‘Plane Talks’ return to Air Force Museum for Veterans Day

Joe Sweeney, son of B-29 pilot Charles Sweeney, was at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in 2015. The B-29 Bockscar dropped the “Fat Man” atomic bomb on Nagasaki in August 1945. FILE

Credit: Jim Witmer

Credit: Jim Witmer

Joe Sweeney, son of B-29 pilot Charles Sweeney, was at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in 2015. The B-29 Bockscar dropped the “Fat Man” atomic bomb on Nagasaki in August 1945. FILE

Back in time for Veterans Day: “Plane Talks” at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.

Visitors are invited to hear aviation experts on an array of historic planes and craft from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Nov. 11.

Aircraft featured for the talks will be located throughout the museum’s Southeast Asia War and Cold War Galleries.

They will include the B-52D Stratofortress, UH-1P Iroquois, H-43B Huskie, HH-3E Jolly Green Giant, EC-121D Constellation, A-7D Corsair II, F-4C Phantom, F-105G Wild Weasel, B-2 Spirit, F-89J Scorpion, CV-22 Osprey, A-10A Thunderbolt II, SR-71A Blackbird, B-58A Hustler, and B-36J Peacemaker.

The museum cautions that this line-up is subject to change.

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Presenters will be stationed in museum galleries near the aircraft or exhibit that relates to their expertise. Presenters include veterans, active duty personnel, former pilots, crew members, engineers, navigators, and others who can offer first-hand accounts.

The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, is the world’s largest military aviation museum.

With free admission and parking, the museum features more than 350 aerospace vehicles and missiles and thousands of artifacts amid more than 19 acres of indoor exhibit space.

For more information, visit www.nationalmuseum.af.mil.

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