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Open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.FREE Admission & Parking. DAYTON, Ohio (May 2020) -- The Lockheed SR-71A on display in the Cold War Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. The SR-71, unofficially known as the "Blackbird," is a long-range, advanced, strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed from the Lockheed A-12 and YF ...
National Museum of the US Air Force. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016. ^ "Lavochkin La-17M Target Drone". National Museum of the US Air Force. 3 June 2015. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2021. ^ "Lockheed C-60A Lodestar". National Museum of the US Air Force. 10 April 2015.
DAYTON, Ohio - Gen. Billy Mitchell's jackets on display in the Early Years Gallery at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. The jacket on the right is a non-regulation lapel collar jacket tailored for Gen. Billy Mitchell in July 1923. The jacket on the left is the non-regulation lapel collar jacket tailored for Mitchell in November 1924.
Learn more about this newest exhibit celebrating our Enlisted Force HERE. Centennial Exhibit, open now through May 2024. The museum has aged well over the last 100 years and this new exhibit, located in the Cold War Gallery, will give visitors a glimpse into our history and the people that make it all possible.
The Flying Fortress is one of the most famous airplanes ever built. The B-17 prototype first flew on July 28, 1935. Although few B-17s were in service on Dec. 7, 1941, production quickly accelerated after the U.S. entry into World War II. The aircraft served in every combat zone, but it is best known for the daylight strategic bombing of German ...
The M65 1,000-pound general purpose (GP) bomb was typically used against reinforced targets like dams and concrete or steel railroad bridges. The P-47 Thunderbolt could carry two M65s, while the B-26 medium bomber could carry four. The AN-M65 is on display in the World War II Gallery.
Bataan Death March. The Bataan Death March began on April 10, 1942, when the Japanese assembled about 78,000 prisoners (12,000 U.S. and 66,000 Filipino). They began marching up the east coast of Bataan. Although they didn't know it, their destination was Camp O'Donnell, north of the peninsula. The men, already desperately weakened by hunger and ...
