March Field Air Museum

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The March Field Air Museum is an air museum in Riverside, California, adjacent to March Air Reserve Base.

Origins

The museum was founded in 1979 as March Air Force Base Museum. Originally operated by the Air Force, the museum's operation was transferred to a nonprofit organization in 1996.

Displays

The museum has over 60 aircraft on display. Some of the more notable aircraft include:

A Lockheed P-38L Lightning replica. (The prototype XP-38 first flew on January 27, 1939 from March Field.)
A Boeing B-29A Superfortess Flagship 500 that flew 11 combat missions during World War II.
A Boeing KC-97L Stratofreighter.
A Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird. This aircraft appeared in the movie Space Cowboys (2000).
A Boeing GB-52D Stratofortress that flew 175 combat missions in the Vietnam War.
A Northrop YA-9A, designed to the same requirements as the A-10 Warthog.

Image:3173-b-29_front.jpg|B-29A Superfortress Flagship 500. Image:KC-97_engines.jpg|The engines of the KC-97. Image:B-47_nose.jpg|The nose of the B-47. Image:C-141_engines.jpg|The engines of the C-141.

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