List of United States Air Force museums
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The United States Air Force maintains a number of Field Museums and Heritage Centers.[1]
Current museums
- National Museum of the United States Air Force – Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio
- Air Force Armament Museum – Eglin AFB, near Valparaiso, Florida
- Air Force Cyberspace and Communications Heritage Center – Scott AFB, near Shiloh, Illinois[2]
- Air Force Flight Test Center Museum – Edwards AFB, near North Edwards and Rosamond, California
- Air Mobility Command Museum – Dover AFB, near Dover, Delaware
- Barksdale Global Power Museum – Barksdale AFB, near Bossier City, Louisiana
- Enlisted Heritage Research Institute – Maxwell AFB, Alabama
- Hill Aerospace Museum – northwest of Hill AFB, near Ogden, Utah
- Malmstrom Museum – Malmstrom AFB, Montana
- McChord Air Museum – McChord AFB, near Tacoma, Washington
- Museum of Aviation – near Robins AFB, Warner Robins, Georgia
- Peterson Air and Space Museum – Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Sheppard AFB Heritage Center – Sheppard AFB, Texas
- South Dakota Air and Space Museum – Ellsworth AFB, in Box Elder, South Dakota
- Thunderbirds Museum – Nellis AFB, near Las Vegas, Nevada
- Travis Air Force Base Aviation Museum – Travis AFB, near Fairfield, California
- USAF Airman Heritage Museum – Lackland AFB, near San Antonio, Texas
- Warren ICBM and Heritage Museum – F.E. Warren AFB, near Cheyenne, Wyoming
Closed museums
- 509th Bomb Wing Museum, Whiteman Air Force Base, Knob Noster, Missouri[3][failed verification]
- Air Force Rescue Memorial Museum – Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico (closed January 1990)[4]
- Beale Air Force Base Museum – Beale Air Force Base, east of Marysville, California (closed in February 1995)[5]
- Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Museum – Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona (closed 1949)[6]
- Dyess Air Force Base Museum – Dyess Air Force Base, Abilene, Texas (now exists as Dyess Linear Air Park)[7][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)[8][9][a]
- Grand Forks Air Force Base Museum – Grand Forks Air Force Base, Emerado, North Dakota[7][failed verification]
- Lowry Heritage Museum – Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colorado[11][12][b]
- Minot Air Force Base Museum – Minot Air Force Base, near Minot, North Dakota[7][failed verification]
- Plattsburgh Air Force Base Museum – Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, New York (closed in 1995)[13]
- Randolph Air Force Base Museum – Randolph Air Force Base, Universal City, Texas (consolidated with Lackland museum in 1958)[14]
- Silver Wings Aviation Museum – Mather Air Force Base, near Sacramento, California[15][16][17]
- USAF Security Forces Museum – Lackland AFB, next to San Antonio, Texas (closed in August 2014 to became part of USAF Airman Heritage Museum)[18][failed verification]
Former museums
These museums were once part of the Air Force museum system, but have since become private:
- Aerospace Museum of California[19]
- Castle Air Museum[20][21][22]
- Grissom Air Museum[23]
- March Field Air Museum[24]
- Minnesota Air National Guard Museum[citation needed]
- Selfridge Military Air Museum[citation needed]
- Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum[25]
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: