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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  • Salmson Two-Blade Wood Propeller

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This two-blade wood propeller came from a World War I-era French Salmson biplane.Donated by Mr. Keith Houf.Click here to return to the Featured Accessions index.

  • SAM 26000 Logbook

    Note: This item is currently in storage. These logbook entries illustrate some of the historic flights made by Boeing VC-137C SAM 26000 (Air Force One) from 1963-1965.The logbook shows the entries made on Nov. 22, 1963, the day President John F. Kennedy flew to Dallas, Texas, where he was

  • 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.

  • SR-71 Throttle Quadrant

    Note: This item is currently in storage. This throttle quadrant from a Lockheed SR-71 was presented by maintenance personnel to the donor when he left the SR-71 program. Donated by Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Patrick J. Halloran.Click here to return to the Featured Accessions index. 

  • Strategic Missile Groups

    44th Strategic Missile Wing551st Strategic Missile Squadron556th Strategic Missile Squadron740th/741st/742nd Strategic Missile SquadronClick here to return to Memorial Park.

  • Signal Battalion/Company

    5th Comm Group/934th Signal Battalion292nd Joint Assault Signal CompanyClick here to return to Memorial Park.

  • Service Squadrons

    9th Service Squadron15th Air Base, 18th & 20th Service Squadrons, 2118th Service Unit, AviationClick here to return to Memorial Park.

  • Special Operations Weather Technicians and Officers

    Special Operations Weather Technicians (SOWT) are Air Force meteorologists with unique training to operate in hostile or denied territory. They gather, assess, and interpret weather and environmental intelligence from forward deployed locations, working primarily with Air Force and Army Special

  • Shapes and Patterns: The Photo Interpreter's Evidence

    Photo analysts used light tables like this one during the Cuban Missile Crisis to study negatives brought back by reconnaissance aircraft. Interpreters were trained to recognize shapes and patterns to identify objects such as aircraft, missiles, and structures. They could use either negative or

  • Secrets for Money

    Another notable OSI case involved a Soviet spy in the United States. In 1986 senior Soviet military attache Col. Vladimir M. Ismaylov attempted to buy secret Air Force documents. Ismaylov was an agent working secretly for the Soviet Chief Directorate for Intelligence, or GRU. Ismaylov was the