March Field Air Museum
| March Field Air Museum | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1979 |
| Location | Riverside County, near Moreno Valley, California |
| Coordinates | 33°53′02″N 117°16′00″W / 33.883848°N 117.266682°W |
| Type | Aviation museum |
| Director | Patricia Korzec |
| Curator | Jeff Houlihan |
| Website | March Field Air Museum |
The March Field Air Museum is an aviation museum near Moreno Valley and Riverside, California, adjacent to March Air Reserve Base.
Origins
The museum was founded in 1979 as March Air Force Base Museum. Originally operated by the Air Force, the museum's operation was transferred to a nonprofit organization in 1996.
Exhibits
Aircraft
The museum has over 70 aircraft on display.[1][2] Some of the more notable aircraft include:
- A Lockheed P-38L Lightning replica. (The prototype XP-38 first flew on January 27, 1939 from March Field.)
- A Boeing B-29A Superfortress Three Feathers III that flew 11 combat missions during World War II.
- A Boeing KC-97L Stratofreighter.
- A Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird. This aircraft appeared in the movie Space Cowboys (2000).
- A Boeing B-52D Stratofortress that flew 175 combat missions in the Vietnam War.
- A Northrop YA-9A, designed to the same requirements as the A-10 Warthog.
- A Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress (44-6393), CP-627, CP-891
- Three F-4 Phantoms
- An F-14 Tomcat
- A Vultee BT-13 Valiant painted to replicate an Aichi D3A Val Dive Bomber for the 1970 movie Tora! Tora! Tora!.
- An F-86 Sabre
- A MiG-15
- A MiG-21
- A MiG-23
- An F-100 Super Sabre
- The sole Sauser P6E Replica
Indoor Exhibits
Indoor displays include:
- A Flight Simulator
- A movie played on a regular recurring schedule
- An AT-6 Texan
- Replicas of a German 30mm cannon and jet engines
- Missile and bomb cross-sections
Memorials
- A memorial to War dogs.[3]
- Rep. Calvert proposed, in the Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial Act (H.R. 330; 113th Congress), that a memorial in honor of current and former members of the Armed Forces who have been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross be created here.[4]
Photo gallery
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B-29A Superfortress Three Feathers III.
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B-29A Superfortress Three Feathers III.
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The engines of the KC-97.
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The nose of the B-47.
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The engines of the C-141.
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Lockheed SR-71A 'Blackbird'.
References
- ↑ Ogden, Bob. Aviation Museums and Collections of North America, Sudbourne, England, 2007. ISBN 978-0851303857.
- ↑ Parker, Dana T. Building Victory: Aircraft Manufacturing in the Los Angeles Area in World War II, Cypress, CA, 2013. ISBN 978-0-9897906-0-4.
- ↑ Native American Warrior Series: War Dogs Monument, Riverside, California-Home At Last!
- ↑ "H.R. 330 - Summary". United States Congress. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
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Coordinates: 33°53′02″N 117°16′00″W / 33.883848°N 117.266682°W