Over 60 historic aircraft are on display both in and outside of the main museum building. Many famous record breaking planes such as the Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" are represented as well as the strategic bombers and fighters of the Cold War Period. World War II is well represented by planes such as the B-17 Flying Fortress, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the Douglas A/B-26 Invader, and the magnificent B-29 Superfortress. Inside the visitor will find some rare and unusual aircraft including a P-59 fighter, the first operational jet adopted by the U.S. Air Force over 50 years ago. If you have any comments, click here to send us an e-mail.
A few of our aircraft are shown below; for a look at more of our aircraft on display, click here.
Lockheed SR-71 (as seen in the Clint Eastwood movie Space Cowboys)
B-17 Flying Fortress
B-47 Mockup used in Jimmy Stewart movie
P-59, First American Jet Fighter
The most significant part of the collection, the aircraft, are almost all on loan from the USAF Museum at Wright Patterson AFB.
Currently the museum features some 2,000 artifacts on display along with our aircraft. However, there are some 38,000 historic artifacts that are in storage and can not be viewed by the public.
For information about possible item donations, please contact the Collection Manager. ITEMS CANNOT SIMPLY BE DROPPED OFF AT THE MUSEUM.
Through the hard work of the March Field Museum Foundation, its staff and volunteers, the March Field Air Museum has grown to overflow with artifacts in its 26,880 sq. ft. Hangar 1 museum building. The call is out for more room. Which is why the March Field Museum Foundation raising funds for completion of Hangar 2. The new building, Hangar 2, will not only house great artifacts, it will also feature educational facilities and our library.