Strategic Air and Space Museum
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The Strategic Air and Space Museum is located near Ashland, Nebraska along Interstate 80. The museum began in 1959 as the Strategic Aerospace Museum at Offutt Air Force Base, but its name changed to the Strategic Air Command Museum. In 1998, the museum moved to its present $29.5 million facility. The name was changed again in 2001 to the current Strategic Air and Space Museum.
The museum is housed in a 300,000 ft² building that includes two display hangars, one restoration hangar, and a glass atrium showcasing an SR-71A Blackbird. The museum's collection includes examples of most aircraft operated by the Strategic Air Command, including:
- Boeing B-29TB Superfortress
- Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter
- Convair B-36J Peacemaker, one of only four surviving
- McDonnell XF-85 Goblin, one of only two ever produced
- Boeing B-47 Stratojet
- Boeing B-52B Stratofortress
- Convair B-58 Hustler
- Lockheed U-2C Dragon Lady
- Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird
- Boeing EC-135 Looking Glass
- Apollo Block I Command Module, flown on AS-201
- Rockwell B-1A Lancer, one of only two surviving
- Avro Hawker Vulcan, one of three on display in the United States
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