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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]
On 1 April 1996, March officially became March Air Reserve Base under the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), ending a 78-year active duty military presence. [ 17 ] In 2005, the 452nd retired the venerable C-141 Starlifter and commenced transition to the C-17 Globemaster III as the first AFRC unit to operate the aircraft as an independent wing ...
March Field Air Museum: Riverside: Riverside: Aviation: Adjacent to March Joint Air Reserve Base, historic military and civilian aircraft Mission Inn Museum: Riverside: Riverside: Historic site: Cultural heritage of the Mission Inn: Mojave River Valley Museum: Barstow: San Bernardino: Local history: website, history, culture and natural history ...
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley; San Diego Air & Space Museum, San Diego; Santa Maria Museum of Flight, Santa Maria; Space and Missile Heritage Center, Vandenberg Space Force Base; Stockton Field Aviation Museum, Stockton [43] Travis Air Force Base Aviation Museum, Fairfield; USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum, Alameda
Moreno Valley/March Field is a train station in unincorporated Riverside County, California, United States, near Moreno Valley and the March Air Reserve Base, after which the station is named. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It opened on June 6, 2016, as part of the extension of the 91/Perris Valley Line of the Metrolink commuter rail system.
Air Force Rescue Memorial Museum – Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico (closed January 1990) [4] Beale Air Force Base Museum – Beale Air Force Base, east of Marysville, California (closed in February 1995) [5] Dyess Air Force Base Museum – Dyess Air Force Base, Abilene, Texas (now exists as Dyess Linear Air Park) [6] [failed ...
This new museum was dedicated in October 1997, at the expanding March Field Air Museum complex at the former March Air Force Base near Riverside, California, where the first test flight of the P-38 took place. The March Field Museum chronicles the history of U.S. military aviation since 1917.
A large part of the museum's focus is on the history of the RIR, with many photos and mementos on display. The museum also provides background on the 1953 and 1954 Orange Empire National Sports Car Races, a precursor to the RIR, that took place at March Air Force Base, which has since been renamed the March Joint Air Reserve Base.