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My 80 year old father who now lives in Dayton OH. suffered hart failure in January. Thankfully he recovered, but my two boys and I packed up the car and drove down there to see him. While we were there I insisted on taking the boys to see the AF museum. Was that great. I only wish we had more time and stamina! My favorite were the A20, the Dolittle raider and Lady be Good displays. Loved it and dad is doing much better

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Welcome to WIX Wesley, and glad to hear that your Dad is doing better.

I travel quite a bit in Europe and the US, and have visited many, many aircraft museums on my travels, so it takes a lot to impress me these days. I visited the NMUSAF back in 2007 during the GML week at Columbus, and was HUGELY impressed. A really great collection, housed indoors, with a fantastic selection of aircraft and interesting accompanying displays. And if they can't get an example of a significant type (like the P-26 Peashooter) they just go ahread and build one!

For all the p1ssing and moaning about certain aspects of the NMUSAF (the CAF F-82 fiasco comes to mind) it truly is a world-class collection in an historic location.

And a great place to volunteer ... I'll be there tomorrow AM for my weekly Friday shift. ... an honor and a privilege for this 80 year old vet.

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Jerry
S/Sgt. - USAF Radio Operator '52-'56
C-119 "Flying Boxcar" - Korea & Japan

Volunteer: National Museum of the US Air Force (2007-2016)
LTM 381st Bomb Group Memorial Association