Air Mobility Command Museum Explained

Air Mobility Command Museum
Map Type:Delaware
Coordinates:39.1187°N -75.4566°W
Location:Dover Air Force Base
Type:Aviation museum
Director:Johnny Taylor[1]
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Building 1301
Added:7 December 1994
Refnum:94001377

The Air Mobility Command Museum is a military aviation museum located at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware dedicated to the history of the Air Transport Command, Military Air Transport Service, Military Airlift Command and Air Mobility Command.

History

The origins of the museum lie in an effort that was begun in 1978 by members of the 512th Military Airlift Wing to restore an aircraft as a public relations and maintenance training project. A B-17G, Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby, was selected from a list of potential projects provided by the United States Air Force Museum and it was restored to airworthy condition over a period of ten years.[2] Plans called for the completed airplane to be flown to the USAFM, but a significant desire existed to exhibit the history of Dover Air Force Base.

Therefore, at the direction of 436th Military Airlift Wing commander Colonel Walter Kross, planning was begun to establish a permanent historical display. The Dover AFB Historical Center was established on 13 October 1986. Only three days later, a C-47, which had previously been located at Muir Army Airfield in Pennsylvania, was airlifted to the museum.[3] [4]

Following official recognition as a museum by the U.S. Air Force in 1995, it became the Dover AFB Museum. This did not last long, as its name was again changed to Air Mobility Command Museum in February 1997, after it moved from three hangars in the main area of the base to its present location, Hangar 1301, in June 1996.[4] [5]

An exhibit on the Korean War was opened in 2000.[6]

After being forced to close to the public in 2001, the construction of a new access road allowed the museum to reopen in 2003.[7] [8] [9]

The museum opened a new exhibit about Air Force Mortuary Affairs in September 2023.[10]

Exhibits

In addition to the aircraft and non-aircraft collections, the museum has a few other notable attractions. These include a flight simulator, commemoration park outside the museum building, and the retired control tower cab, which served as Dover AFB's control tower from 1956 to 2009.[11] [12] [13]

Collection

The Air Mobility Command Museum is home to a number of significant vintage aircraft from a variety of eras and major commands. Additionally, the AMC Museum houses a complete set of all significant Lockheed air lifters used by the Air Force and Army since World War II.[14] A number of the aircraft are the first, last or only examples of their model.[15]

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Contact Us. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  2. News: Brooks . Jane . Plane Buffs Restore a World War II Bomber . 18 September 2022 . The Morning News . 2 October 1986 . 3.
  3. Web site: Wiggins. Kennard R. Jr.. Dover AFB History. Delaware Military History. August 14, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20110727084809/http://www.militaryheritage.org/DoverAFB.html. July 27, 2011. dead.
  4. Web site: Cacicia . Zachary . AMC Museum: It All Started with One Wrecked Airplane . Air Force . 18 September 2022 . 10 December 2014.
  5. News: Dover AFB Museum Opening at New Site . 19 September 2022 . The News Journal . 2 October 1996 . B3.
  6. News: Lynch . Nancy E. . Lest We Forget . 19 September 2022 . The News Journal . 8 November 2000 . DE1, DE3.
  7. News: Merriweather . James . Changes Proposed for Base Museum . 19 September 2022 . The News Journal . 31 August 2002 . B3.
  8. News: Merriweather . James . Fence, Road Will Make Air Museum Accessible Again . 19 September 2022 . The News Journal . 4 October 2002 . B1.
  9. News: Merriweather . James . Access Road Allows DAFB Museum to Reopen . 19 September 2022 . The News Journal . 12 September 2003 . B1, B6.
  10. News: Minto . Jason . Air Mobility Museum Unveils New AFMAO Exhibit with Personal Effects from Operation Colony Glacier . 2 January 2024 . Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations . 15 September 2023.
  11. Web site: At the Museum. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  12. Web site: Dover AFB Control Tower. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  13. News: Farrell . M. Elizabeth . Fredel . Jill . 'Off We Go, Into the Wild Blue Yonder...' . 19 September 2022 . The News Journal . 15 January 2007 . E3.
  14. News: Air Mobility Museum displays Lockheed C-60 airlifter. 31 July 2017. Cape Gazette. 12 June 2015.
  15. Web site: First, Last, and Only . Air Mobility Command Museum . 18 September 2022.
  16. Web site: C-45G Expeditor. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  17. Web site: UH-1N Iroquois (Huey). Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 10 March 2020.
  18. Web site: B-17G Flying Fortress. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  19. Web site: KB-50J Superfortress . Air Mobility Command Museum . AMC Museum Foundation, Inc. . 19 September 2022.
  20. Web site: KC-97L Stratotanker. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160407185134/http://amcmuseum.org/at-the-museum/aircraft/kc-97l-stratotanker/. 7 April 2016. dead.
  21. Web site: KC-135E Stratotanker. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  22. Web site: PT-17 Kaydet. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  23. Web site: Airframe Dossier - Stearman-Boeing PT-17 Kaydet. Aerial Visuals. AerialVisuals.ca. 1 August 2017.
  24. Web site: U-3A "Blue Canoe". Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  25. Web site: C-131D Samaritan. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  26. Web site: F-106A Delta Dart. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  27. Web site: C-7A Caribou. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  28. Web site: A-26C Invader. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  29. Web site: C-47A Skytrain. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  30. Web site: C-54M Skymaster. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  31. Web site: C-124A Globemaster II. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  32. News: Merriweather . James . Dover Air Museum Will Get C-124 Globemaster . 19 September 2022 . The News Journal . 31 July 2022 . B1.
  33. Web site: C-133B Cargomaster. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  34. Web site: C-119C Flying Boxcar . Air Mobility Command Museum . AMC Museum Foundation, Inc. . 19 September 2022.
  35. Web site: Cacicia . Zachary . AMC Museum rescues historic airlifter . Dover Air Force Base . 18 September 2022 . 30 December 2016.
  36. Web site: C-119G Flying Boxcar. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  37. Web site: Airframe Dossier - Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar, s/n 22118 RCAF, c/n 10870, c/r NR3559. Aerial Visuals. AerialVisuals.ca. 1 August 2017.
  38. Web site: C-123K Provider. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  39. Web site: HH-43B Huskie. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  40. Web site: Laister-Kauffman TG-4A. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  41. Web site: C-5A Galaxy. Air Mobility Command Museum.. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  42. Web site: C-60 Lodestar . Air Mobility Command Museum . AMC Museum Foundation, Inc. . 19 September 2022.
  43. Web site: C-130E Hercules. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  44. Web site: C-141A Starlifter. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  45. News: Merriweather . James . Dover AFB Museum Gets 'Vintage' Piece . 19 September 2022 . The News Journal . 3 March 1998 . B1–B2.
  46. Web site: C-141B Starlifter. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  47. Web site: C-121C Super Constellation. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  48. Web site: Airframe Dossier - Lockheed L-1049E/01-55 Super Constellation, c/n 4557, c/r N1005C. Aerial Visuals. AerialVisuals.ca. 1 August 2017.
  49. News: Merriweather . James . The Toast of the Town to Be Revisited . 18 September 2022 . The News Journal . 16 October 1997 . B1.
  50. Web site: T-33A Shooting Star. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  51. Web site: F-101B Voodoo. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  52. Web site: C-9A/C Nightingale. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  53. News: Merriweather . James . Coming in for the Last Time . 18 September 2022 . The News Journal . 5 September 2005 . B3.
  54. Web site: Balik . Roland . AMC Museum Receives USAF's First KC-10A Extender . Air Mobility Command . 18 September 2022 . 28 April 2022.
  55. Web site: VC-9C. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  56. Web site: BT-13 Valiant. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.
  57. Web site: CG-4A. Air Mobility Command Museum. AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.. 31 July 2017.

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