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Show HILL TOP TIMES 16 Page November . . . Air Force Museum Showcase For 'Birthplace of Aviation' ! ! displays of historical aircraft, missiles, and related aeronautical items. It will interpret its exhibits through tours, lectures, and films. The dominant theme is the history and heritage of the Air Force and its many significant contributions to the national security and service of Hill AFB personnel and their families passing through Ohio should plan their itinerary to include a few hours in the Air Force Museum. An activity of the Air University Command, the Museum contains thousands of items of historic and interesting equipment related to the Air Force and the development of aviation! The Air Force Museum, which provides an authentic and illustrated story of flight from mythological times to the present, is located on the sprawling n AFB complex at Patterson Field in Fairborn, Ohio, approximately" 11 miles west of Dayton on State Route humanity. museum's program will: 1. Alert the general public to the impact of aviation and aerospace on the security and economy of the United States and the world. 2. Stimulate in youth a desire for a career in the field of aerospace. 3. Provide members of the Air Force with a greater awareness of the history, heritage, and traditions of the Air Force; thus stimulating in each a . Wright-Patterso- 444. It is fittingly situated within of the sight "Birthplace the It is anticipated that of on Aviation," being located ground over which the Wright Brothers made many of their greater devotion to duty and test flights after their return country. from Kitty Hawk. Because of The Air Force Museum is this location it might be considered as a direct heir to both McCook Field and Wright Field, where so many of the advances in military aviation had their inception .and initial tests. This museum was first organized in 11)23 and located at Dayton's old McCook Field, the aircraft engineering, base established during W o r 1 d War I. Its original mission was to provide for the collection, preservation, and display of the aircraft and ncees-wric- s i?sed during that war. The ex!':ibils wire all moved to Wrif'ht Field when it re" MUSEUM The Air Force Museum located at Wright-Patterso- n . vn 'Cn and as.V historic of interesting equipment related to th tains thousands of items 0 manv airnlanes narked nutciVto i nc .i oviatinn . . , inclitflinor iL. v 0 me air FORCE a. utrvcjvjFi""' right oi me anove piciuic. now the largest and most Complementing the indoor exhibits is an art gallery displaying notable paintings and sketches of the Air Force's global operations. Outside, and adjacent to the exhibit museum, is a four-acr- e area of statically displayed aircraft Included among these are com- plete military aviation museum in the world. To maintain this position, the museum staff is busy with an exhibit redesign program. Several of the new exhibit areas have been completed and others are now under construction. .1 &u ZE. the B-3- B-1- 6, "Bock's Car ST7;? uuiluing 7, and famous i Japan, An, TIia A ?r TT'M.n . r x vi ,c museum is ops 9 from a.m. to 4 p.m. and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m Saturdays, Sundays, and ho! muJ j Gays- - mo admission is chargi 2 "gi . ; to .I SlU .V-- 4- :: wi placed r.IcCook in 1 927. A spe- cial building was constructed to house the museum and opened t:t the public in 1036. l;urin World War II all the cxMbi's and equipment were pscki.l and stored, since the ficM v. rs clo-eto the public a.t ii'l available space was fcecded for office use. The laimci-oti.changes and rapid prrtrrc s made during World War I!, art the evident need to preserve the new types of f qui;meiit, revived interest s in an j;ir Consequent- mu.-tT.n-i. e laiv engine overhaul shp, at Patterson Field, v. as nia;V available for the stored M;uiprnnt. At prts-cn- t, ly, a tl war-tim- t'.' mi-eu- ha ni approxi- mately h. nf.. of floor nvi.ilablc for Kpacc diplavs. fell lOH.JMio i Foil, wing World War II, it was i. L until 1 15 1 that the mvifcvi:., n. opened to Hie public. From a rrrrc ln.itoo visitors that year, a'.! inflar.ee has steadily - iu re;, td through the years reacl.i g well over 500 thousand visitor.i in itfG:?, thus attesting to its popularity a. one of the worl great museums. The imreiate function of to make availthe museum able for display item of historical and current significance in the field of military aviation and the U.S. Air S u K4 t Force In lH f: iter r particular. The Air Force Museum to serve as an informative educational activity over and Above merely presenting static W2 I R3 WI C10 A -- n liilMO!!'l'K("iMfMll!'l . - . ..!'':....: - n, |