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On this date in 1965 …
Wurtsmith Air Museum 4071 East Van Ettan Street, Oscoda, MI, United StatesOn 29 September 1965, ten years after it entered service, the first operational Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, RB-52B-15-BO 52-8711, was retired to the Strategic Aerospace Museum, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. […]
MUSEUM IS OPEN
Wurtsmith Air Museum 4071 East Van Ettan Street, Oscoda, MI, United States
MUSEUM IS OPEN
Wurtsmith Air Museum 4071 East Van Ettan Street, Oscoda, MI, United States
MUSEUM IS OPEN
Wurtsmith Air Museum 4071 East Van Ettan Street, Oscoda, MI, United States
MUSEUM IS OPEN
Wurtsmith Air Museum 4071 East Van Ettan Street, Oscoda, MI, United States
MUSEUM IS OPEN
Wurtsmith Air Museum 4071 East Van Ettan Street, Oscoda, MI, United States
MUSEUM IS OPEN
Wurtsmith Air Museum 4071 East Van Ettan Street, Oscoda, MI, United States
MUSEUM IS CLOSED
Wurtsmith Air Museum 4071 East Van Ettan Street, Oscoda, MI, United States
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Anniversary of the breaking of the sound barrier.
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On this day in aviation history…
Wurtsmith Air Museum 4071 East Van Ettan Street, Oscoda, MI, United States18 October 1922: At Selfridge Field, near Mount Clemens, Michigan, Assistant Chief of the Air Service Brigadier General William Mitchell set a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Absolute Speed Record flying a […]