Strategic Air and Space Museum

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SR-71A Blackbird on display at the museum.

The Strategic Air and Space Museum is located near Ashland, Nebraska along Interstate 80. The museum began in 1959 as the Strategic Aerospace Museum at Offutt Air Force Base, but its name changed to the Strategic Air Command Museum. In 1998, the museum moved to its present $29.5 million facility. The name was changed again in 2001 to the current Strategic Air and Space Museum.

The museum is housed in a 300,000 ft² building that includes two display hangars, one restoration hangar, and a glass atrium showcasing an SR-71A Blackbird. The museum's collection includes examples of most aircraft operated by the Strategic Air Command, including:

Boeing B-29TB Superfortress
Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter
Convair B-36J Peacemaker, one of only four surviving
McDonnell XF-85 Goblin
Boeing B-47 Stratojet
Boeing B-52B Stratofortress
Convair B-58 Hustler
Lockheed U-2C Dragon Lady
Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird
Boeing EC-135 Looking Glass
Apollo Block I Command Module, flown on AS-201
Rockwell B-1A Lancer, one of only two surviving
Avro Hawker Vulcan, one of three on display in the United States

External links

[Official website]

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