August 8, 201212 yr Air Force museum moving forward with expansion The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force has taken a key step toward construction of a fourth building. On Wednesday, the Air Force Museum Foundation announced it has awarded a $58,000 contract to Cincinnati-based Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure for an environmental assessment. The work includes a site investigation, regulatory review and evaluation of the project to show potential environmental impacts associated with building and operating the new facility. It is schedule to be complete in March 2013. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2012/08/08/air-force-museum-moving-forward-with.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 21, 201212 yr Clayton firm to build $1.5M Space Shuttle exhibit A Dayton-area company has been tapped to build a $1.5 million Space Shuttle exhibit at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. On Friday, museum officials announced Clayton-based Display Dynamics Inc. was awarded a contract to build a crew compartment trainer exhibit. The exhibit — a full-scale reproduction of a shuttle payload bay, tail and engine sections — will be built around the retired NASA Space Shuttle crew compartment trainer recently delivered to the museum. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2012/09/07/clayton-firm-to-build-15m-space.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 28, 201311 yr Here are some videos on the museum. Last I heard, the shuttle trainer will be open to the public before the end of the year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOaT3kYLwns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oogstKo2tdo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8mmI6-8emA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnONal-dEP0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWZAicOg6Jk
January 13, 20169 yr Air Force Museum sets opening date for new fourth building Aviation enthusiasts can start planning to see one of the most eagerly awaited museum gallery openings in decades. On Wednesday, officials said the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force’s new $40 million fourth building — which will house former Air Force One planes and the only remaining XB-70 Valkyrie — will open to the public on June 8. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2016/01/13/air-force-museum-sets-opening-date-for-new-fourth.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 13, 20169 yr The bus ride to the annex has been a feature of a visit to the museum since the 80s. I remember going to it once when I was a kid on a rusty old school bus.
June 7, 20169 yr Air Force Museum prepares to open $40M new hangar The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force is preparing to open its $40 million expansion. The museum — among the biggest draws in the Dayton region — will open the doors of the 224,000-square-foot, $40.8 million hangar June 8, which houses new galleries. These include space devoted to presidential aircraft, research and development, outer space and global reach, and learning areas for Science Technology Engineering and Math. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2016/06/07/air-force-museum-prepares-to-open-40m-new-hangar.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 7, 20169 yr Just might pop over tomorrow or sometime in the next couple of weeks and take some photos. It's been a few years since I've been there. “To an Ohio resident - wherever he lives - some other part of his state seems unreal.”
January 22, 20241 yr Nonprofit's 'transformation' of center at Air Force Museum readies final phase A nonprofit's plan to transform its center at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force — one of the Dayton region's largest attractions — is readying its third and final phase. Since 2020, the National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF), located at 1100 Spaatz St. in Dayton, has been renovating its 17,000-square-foot Heritage Hall and Education Center — resulting in the Hubble Docking Simulator, the interactive SightFlyer exhibit and a new immersive theater. An innovation lab is scheduled to open later this year. Now, the organization has outlined plans for the third and final phase of the project, an estimated $2.2 million investment. It will "bring the remaining exhibits and galleries to life" — including flight simulators, airplane engine interactives and strategy games — sharing the "stories of America's aviation pioneers to educate and inspire our nearly 400,000 annual visitors," NAHF officials said. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2024/01/22/national-aviation-hall-of-fame-center.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 12, 20241 yr This is the Air Force museum's newest exhibit: Flying the Hump The world’s largest military aviation museum, located in the Dayton region, created a new exhibit thanks to a donation from a local foundation. The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force – featuring more than 350 aerospace vehicles and missiles and thousands of artifacts amid more than 19 acres of indoor exhibit space – recently saw the addition of a new exhibit. The exhibit was funded through a $209,000 gift to the Air Force Museum Foundation Inc., (AFMF) from the Greene County Community Foundation (GCCF). The gift was made possible by the Louise Kendig Jones and Wilfred D. Jones Family Endowment. The AFMF a nonprofit raising funds and awareness to support the museum. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2024/03/12/air-force-museum.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
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