In support of an official event 

The Museum will be closed Sunday, May 25
In addition, the Fourth Hangar will be closed Saturday, May 24

Guided tours of the 4th building, normally scheduled at 3:00 p.m. daily, are canceled through May 28.

Effective immediately, the William E. Boeing Presidential Gallery will have limited guest access due to scheduled event preparations. The only accessible exhibits during this time include: Douglas VC-54 Sacred Cow, Flying the President Exhibit, USAF Established Artifact. We anticipate full gallery access will resume by June 5, 2025.

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Eugene W. Kettering Model Aircraft Collection

DAYTON, Ohio -- Eugene W. Kettering Model Aircraft Collection on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. (Air Force Museum Foundation photo by Dan Patterson)
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Early Years Gallery

DAYTON, Ohio -- Early Years Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (Air Force Museum Foundation photo by Dan Patterson)
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Warrior Airmen

DAYTON, Ohio -- Warrior Airmen exhibit in the Cold War Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (Air Force Museum Foundation photo by Dan Patterson)
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NASA Crew Compartment Trainer

HOUSTON, Texas (06/2012) -- The flight deck of the Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT), a high-fidelity representation of the orbiter crew station that was used primarily for on-orbit crew training and engineering evaluations. Here, astronauts learned how to operate many of the orbiter sub-systems in over 20 different classes. The CCT also could be tilted to the vertical position to support training in pre-launch operations. The CCT will be moved from Johnson Space Center's Space Vehicle Mockup Facility to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in late summer 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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NASA Crew Compartment Trainer

HOUSTON, Texas (06/2012) -- The entry hatch into the Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT), a high-fidelity representation of the orbiter crew station that was used primarily for on-orbit crew training and engineering evaluations. Here, astronauts learned how to operate many of the orbiter sub-systems in over 20 different classes. The CCT also could be tilted to the vertical position to support training in pre-launch operations. The CCT will be moved from Johnson Space Center's Space Vehicle Mockup Facility to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in late summer 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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NASA Crew Compartment Trainer

HOUSTON, Texas (06/2012) -- The Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT) is a high-fidelity representation of the orbiter crew station that was used primarily for on-orbit crew training and engineering evaluations. Here, astronauts learned how to operate many of the orbiter sub-systems in over 20 different classes. The CCT also could be tilted to the vertical position to support training in pre-launch operations. The CCT will be moved from Johnson Space Center's Space Vehicle Mockup Facility to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in late summer 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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NASA Crew Compartment Trainer

HOUSTON, Texas (06/2012) -- The Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT) is a high-fidelity representation of the orbiter crew station that was used primarily for on-orbit crew training and engineering evaluations. Here, astronauts learned how to operate many of the orbiter sub-systems in over 20 different classes. The CCT also could be tilted to the vertical position to support training in pre-launch operations. The CCT will be moved from Johnson Space Center's Space Vehicle Mockup Facility to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in late summer 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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NASA Crew Compartment Trainer

The Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT) is a high-fidelity representation of the orbiter crew station that was used primarily for on-orbit crew training and engineering evaluations. Here, astronauts learned how to operate many of the orbiter sub-systems in more than 20 different classes. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Replica of the bottle of the 1896 Hennessy Very Special cognac

Replica of the bottle of the 1896 Hennessy Very Special cognac presented by the Hennessy Company to General Doolittle, who was born in 1896. This replica is currently on display with the Doolittle Raiders' goblets at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo).
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Tankers at War

DAYTON, Ohio -- The "Tankers at War: Air Refueling in Southeast Asia" exhibit in the Southeast Asia War Gallery at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force includes official and unofficial unit patches from nearly all of the squadrons that supported air refueling operations in Southeast Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Tankers at War

DAYTON, Ohio -- The "Tankers at War: Air Refueling in Southeast Asia" exhibit in the Southeast Asia War Gallery at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force includes a flight jacket and cap worn by boom operator Tech. Sgt. Dan Kimsey, who served with the 91st Air Refueling Squadron, as well as a party suit worn by Lt. Col. John Morris, the operations officer at U-Tapao from 1968-1969. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Tankers at War

DAYTON, Ohio -- "Tankers at War: Air Refueling in Southeast Asia" exhibit in the Southeast Asia War Gallery at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Air Base Defense

DAYTON, Ohio -- "Protecting the Force: Air Base Defense" exhibit in the Southeast Asia War Gallery at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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John D. Foley

John D. Foley “Johnny Zero” (center, kneeling) and other crew members of Martin B-26 Marauder, 19th Bomb Squadron. Southwest Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo).
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XC-99

Using measurements taken from the original aircraft and photographs, Lt. Col. Howard T. Meek (USAF, Ret) constructed this 1/72 scale model of the XC-99 from scratch using various types of wood. (U.S. Air Force photo).
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XC-99

Interior details of the XC-99. (U.S. Air Force photo).
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XC-99

In 1953, an AN/APS-42 weather radar with its distinctive “thimble” radome (the black dome on the nose of the aircraft) was installed. The spectators are looking into the cargo bay, which used a special hoist to load cargo. (U.S. Air Force photo).
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XC-99

XC-99 in flight with a B-36. (U.S. Air Force photo).
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XC-99 in flight.

XC-99 in flight. (U.S. Air Force photo).
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Rocketdyne LR79 Rocket Engine

A Rocketdyne LR79 (S-3D) engine ignites during a Jupiter test launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida, in 1960. Note the coating of frost around the missile’s center, caused by cold liquid oxygen. (U.S. Air Force photo).
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