List of United States Air Force museums
The United States Air Force maintains a number of Field Museums and Heritage Centers.[1]
Current museums
[edit]- National Museum of the United States Air Force – Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio
- Air Force Armament Museum – Eglin AFB, near Valparaiso, Florida
- Air Force Flight Test Center Museum – Edwards AFB, near North Edwards and Rosamond, California
- Air Mobility Command Museum – Dover AFB, near Dover, Delaware
- Barksdale Global Power Museum – Barksdale AFB, near Bossier City, Louisiana
- Enlisted Heritage Research Institute – Maxwell AFB, Alabama
- Hill Aerospace Museum – northwest of Hill AFB, near Ogden, Utah
- Malmstrom Museum – Malmstrom AFB, Montana
- McChord Air Museum – McChord AFB, near Tacoma, Washington
- Museum of Aviation – near Robins AFB, Warner Robins, Georgia
- Peterson Air and Space Museum – Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Sheppard AFB Heritage Center – Sheppard AFB, Texas
- South Dakota Air and Space Museum – Box Elder, South Dakota (outside the main gate of Ellsworth AFB)
- Thunderbirds Museum – Nellis AFB, near Las Vegas, Nevada
- Travis Air Force Base Aviation Museum – Travis AFB, near Fairfield, California
- USAF Airman Heritage Museum – Lackland AFB, near San Antonio, Texas
- Warren ICBM and Heritage Museum – F.E. Warren AFB, near Cheyenne, Wyoming
Closed museums
[edit]- 509th Bomb Wing Museum, Whiteman Air Force Base, Knob Noster, Missouri[2][failed verification]
- Air Force Rescue Memorial Museum – Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico (closed January 1990)[3]
- Beale Air Force Base Museum – Beale Air Force Base, east of Marysville, California (closed in February 1995)[4]
- Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Museum – Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona (closed 1949)[5]
- Dyess Air Force Base Museum – Dyess Air Force Base, Abilene, Texas (now exists as Dyess Linear Air Park)[6][failed verification]
- Edward H. White II Museum of Aerospace Medicine – Brooks City-Base, San Antonio, Texas (closed in 2011)
- Fairchild Heritage Museum – Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington (closed 2002)[7][8][a]
- Grand Forks Air Force Base Museum – Grand Forks Air Force Base, Emerado, North Dakota[6][failed verification]
- Lowry Heritage Museum – Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colorado[10][11][b]
- Minot Air Force Base Museum – Minot Air Force Base, near Minot, North Dakota[6][failed verification]
- Plattsburgh Air Force Base Museum – Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, New York (closed in 1995)[12]
- Randolph Air Force Base Museum – Randolph Air Force Base, Universal City, Texas (consolidated with Lackland museum in 1958)[13]
- Silver Wings Aviation Museum – Mather Air Force Base, near Sacramento, California[14][15][16]
- USAF Security Forces Museum – Lackland AFB, next to San Antonio, Texas (closed in August 2014 to became part of USAF Airman Heritage Museum)[17][failed verification]
Former museums
[edit]These museums were once part of the Air Force museum system, but have since become private:
- Aerospace Museum of California[18]
- Castle Air Museum[19][20][21]
- Grissom Air Museum[22]
- March Field Air Museum[23]
- Minnesota Air National Guard Museum[citation needed]
- Selfridge Military Air Museum[citation needed]
- Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum[24]
This museum was once part of the Air Force museum system, but was renamed and transferred to the Space Force when it became an independent branch:
See also
[edit]- National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force
- Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum[c]
- Pima Air & Space Museum
References
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Museum collection granted to the Armed Forces and Aerospace Museum Society by an act of congress in 2002.[9]
- ^ The Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum was developed to replace the museum when it closed.
- ^ Established after the closure of the base.
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Other Aviation Museums". National Museum of the US Air Force. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ "Directory: United States Air Force History and Museums Program Including Related Functions" (PDF). MacDill Air Force Base. 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ Morrissey, David H. (19 January 1990). "Rescue Museum Needs Rescue". Albuquerque Journal. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Leland, John W.; Wilcoxson, Kathryn A. (May 2003). The Chronological History of the C-5 Galaxy (PDF). Scott Air Force Base, Illinois: Office of History, Air Mobility Command. pp. 83–84. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ "Fate of Enola Gay Remains Undecided". The Record-Argus. AP. 2 April 1949. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c Uppstrom, Richard L. (Fall 1990), "Director's Log", Friends Journal, vol. 13, no. 3, p. 2
- ^ Prager, Mike (12 November 2014). "Salute to History". Spokesman-Review. pp. A5, A8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ellig, Tracy (8 March 2001). "Fairchild Museum Faces Deadline". Spokesman-Review. p. B3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Prager, Mike (8 October 2012). "Group Aims to Build Museum at Felts Field". Spokesman-Review. pp. A1, A6. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ^ "Politicians Want More Time to Plan for Aviation Museum". Rapid City Journal. AP. 14 April 1993. p. B8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "New Space Museum Has Prototype Station". Press-Journal. 14 October 1994. p. 12D – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Plattsburgh base opens museum". Press & Sun-Bulletin. 8 June 2014. p. 4A – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Oldest Airman Won't Retire". Abilene Reporter-News. AP. 6 March 1958. p. 15-B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Sharrer, Nan Nichols (11 July 1978). "Air Force Plans Silver Wings Museum". Sacramento Bee. p. D23 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Elliott, Theresa (2 April 1998). "Base closure may clip wings of air museum". The Sacramento Bee. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Nondiscrimination in Programs and Activities Assisted or Conducted by the Department of the Air Force (PDF), 1 May 1998, pp. 15–16, retrieved 3 May 2022
- ^ "About Us". USAF Police Alumni Association. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ "Welcome!". Aerospace Museum of California. Archived from the original on 20 June 2006. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ "World War II Air Force Memories Will Abound at Castle Museum". West Side Index. 18 June 1981. p. 11.
- ^ "Face Lift on Tap for Air Museum's 'Movie Stars'". The Sun. McClatchy. 3 January 1995. p. B6.
- ^ "Castle Air Museum Struggling to Stay Open". Visalia Times-Delta. 30 November 2002. p. 2C.
- ^ "Grissom Air Museum Hires New Director/Curator". Mitchell Tribune. 13 September 1995. p. 4.
- ^ "Our History". March Field Air Museum. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "About Us". Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum. Retrieved 18 October 2016.