‘After Dark’ series continues at Air Force Museum Saturday

Ready for ‘Space & Spirits’ at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force?
After Dark: Swing the Night Away was held at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. The museum’s quarterly after-hours 21 and up ticketed event featured food, games, trivia, cash bar, swing dancing with the Ohio Ballroom Dancers and rare artifacts including a wedding dress made from nine different parachutes. Attendees had up close and personal encounters with the WWII era Curtiss P-40E Warhawk, Martin B-26G Marauder, Curtiss P-36A Hawk and Korean War era F-84E Thunderjet planes. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

Credit: Tom Gilliam

Credit: Tom Gilliam

After Dark: Swing the Night Away was held at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. The museum’s quarterly after-hours 21 and up ticketed event featured food, games, trivia, cash bar, swing dancing with the Ohio Ballroom Dancers and rare artifacts including a wedding dress made from nine different parachutes. Attendees had up close and personal encounters with the WWII era Curtiss P-40E Warhawk, Martin B-26G Marauder, Curtiss P-36A Hawk and Korean War era F-84E Thunderjet planes. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
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The Air Force Museum Foundation Inc. continues the 2023 “After Dark” series of events Saturday with Space & Spirits at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for this adults-only (21+) event, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

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Tickets are $40 and can be purchased by calling (937) 256.4629 or (937) 751.1550, emailing events@afmuseum.com or by stopping by the ticket booth in the atrium at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.

Retired Air Force colonels and NASA astronauts Fred Gregory and Mark Brown will be on hand to talk about the Space Shuttle crew compartment trainer and describe their experiences in space, the foundation said.

“Rarely seen artifacts from the museum’s collection will be on display highlighting the Air Force’s support of the space program, including an original Apollo 14 test suit,” the foundation said. “The historic satellite-catching Fairchild C-119J Flying Boxcar will be open for tours, and the Mach 6.7 North American X-15A-2 and the Bell X-1B rocket-powered experimental airplane will be open for viewing.”

Attendees are encouraged to dress up as their favorite space hero/heroine, and have their photo taken with a flying saucer (the Avro Canada VZ-9AV Avrocar), or with the Imperial Stormtrooper re-enactors of the Ohio Garrison of the 501st.

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