Presidential Gallery

DAYTON, Ohio -- The National Museum of the United States Air Force's presidential aircraft collection is currently housed in a hangar on a controlled-access portion of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (Photo courtesy of Greene County CVB)

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Air Force museum not selected to receive space shuttle orbiter

Published April 12, 2011
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Report

DAYTON, Ohio -- NASA officials announced April 12, 2011, that the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force was not selected to receive any of the operational shuttles or the gliding prototype Enterprise.

"The Air Force respects NASA's decision and the museum will move forward with its plans for a new fourth building to house the Presidential Aircraft Gallery, Space Gallery, and Global Reach Gallery featuring cargo and tanker aircraft," said National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Director, Lt. Gen. (Ret.) John L. "Jack" Hudson. "The Space Gallery will be populated with exhibits featuring the Apollo 15 Command Module, Mercury and Gemini spacecraft, and a Titan IV space launch vehicle for future display, as well as an X-15, X-24 and other assets which helped develop shuttle program technologies."

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