The Early Years Gallery is partially closed until further notice in order to examine the Caquot Type R Observation Balloon. Please check the museum’s website and social media pages for the latest updates.
The museum's Early Years Gallery conveys the magic and wonder of the formative days of military air power. The gallery's aircraft collection, exhibits and artifacts combine to capture the spirit of imagination of that transformational era, chronicling the time from the Wright brothers and their contemporaries, through World War I and to the lead up to World War II. Visit this link for an overall Early Years Gallery Video.
Avro 504K Bleriot Monoplane Boeing P-12E Boeing P-26A Caproni Ca. 36 Caquot Type R Observation Balloon Consolidated PT-1 Trusty Curtiss 1911 Model D Curtiss JN-4D Jenny Curtiss O-52 Owl Curtiss P-6E Hawk De Havilland DH-4 De Havilland DH 82A Tiger Moth Douglas O-38F Eberhart SE-5E Fairchild PT-19A Cornell Fokker Dr. I Fokker D. VII G-3 Target Glider Halberstadt CL IV Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIa Kellet K-2/K-3 Autogiro Kettering Aerial Torpedo "Bug" Martin B-10 Martin MB-2 Nieuport 28 Northrop A-17A North American BT-14 North American O-47B Packard LePere LUSAC 11 Ryan YPT-16 Schneider Schulgleiter SG 38 Sopwith Camel F.1 SPAD VII SPAD XIII C.1 Standard J-1 Standard J-1 (fabric removed) Thomas-Morse S4C Scout Wright 1909 Military Flyer
Avro 504K Official Photoshoot(Restoration Complete Oct. 2019)
Thomas-Morse S4C Scout - Aircraft Removal Timelapse
Eddie Rickenbacker Speaks at Air Force Museum 1961
Eddie Rickenbacker WWI U.S. Ace of Aces
Fredrick Libby WWI Streamers
WWI Memorial Dedication Ceremony 2018
Replica WWI Flying Aircraft(Dawn Patrol Rendezvous 2018)
WWI Pennants from French Women
WWI Medals of Honor
WWI Lt. Quentin Roosevelt Burial Cross
The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force is located at:
1100 Spaatz Street Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433
(near Dayton, Ohio)