Museum - Combat Air Museum in Topeka, Kansas

The Combat Air Museum will be closed on Sundays in November due to a staffing shortage. We will reopen on Sundays as soon as possible.

"Variety's Salute to Service" will air tonight at 9 p.m. Central on the History Channel. It will feature CAM's own Deb Lamere, who will talk about her experiences as a Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter crew member in combat and her volunteer work with Team Rubicon and the Combat Air Museum .

The History Channel spent Tuesday, October 6 at the Combat Air Museum shooting a segment about Deb, her experiences on Chinooks and her efforts to restore our Chinook, 85-24346. The segment will air on Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11 at 6 p.m. Central Standard Time on a show entitled "Variety's Salute to Service!"

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Valiant & Bloodhound missiles at RAF Marham AB, 1959.

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#VeteransDay | Ohio Air National Guard's 180th Fighter Wing commander Col. Michael DiDio discusses his service as an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, and offers "thanks" to our veterans for their service and their families. (Video: 180th Fighter Wing /SrA K. York)

With a grateful salute to our Veterans on Veterans Day

Waking the beast ! The North American B-25 Mitchell is a medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Major General William 'Billy' Mitchell..., a pioneer of US military aviation. Used by many Allied air forces, the B-25 served in every theatre of World War II, and after the war ended, many remained in service, operating across four decades. Produced in numerous variants, nearly 10,000 B-25s were built. These included a few limited models such as the F-10 reconnaissance aircraft, the AT-24 crew trainers, and the United States Marine Corps' PBJ-1 patrol bomber. Video : @lyonairmuseum See more

Our neighbors at the American Flight Museum have restored and fly a Gooney Bird marked as the AC-47 in which John Levitow earned his Medal of Honor in Vietnam. https://www.businessinsider.com/before-the-ac130-the-air-fo

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How it started How it’s going Happy National Aviation History Month! https://go.usa.gov/x7N4k

Another look at the pilot's hands and outside view during a trap!

Happy Veterans Day to all who raised their right hand to serve our nation in uniform.

Celebrating together while apart. Join us for the Grand Opening Ceremony livestream on November 11, 2020, at 2 pm EST: dvidshub.net/webcast/25129 #WorthTheWait #USArmyMuseum

Power Flite - In January 1957, the 98th Air-Refueling Squadron found itself on temporary deployment at Harmon Air Base, Newfoundland. Nothing out of the ordinar...y, as eastern Canada was becoming a pivotal forward base for bombers based in the United States. What was extraordinary was its participation in Operation 'Power Flite'. Three B-52s of the 93rd Bomb Wing at Castle Air Force Base, California successfully attempted a 'round-the-world' flight that flight commander Major General Archie Old remarked as a 'routine training mission'. It's goal was to prove the true global reach of the Strategic Air Command. KC-97s of the 98th provided fuel over the northeast so the B-52s could continue on towards Morocco, Saudi Arabia, India, the Philippines, Guam, and back to California. Photographs of KC-97s refueling B-52s are somewhat rare and the more capable KC-135s would soon overshadow their propeller-driven fore-bearers. KC-135s however would not begin to enter SAC service until June 1957. The crews of the three aircraft were each awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by General Curtis LeMay himself when they landed, and the 93rd Bomb Wing would receive the Mackay Trophy for 1957. (USAF Photo)