The United States Air Force maintains a number of Field Museums and Heritage Centers.[ 1]
National Museum of the United States Air Force – Wright-Patterson Air Force Base , Dayton, OhioAir Force Armament Museum – Eglin AFB , near Valparaiso, FloridaAir Force Flight Test Center Museum – Edwards AFB , near North Edwards and Rosamond, CaliforniaAir Mobility Command Museum – Dover AFB , near Dover, DelawareBarksdale Global Power Museum – Barksdale AFB , near Bossier City, LouisianaEnlisted Heritage Research Institute – Maxwell AFB, AlabamaHill Aerospace Museum – northwest of Hill AFB , near Ogden, UtahMalmstrom Museum – Malmstrom AFB , MontanaMcChord Air Museum – McChord AFB, near Tacoma, WashingtonMuseum of Aviation – near Robins AFB , Warner Robins, GeorgiaPeterson Air and Space Museum – Peterson AFB , Colorado Springs, ColoradoSheppard AFB Heritage Center – Sheppard AFB , TexasSouth Dakota Air and Space Museum – Box Elder, South Dakota (outside the main gate of Ellsworth AFB )Thunderbirds Museum – Nellis AFB , near Las Vegas, NevadaTravis Air Force Base Aviation Museum – Travis AFB , near Fairfield, CaliforniaUSAF Airman Heritage Museum – Lackland AFB , near San Antonio, TexasWarren ICBM and Heritage Museum – F.E. Warren AFB , near Cheyenne, Wyoming509th Bomb Wing Museum , Whiteman Air Force Base , Knob Noster, Missouri [ 2] [failed verification Air Force Rescue Memorial Museum – Kirtland Air Force Base , Albuquerque, New Mexico (closed January 1990)[ 3] Beale Air Force Base Museum – Beale Air Force Base , east of Marysville, California (closed in February 1995)[ 4] Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Museum – Davis-Monthan Air Force Base , Tucson, Arizona (closed 1949)[ 5] Dyess Air Force Base Museum – Dyess Air Force Base , Abilene, Texas (now exists as Dyess Linear Air Park)[ 6] [failed verification Edward H. White II Museum of Aerospace Medicine – Brooks City-Base , San Antonio, Texas (closed in 2011)Fairchild Heritage Museum – Fairchild Air Force Base , Spokane, Washington (closed 2002)[ 7] [ 8] [ a] Grand Forks Air Force Base Museum – Grand Forks Air Force Base , Emerado, North Dakota [ 6] [failed verification Lowry Heritage Museum – Lowry Air Force Base , Denver, Colorado [ 10] [ 11] [ b] Minot Air Force Base Museum – Minot Air Force Base , near Minot, North Dakota [ 6] [failed verification Plattsburgh Air Force Base Museum – Plattsburgh Air Force Base , Plattsburgh, New York (closed in 1995)[ 12] Randolph Air Force Base Museum – Randolph Air Force Base , Universal City, Texas (consolidated with Lackland museum in 1958)[ 13] Silver Wings Aviation Museum – Mather Air Force Base , near Sacramento, California [ 14] [ 15] [ 16] USAF Security Forces Museum – Lackland AFB , next to San Antonio, Texas (closed in August 2014 to became part of USAF Airman Heritage Museum )[ 17] [failed verification These museums were once part of the Air Force museum system, but have since become private:
This museum was once part of the Air Force museum system, but was renamed and transferred to the Space Force when it became an independent branch:
^ Museum collection granted to the Armed Forces and Aerospace Museum Society by an act of congress in 2002.[ 9]
^ The Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum was developed to replace the museum when it closed.
^ Established after the closure of the base.
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