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The museum was founded in 1979 as March Air Force Base Museum. One of the first exhibits at the museum was a collection of art painted by Hazel Olson. [1] [2] It moved to a new location at the base's former commissary, where it reopened to the public in 1981. That same year, a B-29 was flown to the museum. [3]
Aerospace Museum of California, Sacramento; Air Force Flight Test Museum, Edwards Air Force Base; Alameda Naval Air Museum, Alameda; Allen Airways Flying Museum, El Cajon [36] Aviation Museum of Santa Paula, Santa Paula [37] Blackbird Airpark, Palmdale [38] Boron Aerospace Museum, Boron; CAF Southern California Wing Museum, Camarillo
Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites, History’s Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC. OCLC 57007862, 1050653629; www.airfieldsdatabase.com
63-7407 – Air Force Flight Test Museum, Edwards Air Force Base, Edwards, California. First F-4C Accepted for testing by the US Air Force. [44] F-4C #64-0813 on display at Eglin AFB. 63-7408 – Tyndall Air Force Base, Panama City, Florida. [citation needed] 63-7415 – Texas Air Museum - Stinson Chapter, Stinson Municipal Airport, San Antonio ...
The CAF Southern California Wing Museum (commonly shortened to CAF SoCal) is an air museum at Camarillo Airport in Camarillo, California. [1] It is a unit of the Commemorative Air Force . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is home to several airworthy historic aircraft, as well as static aircraft, displays, models, and artifacts primarily related to military ...
Plans to move the museum to the adjoining city of Ridgecrest to improve public access were announced in April 2017. The first phase involved the construction of a parking lot and 2,880 sq ft (268 m 2) modular building. [3] Five years later, the museum revealed it had received approval for a second phase with a 7,200 sq ft (670 m 2) building. [4]
The aviation museum was established commemorate the various aircraft which were designed, built, and flown at Plant 42. [ 2 ] In 2008, park was renamed to the Joe Davies Heritage Airpark at Palmdale Plant 42 to honor Joe Davies, a resident of Palmdale who served as the commander of Plant 42 from 1963 to 1967 and later served three terms on the ...
Founded as the Air Force Logistics Museum of the West in 1982, the name of the museum was quickly changed to the McClellan Aviation Museum less than a year later. [2] [3] It was chartered by the National Museum of the United States Air Force. The McClellan Aviation Museum housed a collection of aircraft and other objects associated with the ...