National Museum Of The United States Air Force

If you have any interest in modern history/warfare or interest in aviation, this place is for you.

Get to the museum early. There is more than a days activity here for enthusiuasts. However if your not a plane or military buff take a pass option.

MAKESUREYOUTAKE A TRIPODFORPICTURES! The Museum lighting is poor at best and in order to get a good picture you will have to adjust your shutter speed and use a tripod.

Make sure you go to the X planes anex and see the XB-70!

Was on base for work and took some time out to check out the museum. One of my work contacts took me through and gave me a tour. It was quite awesome.

The rainy Fourth of July forced us to find something to do inside that still felt celebratory so we packed up 2 cars w/9 people and headed out.

The section that made the biggest impact on me this time was the narrow hallway where they had their small Holocaust exhibit. Someone had donated his black and white striped coat, worn in a concentration camp. There was also a video of Air Force servicemen who were part of the liberation of some concentration camps. Some of those servicemen were barely 21 years old when they found those camps…

Another interesting piece was the door of a plane that went down during WWII. The survivors had counted off the days in pencil on the door, in a little diary format. He noted things like how much food he had, how much he wanted a cigarette…Christmas Day…and the penultimate marking: Johnnie died today; perhaps his last surviving comrade. The final notation was: New Year’s Day…

This was the 3rd time I’ve visited the museum but the first time on the Fourth of July. We overheard one of the volunteers at the museum comment that he’s never seen so many people at the museum in one day…