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The United States Air Force Museum Is A Must See Visit

The United States Air Force Museum Air Force museum is the world’s biggest military museum of aviation as well as the national museum of the U. S. Air Force. It is the ongoing mission of the U. S. Air Force to present its history as well as its evolving capabilities.

The Air Force museum is an internationally known attraction that explains the story of flight.

Featuring over 300 aircraft and as well as assorted aerospace vehicles, the huge museum greets 1. 2 million visitors every year to view its 17 acres of indoor presentations of air and space.

The museum features numerous galleries connecting the historical Wright brothers era with today’s Space Age.

Educational programs and various special events designed to tell the Air Force story are featured at the museum in addition to many sensory exhibits.

The Air Force also honors its men and women while highlighting such virtues such as duty, courage, and innovation.

The Air force museum is in Dayton, Ohio, the town where the Wright brothers resided and also invented their airplane.

The displays are housed in four massive hangars at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, located in Dayton. The museum, whenever in Dayton, is something you must see.

Even if you just have a slight interest in aircraft, NASA, or the military, you will certainly have a wonderful time. A visitor with a strong interest in aviation can easily spend two days exploring the vast museum.

And you cannot beat the price of admission, because it is always free.

From every era in aviation history, starting with the first bi-planes, there are all classifications of airplanes displayed.

To tell its stimulating story, the museum uses chronological and subjective layouts to depict years of aviation development.

Exhibits there include aircraft and missiles, the Stealth fighter, the SR-71 super spy-plane as well as the X-15, which is history’s highest and fastest flying aircraft.

The museum also displays personal memorabilia including uniforms, photographs and thousands of other Air Force artifacts.

An exhibit devoted to Prisoner of War history is one of the most popular at the museum.

This display features everything from homemade mousetraps to fitness exercise equipment that was fabricated by the prisoners in WWII prison camps.

You might also find in corners of the museum, Air Force issued cooking utensils, bugles and Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

If the U. S. Air Force had ever used an Ibanez acoustic electric guitar or a 5 piece drum set, they would certainly have them here.

A marvelously interesting place to visit, this fantastic museum is and a fabulous adventure for the whole family.

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