviving XB - 70 Valkyrie, and four surviving B-36s are all on exhibit in the National United States Air Force Museum. Many historically and aerotechnically significant aircraft, spacecraft, and associated equipment, notably the Apollo 15 command module, are owned and displayed by the museum. A considerable proportion of the planes on show flew to neighboring runways and fell asleep in the exhibit area. The museum features an extension that exhibits the presidential aircraft of the United States, as well as prototypes and experimental aircraft such as the XB-70 Valkyrie, YF-12, and X-Plane. If you cannot find an exhibit in the main building, it may be presented in the annex, thus it is a good idea to contact a volunteer curator to find out where the exhibit is placed. The Annex is a hangar on the grounds of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, rather than a museum. Present your picture identification (e.g., Social Security card or driver's licence for Americans, passport for foreigners) and register your name at the desk located between the main museum gift shop and exhibition hall. You can't go without it. Furthermore, tourists are collected in the hall and given attention during the tour. Visitors are permitted to snap photographs within the annex but are not permitted to photograph the air force base's grounds or buildings while on the bus to the annex. In order to prevent incursion into the base, the number of passengers is closely monitored, and if the number of passengers on the return bus does not match the number of passengers on the outward bus, the vehicle will not depart. It takes roughly 2 hours to visit the annex, including transportation, thus it is often difficult for people on tours to visit owing to time limits, so make sure to plan ahead of time.

Pioneer of flight

This enormous museum area is concentrated on the pioneers of aviation, particularly the Wright brothers, who performed test flights from Huffman Prairie, the world's first airport. A replica of the Wright Brothers' 1909 Military Flyer is on exhibit, along with other Wright Brothers artifacts. This section has educational displays as well as the American Aviation History Hall of Fame.

Opening hours

Sunday: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Monday 9AM–5PM

Tuesday 9AM–5PM

Wednesday 9AM–5PM

Thursday 9AM–5PM

Friday 9AM–5PM

Saturday 9AM–5PM