Pima Air & Space Museum

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The Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona, is the world's largest non-government funded aerospace museum.

Opened to the public in May 1976 with 75 aircraft on display it now contains a collection with over 250 aircraft occupying 80 acres (320,000 m²) of land. The entire museum property covers about 150 acres (610,000 m²).

The museum is adjacent to the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. The Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, affiliated with Davis Monthan AFB, also known as the fabled Graveyard of Planes or The Boneyard, is one of the largest aircraft storage and preservation facilities in the world.

The Titan Missile Museum is run by the Pima Air Museum. It is located south of Tucson and features a replica of a Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile still in its silo. Tours of the above and underground installations around the missile are available.

In addition, bus tours of the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) leave from the museum.

The museum houses a major exhibit dedicated to the 390th Bomb Group in its own building, and to the 330th Bomb Group in Hangar 4.