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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  • Map Case

    Note: This item is currently in storage.The front of this map case has a world map on it, and the inside cover includes multiple paper maps covering the entirety of the globe in labeled manila pockets. The inside of the case includes 18 rolled maps of various world regions. The map case was

  • Lafayette Flying Corps Ribbon

    Note: This item is currently in storage.The Lafayette Flying Corps ribbon was awarded in the fall of 1918 to the 214 Americans in the French Air Service. This ribbon belonged to David E. Putnam.Donated by Mrs. Elinor P. Taintor.Click here to return to the Featured Accessions index.

  • President Kennedy's Air Force One Blanket

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This is a light blue blanket with a dark blue Presidential Seal featured in the center.This blanket was used by President Kennedy while flying aboard Air Force One. It was safeguarded by the pilot, James B. Swindal, on Nov. 22, 1963, the day of Kennedy's

  • First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's Air Force One Blanket

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This is a light blue blanket with a dark blue Presidential Seal featured in the center.This blanket was used by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy while flying aboard Air Force One. It was safeguarded by the pilot, James B. Swindal, on Nov. 22, 1963, the day of

  • World War II Rudder Control Trainer

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This pilot testing equipment was used at the School of Aviation Medicine, Randolph Field, Texas. The candidate would attempt to hold an unbalanced fuselage pointed at a light target lamp in front of them in order to test motor skills.Transferred from the

  • Viewmaster Training Aid

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This Viewmaster belonged to Dale Malone Heverling Sr., the donor's father-in-law. It features 78 reels of slides to teach the identification of U.S., English, Russian, Italian, German and Japanese aircraft during World War II. Donated by Dr. Robert E Briesch

  • Jet Model Training Aid

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This training device was used at Keesler Air Force Base during the 1950s to teach students the mechanics of flaps and pilot controls.Transferred from Keesler Air Force Base.Click here to return to the Featured Accessions index.

  • M-2 Stereoscopic Trainer

    Note: This item is currently in storage.Aerial observers during World War II were trained specifically to use stereoscopic equipment to determine aircraft range and altitude. This artifact originally belonged to the donor's father-in-law, Anthony V. Stelzer.Donated by: Senior Master Sgt.

  • X-ray Field Table Unit

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This X-ray unit was manufactured by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. and was used to locate foreign objects in human patients.Donated by Mrs. Ernest F. Dillon.Click here to return to the Featured Accessions index.

  • Stokes Litter

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This was used on H-3 Jolly Green Giant rescue helicopters to lift injured personnel from the ground into the aircraft.Donated by Mr. Ronald L. Thurlow.Click here to return to the Featured Accessions index.