Air Mobility Command Museum

Air Mobility Command Museum

Description

The Air Mobility Command Museum is a part of the National Museum of the United States Air Force's field museum system. Air Mobility Command is a major command of the United States Air Force. Its mission is to deliver maximum war-fighting and humanitarian effects for America through rapid and precise global air mobility.
Detailed Information
Detailed Description
The Air Mobility Command Museum is holding an educational summer camp for children interested in flying. They will learn the history of flight, how airplanes work, how lift is made with a wind tunnel, fly a simulator, preflight an actual aircraft, and have the option of a flight around Dover AFB.
Location
Dover, Delaware
Documents
Today in Aviation History
May 19, 1952: First flight of the Grumman XF10F-1 Jaguar, an experimental carrier-based jet fighter having a variable sweep wing. The Jaguar, a shoulder-wing monoplane powered by a Westinghouse J40-WE-8 turbojet with afterburner proves to have disappointing and unremarkable performance, is not placed in quantity production.