The silhouette of this aircraft is synonymous with the war in Vietnam and the unmistakable noise made by its main rotor blades is a glorious sound to anyone who served during that conflict. The Bell UH-1 Iroquois (nicknamed the "Huey") is a utility military helicopter designed and produced by the American aerospace company Bell Helicopter. […]

Presenter Bruce Cowee joined the Air Force ROTC in 1962 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant after graduating college in 1966.  Following flight school he was sent to Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in Vietnam, in May 1968. Bruce was assigned to the 458th tactical airlift squadron flying the C7A. He flew close to 900 […]

On June 22, 1941, Adolf Hitler unleashed an army of 3 million for a blitzkrieg conquest of the Soviet Union. He should have had second thoughts since Napoleon had begun his disastrous invasion of Russia 120 years earlier on that very day! During the Second World War over 10 million Germans and Russians would fight […]

Built as a replacement for the training planes of WWII, the T-34 Mentor developed into an aircraft cherished by the military and civilian pilots alike. In fact the T-34 remains in service more than six decades after it was first designed. Come visit us as a group of  T-34 pilots drop into the Air Museum […]

This program on the Tuskegee Airmen will be presented by the United States' pre-eminent aviation artist, Stan Stokes. Stokes interviewed and painted dozens of Tuskegee Airmen for the Tuskegee Mural at the Palm Springs Air Museum, originally commissioned by The Tuskegee Airmen Foundation. Stokes will share personal stories of the Tuskegee Airmen.                     Presenter: Stan […]