An exterior view of the National Museum of the United States Air Force includes a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. (Ty Greenlees/U.S. Air Force)
(Tribune News Service) — The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will be closed Wednesday, Jan. 25, due to emergency administration response training.
Emergency response companies from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and close by communities will take part on this training train, the museum introduced.
The museum will re-open to the general public on Jan. 26 at 9 a.m.
Those touring close to the museum Jan. 25 might expertise emergency autos, alert sirens, briefly blocked roadways or journey delays, and may plan accordingly.
Safety and safety are ever-present priorities, stated Museum Director David Tillotson.
“Conducting emergency management response training is extremely important for all organizations, but especially for those that welcome the public on a regular basis such as the museum,” Tillotson stated. “We recognize the temporary closure may be an inconvenience for some visitors, but this training is vital in ensuring that we continue to be prepared to take appropriate action should an urgent situation arise,” stated Tillotson.
This yr the museum celebrates its a centesimal anniversary.
Since 1923 the museum has grown from a small engineering examine assortment at McCook Field simply north of downtown Dayton to the world’s largest army aviation museum.
The museum options greater than 350 aerospace autos and missiles and hundreds of artifacts amid greater than 19 acres of indoor exhibit house.
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