Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover

Name: Air Mobility Command Museum
Address: 1301 Heritage Rd, Dover, 19902, United States
Telephone: +1 302-677-5938

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The Air Mobility Command Museum is dedicated to military airlift and air refueling aircraft and the men and women who flew and maintained them. It has the largest and most complete collection of fully restored U.S. military cargo and tanker aircraft in the Eastern United States and is located about 1/2 mile south of Dover Air Force Base. The mission of the museum is to collect, preserve and exhibit the artifacts and human stories significant to the development and employment of military airlift and air refueling in the USAF and the USAAF, as well as to portray the history of Dover Air Force Base. ()

Established: 1970 (54 years ago)Coordinates: 39°7'7"N, 75°27'23"W

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1301 Heritage RdDover 19902 United States

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+1 302-677-5938

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