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http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/USAF-RADARSTATIONVeterans/Military MUSEUMS with radar on display Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:04 pm (PDT) . Posted by: "Lowell Woodworth" lowellwoodworth Military MUSEUMS with radar on display Hello everyone, This page provides you with the identity of military museums; those we're aware of, those with military radar exhibits with reference material and/or equipment on display; and those available to you in the CONUS & CANADA. If you know of a museum (military or otherwise) with "RADAR ON DISPLAY", which is not listed or if you find errors in this listing, let me know. Those of you who live near any of these museums, if you're willing to meet R S V and serve as a VOLUNTEER TOUR GUIDE on call, send your name and email address and I'll list you as such. +++++++++++++++ UPDATED 7-13-2012 ++++++++++++++++
ARIZONA ******* PIMA AIR & SPACE MUSEUM; 6000 E. Valencia Rd, Tucson AZ. 520-574-0462 / http://www.pimaair.org / RADAR ON DISPLAY; AWE&C aircraft EC-121T 53-0554. SOUTHWEST MUSEUM OF ENGINEERING, COMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTATION; 5802 W. Palmaire Ave, Glendale AZ. http://www.smecc.org/ http://www.smecc.org/sage_a_n_fsq-7.htm RADAR ON DISPLAY; SAGE "ARTIFACTS"(equipment,photos,manuals,etc.) ARKANSAS ******* WALNUT RIDGE ARMY FLYING SCHOOL MUSEUM; 70 South Beacon Road, Walnut Ridge AR. 800-584-5575 / 870-886-6748 / 870-886-2481. http://www.walnutridge-aaf.com/board.html RADAR ON DISPLAY; Historical documents on the 725th Radar Sqd. CALIFORNIA ******** AEROSPACE MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA; 3200 Freedom Park Dr, McClellan CA 916-643-3192 (SACRAMENTO AREA); http://aerospacemuseumofcalifornia.org/ RADAR ON DISPLAY; AWE&C aircraft WV-2/EC-121K 141309 (53-0552) COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM; 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View CA 650-810-1010/ http://www.computerhistory.org/about/ RADAR ON DISPLAY; A SAGE computer. YANKS AIR MUSEUM; Chino Airport; 7000 Merrill Ave, Chino CA 909-597-1735 / http://www.yanksair.com/ RADAR ON DISPLAY; AWE&C aircraft EC-121T 53-0548 (flew from Camarillo Airport (ex-Oxnard AFB) 14 Jan 12) the last EC-121 retired, in October 1978. CANADA ****** COMOX AIR FORCE MUSEUM; In 1954 Comox became home to a Pinetree Line radar early-warning station, operated by the 51st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron. This facility was closed in June 1958 with the advent of more advanced radar systems; it's located in the province of British Columbia, on Vancouver Island, in the Comox Valley with the main entrance gate on the corner of Little River Rd/Military Row and Ryan Rd, right across from the CANEX and Fitness and Community Centre. Very close to the Comox Airport; Open to the Public Year Round, Tuesday to Sunday, 10 am ? 4 pm daily; http://www.comoxairforcemuseum.ca/Home.html RADAR ON DISPLAY; a few buildings are left from WW II era & the old radar station. Also, 2 towers (metal clad) with a cement block house between are right along side the road to Air Force Beach & Tepee Park. They are being used for storage by the AF museum which is located in the old base theatre. MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS & ELECTRONIC MUSEUM; CF Kingston, 95 Craftsman Blvd.(Hwy 2) Kingston East, Ontario, Canada. http://www.c-and-e-museum.org/ RADAR ON DISPLAY; quite a lot of radar equipment from the US and Canadian Air Force. SECRETS of RADAR MUSEUM; (Canada's Radar Museum); near Parkwood Hospital in London, Ontario, Canada. http://www.secretsofradar.com RADAR ON DISPLAY; several thousand photographs, as well as original radar equipment. While most WWII-era radar equipment has long since been destroyed, the museum has examples of GEE, Fishpond, IFF (Identify Friend or Foe) radars, along with magnetrons, vacuum tubes (known as valves in England) and several hundred personal and artifacts of various types. SOUTH PEACE CENTENNIAL MUSEUM; Beaverlodge, Alberta Canada, 780-354-8869; located 2 km North of Beaverlodge on Highway 43. http://www.spcm.ca/index.html http://www.spcm.ca/pioneerbuildings/05radarantenna/imagepages/DSCN2753.html http://www.spcm.ca/pioneerbuildings/05radarantenna/imagepages/DSCN2754.html RADAR ON DISPLAY; modern day radar. When the Beaverlodge Pinetree site was decommissioned, prior to the FPS-20 Search Radar being shipped Stateside, the people in Beaverlodge lobbied the Dept of National Defence to have some part of the Beaverlodge Radar moved to the Museum site, to commemorate the many years of service by USAF allies and then by the RCAF in the area. COLORADO ******* PETERSON AIR & SPACE MUSEUM; 150 East Ent Ave, Peterson Air Force Base Colorado; http://www.petemuseum.org/ RADAR ON DISPLAY; AEW&C aircraft EC-121T 52-3425; Also a Texas Tower exhibit, as well as some radar scopes and other equipment. FLORIDA ******* NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NAVAL AVIATION; NAS Pensacola 1750 Radford Blvd Pensacola FL 850-453-2389 / www.navalaviationmuseum.org/ RADAR ON DISPLAY; AWE&C aircraft WV-2/EC-121K 143221, VALIANT AIR COMMAND WARBIRDS MUSEUM; 6600 Tico Road, Titusville FL 321-268-1941 / vacwarbirds@bellsouth.net / http://www.vacwarbirds.org/ RADAR ON DISPLAY HERE; a model Aircraft Control & Warning Radar Station; a model of the actual radar station which existed on the Island of Kume Jima near Okinawa. GEORGIA ******* MUSEUM OF AVIATION; ROBINS AFB GA; Russell Parkway Warner Robins GA 478-926-687 / www.museumofaviation.org/ RADAR ON DISPLAY; AWE&C aircraft WV-2/NC-121K 141297, (51-41297) ILLINOIS ******** CHANUTE AEROSPACE MUSEUM, Rantoul Il; 217-893-1613. http://www.aeromuseum.org/aircraft_lockheed.html RADAR ON DISPLAY; AWE&C aircraft WV-2/EC-121K 141311, which can be opened for vewing with advanced notice. The APS-20 is still onboard and the interior is 80% complete. KANSAS ****** COMBAT AIR MUSEUM; Hangars 602-604, "J" Street, Forbes Field, Topeka KS, 785-862-3303; http://www.combatairmuseum.org/ RADAR ON DISPLAY; AWE&C aircraft EC-121T 52-3418 (FAA Reg # N4257U) with all its equipment intact inside, and can be entered and gone through. MARYLAND ******** NATIONAL ELECTRONICS MUSEUM INC, 1745 West Nursery Road Linthicum MD 410-765-0230 - (near BWI Airport) http://www.nationalelectronicsmuseum.org/ RADAR ON DISPLAY; Many exhibits covering many years of early radar through SAGE and more. MICHIGAN ******** AIR ZOO; Kalamazoo MI, 866-524-7966 / http://www.airzoo.org/zoo_info/ RADAR ON DISPLAY HERE; early US Army mobile radar equipment. EMPIRE AREA MUSEUM; Hwy 22, Empire Michigan. http://www.hsmichigan.org/empire/ or http://www.leelanaucounty.com/government0293.asp RADAR ON DISPLAY; photos, etc. of those who served the Empire AFS and the Empire AFS Historical marker and Veterans Memorial area has been placed here in recent years. K I SAWYER AFB MICHIGAN, Gwinn MI (near Marquette); http://www.kishamuseum.org/ http://www.ultraguest.com/view/1122663399 RADAR ON DISPLAY; None other than the SAGE BLOCK HOUSE still exists but it's not open for touring inside. MONTANA ******* GLACIER COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM; 107 Old Kevin Hwy, Cut Bank MT. http://www.glaciercountymt.org/museum/home.htm RADAR ON DISPLAY; a display for the 681st Cut Bank AFS MT. HELENA AIRPORT, U of MT-HELENA; 2850 Skyway Drive Helena, MT 406-442-2821 / http://www.helenaairport.com/ RADAR ON DISPLAY; AWE&C aircraft EC-121T 52-3417, scheduled for move to the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, McMinnville, OR. Depending on how they get it to Oregon - Evergreen's trying to get it refurbished for a one-time flight - this could be the last EC-121 to ever get in the air under its own power. NEBRASKA ******** STRATEGIC AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM; 28210 West Park, Ashland NE 402.944.3100 / http://www.sasmuseum.com/about-us/ RADAR ON DISPLAY; Some mobile radar equip. NORTH CAROLINA ************* NORTH CAROLINA MILITARY HISTORY MUSEUM; at the former Ft Fisher AFS Kure Beach NC. / http://www.ncmhs.net/NCMHMuseum.htm RADAR ON DISPLAY HERE; Museum located on the former radar station and has a few items from the radar station. OHIO **** MOTTS MILITARY MUSEUM; 5075 South Hamilton Rd, Groveport OH 614-836-1500 / http://www.mottsmilitarymuseum.org/ RADAR ON DISPLAY HERE; one radar scope. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE; (AKA: AIR FORCE MUSEUM) 1100 Spaatz Street, Wright-Patterson AFB (DAYTON) OHIO / 937-255-3286 http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/ RADAR ON DISPLAY; AWE&C aircraft EC-121D 53-0555, the famous "Triple Nickel" #555) AEW&C aircraft; Also a Texas Tower exhibit. VOLUNTEER TOUR GUIDE on call; Lowell Woodworth - lgwdwrth@earthlink.net OKLAHOMA ******* SCIENCE MUSEUM OKLAHOMA, 2100 NE 52nd St, Oklahoma City OK. 405-602-6664 http://www.sciencemuseumok.org/visit.htm RADAR ON DISPLAY; a mockup of part of the E-3A AWACS (radar console +). TINKER AFB OK; 3001 South Douglas Blvd, Oklahoma City OK / 405-732-7321 http://www.tinker.af.mil/ RADAR ON DISPLAY; AWE&C aircraft WV-2/EC-121K 137890, on display near the 552nd ACW headquarters, marked as 53-0552 SOUTH DAKOTA ************ SOUTH DAKOTA AIR & SPACE MUSEUM; 2890 Davis Drive, Ellsworth Air Force Base SD, 605-385-5189 / http://www.ellsworth.af.mil/museum.asp RADAR ON DISPLAY; the Minuteman II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile display includes some radar equipment and history. UTAH **** HILL AEROSPACE MUSEUM; Hill Air Force Base UT, 75th ABW/MU, 7961 Wardleigh Rd, Building 1955 / http://www.hill.af.mil/library/museum/ RADAR ON DISPLAY; a radar scope (way in the back of the last building). VERMONT ******* ST ALBANS HISTORICAL MUSEUM; 9 Church St, St Albans VT, 802-527-7933, http://www.stamuseum.com/ RADAR ON DISPLAY; Items from the 764th Radar Squadron, St Albans AFS VT. WASHINGTON ********** McChord Air Museum, McChord AFB WA has a small but very interesting Air Museum. / http://www.mcchordairmuseum.org / WADS primary NORAD/Homeland Defense responsibility for roughly two-thirds of the CONUS. Blockhouse next door. WADS represents Air Force involvement in radars past, present VOLUNTEER TOUR GUIDE on call; Bruce Robie - bruce.robie@us.af.mil WYOMING ******* CROOK COUNTY MUSEUM & ART GALLERY; 309 Cleveland St, Sundance WY; Michelle Ramos Director; 307-283-3666 / http://www.crookcountymuseum.org micheller@crookcounty.wy.gov RADAR ON DISPLAY; a minature mockup of the Sundance AFS and details of how their nuclear reactor powered the station. Four albums with hundreds of photos of those who served there, etc.................................................... Regards, Lowell Woodworth - lgwdwrth@earthlink.net Fairborn Ohio Webmaster.Moderator http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/USAF-RADARSTATIONVeterans/ http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/KeeslerAFBAlumni-Veterans