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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  • Military Ballooning: The Spanish-American War

    After the Civil War, the U.S. did not conduct ballooning operations again until 1892, when the U.S. Army established a balloon section within the Signal Corps. When war with Spain broke out in 1898, the Army's "air arm" consisted of one hand-sewn balloon.Despite incredible difficulties, Lt. Col.

  • MHU-83B/E Lift Truck

    Note: This exhibit is located in the Research & Development Gallery on a controlled-access portion of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Click here for requirements to visit this gallery.Click here to return to the Research & Development Gallery.

  • Mistakes on the Goblets

    In 1959 the city of Tucson, Ariz., presented the Doolittle Raiders with a set of silver goblets, each bearing the name of one of the 80 men who flew on the Doolittle Tokyo Raid in April 1942. Unfortunately, the jeweler who engraved the goblets made a few mistakes. Nine goblets have misspelled names,

  • Museum Expansion Plans

    In recent years, the National Museum of the United States Air Force® has continued to add historically significant aircraft to its collection and further develop the storyline contained in its galleries. Foreseeing continued growth, museum officials and the Air Force Museum Foundation, a

  • Museum Divisions

    Performing the mission of the National Museum of the United States Air Force® is a complex undertaking. It requires expertise across a broad range of disciplines. Various museum divisions with diverse responsibilities help the museum operate smoothly, often combining efforts to support activities

  • Maj. Gen. (Ret.) John Borling

    "Return and Renewal with Honor: Messages for All of Us"Sept. 13, 2013 - 1 p.m.Maj. Gen. (Ret.) John Borling is a highly decorated fighter pilot (Silver and Bronze Stars, Purple Hearts and more) who served 37 years throughout the world in high-level command and staff positions. In his new book, TAPS

  • Mr. Seth G. Jones

    "Al Qa'ida's Fourth Wave"Nov. 19, 2013 - 7:30 p.m.Seth G. Jones is associate director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND Corp., as well as an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University's School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He served as the

  • Mr. Herbert A. Mason Jr.

    "Contributions USAF Special Operations Forces Have Made to the Development of Air and Space Power, 1942 to 2012"Jan. 31, 2013 - 7:30 p.m.Until the 21st century, Special Operations was not a core mission for the USAF. Despite their wartime accomplishments and between-the-war usefulness, Special

  • Model 299 Crash

    15 November 1935 "Cause of crash of the Boeing bomber" The findings of the Board of Officers convened at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, to investigate the cause of the crash on October 30, 1935, of the Boeing Aircraft Company Bombardment plane, model 299, were to the effect that the accident was not

  • Model 299 Press Release

    IMMEDIATE RELEASE BOEING TEST BOMBER, MODEL 299 Hailed as the fastest and longest range bomber ever built, a giant four-engined all-metal airplane, today was brought to light by the Boeing Aircraft Company of Seattle after more than a year of work on the project. Known merely as the Boeing 299, the