On Nov. 5 visitors will have the opportunity to look inside the B-58A Hustler and learn more about this supersonic bomber from museum volunteer, and former B-58 Navigator, retired Col. Chuck Jones. The supersonic bomber made its initial flight on Nov. 11, 1956. Jones has time in the B-58 on display and he boasts that he lost the coin-toss to deliver the aircraft to the museum in Dec. 1969.
Visitors can look inside the cockpit of the F-111A the evening of Dec. 3. The U.S. Air Force F-111A first flew 56 years ago in December 1964. The F-111 was unofficially referred to as the Aardvark, it did not receive the name officially until it was retired in 1996. Former F-111 pilot and museum volunteer retired Lt. Col. Eric Puschmann will be available to talk to visitors about the aircraft.
The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, is the world’s largest military aviation museum. With free admission and parking, the museum features more than 350 aerospace vehicles and missiles and thousands of artifacts amid more than 19 acres of indoor exhibit space. Each year more than 800,000 visitors from around the world come to the museum. For more information, visit www.nationalmuseum.af.mil.
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