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UNITED STATES AIR FORCE MUSEUM. + air force facts. LOCATED:NEAR THE WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE IN DAYTON, OH. GAL LER IES.
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UNITED STATES AIR FORCE MUSEUM + air force facts LOCATED:NEARTHE WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASEIN DAYTON, OH
GALLERIES The museum's galleries present many rareand one-of-a-kind aircraft and aerospacevehicles and thousands of historical itemsthat shows the evolution of military flightfrom the Wright brothers to today's stealthaircraft.
Different planes like…Raptor plane (top right),F117-stealth fighter (top left),B2 Stealth Bomber (middle)& Spad XIII (bottom) most of these planes are still used today, but they have been upgraded in time. These planes are just four of the many planes on display at the museum
ARTIFACTS At Any Time TheyShow Over 50 WWII Vintage Jackets Or Uniforms That HaveBeen Used By Famous People In AirForce History.
FUTUREADD-ONS The Museum Is Currently Raising Funds For TheConstruction Of a Fourth Hangar Gallery To Be BuiltBehind The Current Missile Gallery. TheProject IsExpectedTo Cost$40,000,000.
HISTORY HistoryThe National Museum Of The United States AirForce Traces Its Birth To1923 At McCook Field Near Dayton; It Moved ToWright Field In 1927. The Museum Closed From 1940 To 1955 Due ToUrgent Need Fordecision makingSpace To Support The War Effort.
Does the airforce usejust planes? Does the air force just useplanes? No. They use guns fromhandguns to fully-automatic guns.
Hangars A hangar is a half cylinder shaped building that canstore a lot of things, but theyare mostly used for airplanes
How manytotal airplanes The museum has a total of 93 airplanes. they are grouped into five different buildings and 7 different types of aircraft.
Howmany people come each year Over one million people come each year to visit and learn from the galleries at the museum and the Wright Patterson air force base in Dayton
Heroes welcoming heroes heroes welcoming heroes is an event whereoldfigures in air force history welcome soldiers andpilots.
websites http://www.google.com/searchhttp://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAF_museum