We took a day trip to Dayton to visit the National Museum of the United States Air Force. Nate remembered visiting as a kid and thought Evelyn and Jameson were at good ages for visit. It is a very cool and informative museum. And huge! My phone said we walked about 3.5 miles. The museum starts with the invention of flight by the Wright brothers followed by WWI in one exhibit hall.
Jameson was very interested in the planes, especially in the first gallery. Evelyn was a little anxious that if we took too long reading plaques we would never see everything.
WWII takes up its own hall.
This is the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
Next is the Korean War and the Vietnam War followed by the Cold War gallery that also has planes from Iraq and Afghanistan.
The stealth bomber was pretty cool.
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There is the missle gallery and finally the space and presidential gallery. There were several planes you could walk through or go inside like cargo planes and a few Air Force One planes. Evelyn and Jameson also enjoyed the cockpits you could climb inside. The museum was definitely a fun place to visit. It was pretty incredible to consider all the different types of planes used by the Air Force.
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