National Museum of the United States Air Force
National Museum of the United States Air Force
Presidential aircraft at National Museum of the United States Air Force

About the Museum

Welcome to the official website of the National Museum of the United States Air Force -- the oldest and largest military aviation museum in the world -- located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio. This site is provided as a public service by the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Public Affairs Division.

Use the top navigation bar to find information about planning your visit as well as events and activities taking place at the museum.

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Museum Mission

The National Museum of the United States Air Force collects, researches, conserves, interprets and presents the Air Force’s history, heritage, and traditions, as well as today’s mission to fly, fight, win … air power anytime, anywhere to a global audience through engaging exhibits, educational outreach, special programs, and the stewardship of the national historical collection. With our educational outreach, we motivate, educate, and inspire youth interest in the United States Air Force (USAF) and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The statutory duties delegated by the Secretary of the Air Force (SECAF) are accomplished on behalf of the American People.

We are the keepers of their stories™

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Museum Audio Tour 37: Modern Flight Gallery: SEA War Easter Offensive
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
Dec. 31, 1969 | 0:48
With the majority of U.S. troops out of South Vietnam, the North Vietnamese sensed an opportunity to end the war with a conventional invasion. On March 30, 1972, North Vietnam launched the Easter Offensive—a large, three-pronged drive into South Vietnam using heavy tanks and mobile units. U.S. airpower played an essential role in stopping the attack. The biggest battle occurred during the North Vietnamese siege of An Loc. Airpower not only supplied materiel to the encircled ground forces, but it also destroyed nearly all of the North Vietnamese tanks and artillery. When the Easter Offensive came to a halt North Vietnam controlled much of South Vietnam near the Demilitarized Zone, along with a strip of land along South Vietnam’s border with Laos and Cambodia.
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Museum Audio Tour 14: Modern Flight Gallery: Korean War Air Superiority
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Museum Audio Tour 14: Modern Flight Gallery: Korean War Air Superiority
Museum Audio Tour 15: Modern Flight Gallery: Korean War ANG/AFRES
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Museum Audio Tour 15: Modern Flight Gallery: Korean War ANG/AFRES
Museum Audio Tour 16: Modern Flight Gallery: Korean War Allied Air Forces
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Museum Audio Tour 16: Modern Flight Gallery: Korean War Allied Air Forces
Museum Audio Tour 17: Modern Flight Gallery: Korean War Interdiction
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Museum Audio Tour 17: Modern Flight Gallery: Korean War Interdiction
Museum Audio Tour 19: Modern Flight Gallery: Korean War Strategic Bombing
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Museum Audio Tour 19: Modern Flight Gallery: Korean War Strategic Bombing
Museum Audio Tour 20: Modern Flight Gallery: Korean War Reconnaissance
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Museum Audio Tour 20: Modern Flight Gallery: Korean War Reconnaissance
Museum Audio Tour 21: Modern Flight Gallery: Korean War Airlift
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Museum Audio Tour 21: Modern Flight Gallery: Korean War Airlift
Museum Audio Tour 35: Modern Flight Gallery: SEA War Tet Offensive
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Museum Audio Tour 35: Modern Flight Gallery: SEA War Tet Offensive
Museum Audio Tour 36: Modern Flight Gallery: SEA War Cambodia
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Museum Audio Tour 36: Modern Flight Gallery: SEA War Cambodia
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Museum Audio Tour 37: Modern Flight Gallery: SEA War Easter Offensive
Museum Audio Tour 37: Modern Flight Gallery: SEA War Easter Offensive
Museum Audio Tour 38: Modern Flight Gallery: SEA War Linebacker and Linebacker II
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Museum Audio Tour 38: Modern Flight Gallery: SEA War Linebacker and Linebacker II
Museum Audio Tour 62: Missile and Space Gallery: Missiles
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Museum Audio Tour 62: Missile and Space Gallery: Missiles
Museum Audio Tour 63: Air Park
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Museum Audio Tour 63: Air Park
Museum Audio Tour 64: Presidential Gallery
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Museum Audio Tour 64: Presidential Gallery
Museum Audio Tour 65: Research and Development Gallery
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Museum Audio Tour 65: Research and Development Gallery
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Contact Us

National Museum of the
United States Air Force
1100 Spaatz Street
Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433
(937) 255-3286

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Air Force Mission

The mission of the United States Air Force is to fly, fight and win ... airpower anytime, anywhere.

To achieve that mission, the Air Force has a vision:

With a Total Force of more than 689,000 personnel, Airmen work to support all aspects of airpower, which includes five core missions: air superiority; global strike; rapid global mobility; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; and command and control. Airpower also requires people and resources dedicated to unit readiness, base infrastructure and talent management.