If the museum reopens by Jan. 27, 2018, the Reds Caravan event will continue as planned.
Please watch the museum's website, www.nationalmuseum.af.mil, and local media outlets for information about when the museum's normal operations will resume.
For information about Air Force Museum Foundation please contact them at (937) 258-1218 or foundation@afmuseum.com. The Air Force Museum store, operated by the Air Force Museum Foundation is available online at http://store.airforcemuseum.com
Hundreds of people had trekked inside the world’s largest military aviation museum Saturday morning before the closure at 1 p.m.
The fallout was the latest from the federal closure expected to affect thousands of workers at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, the largest single-site employer in Ohio with an estimated 27,000 military and civilian personnel.
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National Park Service interpretive centers near Huffman Prairie where the Wright brothers perfected the airplane, and the Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center in Dayton, were among NPS sites closed Saturday in the region because of the shutdown, although the two properties were open to traffic.
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WHIO-TV’s Malik Perkins contributed to this story.
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