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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 ...
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 ...
Argentine Navy A-4Q 0655/3-A-202, preserved at the Argentine Naval Aviation Museum, in 2007. The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is an American single-engine carrier-capable lightweight attack aircraft designed for the United States Navy.
RNZAF Museum Skyhawk page; Serial number history of Australian A-4 Skyhawks, prefix N13 Archived 9 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine; A-4 at Combat Air Museum; A-4 Skyhawk Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine from reference book American Combat Planes of the 20th Century by R. Wagner; AeroWeb.org A-4 Skyhawks on display; restoration to ...
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 ...
The museum acquired a B-25 in 1977. [1] It opened five years later. [2] The museum attempted to save the Blue Moon auditorium in 2007. [3] In December of that year, it broke ground on a new hangar. [4] The museum building received a new roof in March 2021 and was repainted in October 2023. [5] [6]
The museum has several rare aircraft among its collection, including the second Northrop YF-23 Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) 5th generation stealth fighter demonstrator. Also on display is the first Northrop YF-17 Cobra, a lightweight fighter which was the basis for the Boeing (originally McDonnell-Douglas ) F/A-18 Hornet currently used by ...
The Estrella Warbirds Museum is an aviation museum dedicated to the restoration and preservation of military aircraft, vehicles, and memorabilia. [3] The museum is located at Paso Robles Municipal Airport in central California and is named after Estrella Army Airfield. [ 3 ]