Published May 22, 2015
The rocket engine used in a German V-2 missile during World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Launch of a German V-2 rocket by American personnel at White Sands Proving Ground, N.M., March 1948. Americans gained much in the way of knowledge and experience by launching captured V-2s. (U.S. Air Force photo)
The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force is located at:
1100 Spaatz Street Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433
(near Dayton, Ohio)