Air Combat Museum
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  Location within Illinois | |
| Established | 1989 |
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| Location | Springfield, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39°50′31″N 89°39′56″W / 39.8420°N 89.6655°W |
| Type | Aviation museum |
| Founder |
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| Website | www |
The Air Combat Museum is an aviation museum located at the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield, Illinois.
After learning about World War II aircraft as a child, Mike George, the son of George Alarm Company founder Donald J. George, bought his first warbird, a T-34 in the 1980s.[1][2][failed verification] He purchased another airplane, a P-51D, in 1989 and founded the museum together with his father the same year in a 10,000 sq ft (930 m2) hangar.[3][4][5]
The museum built a 3,000 sq ft (280 m2) addition around 2013. It expanded again circa 2021, adding another 20,000 sq ft (1,900 m2) and allowing the museum to consolidate the collection from seven hangars to one.[5]