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

Access to the Presidential Gallery will be limited from May 15 to June 5
 

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  • Apollo 16 USAF Flag

    Note: This item is currently in storage. This flag was carried to the moon aboard Apollo 16 during the first scientific exploration of the Lunar Highlands from April 16-27, 1972.Transferred from NASA.Click here to return to the Featured Accessions index.

  • Apollo 11 Commemorative Coin

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This coin commemorating the Apollo 11 mission shows an astronaut with an American flag standing on the moon's surface, along with the words "The Eagle has landed, July 20, 1969." The coin contains metal from spacecrafts Columbia and Eagle.Donated by Mrs.

  • SA-4 Ganef

    Note: This item is currently in storage.The Soviet, now Russian, SA-4 (NATO designation "Ganef") is a medium- to high-altitude surface-to-air missile developed in the late 1950s by the Lyulev OKB design bureau. Fielded in 1967, it became fully operational in 1969. Four solid booster rockets that

  • Wasserfall Surface-to-Air Missile

    Note: This item is currently in storage. Wasserfall (Waterfall) was a radio-controlled, supersonic guided missile for anti-aircraft purpose. Developed by the Germans during World War II, the Wasserfall was tracked by one installation while another would track the target. Then a computer would

  • Russian SS-N-2 Styx

    Note: This item is currently in storage. The Russian SS-N-2 missile was used by Egypt in 1968 against Israel, by India in 1971 against Pakistan, and by Iran during its 1980-1988 war with Iraq.Transferred from the Air Force Research Laboratory. Click here to return to the Featured Accessions index.

  • Convair SM-65 Atlas

    Note: This item is currently in storage.The Strategic Air Command's first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile was the Convair B-65 Atlas (later redesignated SM-65). The Atlas became operational in 1959. Because of the vulnerability of the Atlas while above ground, an underground silo was developed.

  • Berlin Airlift “Little Vittles” Parachute

    Note: This item is currently in storage.These parachutes were used during the Berlin Airlift to drop candy to German children living in Berlin.Donated by the Paesler family.Click here to return to the Featured Accessions index.  Find Out More

  • AN-6510 Parachute Seat

    Note: This item is currently in storage.Also known as the S-1, this type was standardized on May 11, 1928. It uses a 24-foot canopy. Many pilots preferred seat-type parachutes because they allowed better freedom of movement when pilots turned their heads.Donated by Mr. Anthony Williams.Click here to

  • 1919 Back Parachute

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This item was used on March 28, 1919, for the first jump from an airplane with a free back pack parachute, at McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio. Civilian Leslie Irving jumped from a DH-9 flown by Floyd Smith, the designer of the parachute.Click here to return to

  • WWI Snapshot Camera

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This camera was used by Lt. Robert Rutherford Nelson, an American who enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I. Lt. Nelson only began flight school in January 1918, so neither he nor his "Salamander" unit saw combat.Donated by Mr. John W.