March Field Air Museum
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March Field Air Museum
Coordinates: 33°53′02″N 117°16′00″W / 33.883848°N 117.266682°W
| March Field Air Museum | |
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| Established | 1979 |
| Location | Riverside County, near Moreno Valley, California |
| 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.
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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. 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 Superfortess Flagship 500 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 GB-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 Aichi D3A Val Dive Bomber
- An F-86 Sabre
- A MiG-15
- A MiG-21
- A MiG-23
- An F-100 Super Sabre
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
Photo gallery
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B-29A Superfortress Flagship 500.
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B-29A Superfortress Flagship 500.
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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' at the March Field Air Museum.
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