Military aviation museum in Great Falls, Montana
The Malmstrom Museum is an aviation museum located at Malmstrom Air Force Base near Great Falls, Montana .
History
The museum was dedicated on 3 July 1982, at the time being housed in two trailers previously used as classrooms on the base.[ 4] In 1989 it received a P-63 restoration project from the New England Air Museum .[ 5] The museum closed for renovations in 1996 and reopened two and a half years later in a larger building.[ 6]
Exhibits
Dodge Power Wagon ambulance
Displays at the museum include a launch control center from a ballistic missile silo, a mockup of a World War II barracks, a model airplane collection, an AIR-2 missile, and a core memory element of a FSQ-7 computer.[ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
On display outside are a totem pole , a LGM-30G missile, a missile transport vehicle, an MPS-9 radar trailer, a Dodge Power Wagon ambulance, a Peacekeeper armored vehicle , and a 1947 Ford .[ 8]
Collection
See also
References
^ "Dane H. Donnelly" . Great Falls Tribune . 23 October 2013. p. 2. Retrieved 28 February 2022 .
^ "Malmstrom Museum Preserves Base's Past" . Great Falls Tribune . 23 October 1992. p. 31. Retrieved 28 February 2022 .
^ "Bary Poletto" . Great Falls Tribune . 25 January 2013. p. 2. Retrieved 28 February 2022 .
^ "Military Memorabilia Found in Museum" . Great Falls Tribune . 3 October 1985. p. 1. Retrieved 28 February 2022 .
^ "Vintage Plane Rolls in for Refurbishing" . Great Falls Tribune . 24 May 1989. p. 1C. Retrieved 18 April 2022 .
^ Donnelly, Benjamin (11 April 1999). "Malmstrom Museum Highlights Base's Varied Missions" . Great Falls Tribune . p. 4M. Retrieved 28 February 2022 .
^ Inbody, Kristen (15 April 2019). "How (and why) to visit the Malmstrom Museum" . Great Falls Tribune . Retrieved 28 February 2022 .
^ a b White, Dillon (19 February 2008). "Where we were: Take a trip back in time today" . Malmstrom Air Force Base . Retrieved 28 February 2022 .
^ Mansch, Scott (22 April 2019). "Mansch: Poletto Collection a bit of a hidden treasure at Great Falls airport" . Great Falls Tribune . Retrieved 28 February 2022 .
^ "Airframe Dossier - Bell UH-1F Iroquois, s/n 65-7956 USAF" . Aerial Visuals . Retrieved 28 February 2022 .
^ "Airframe Dossier - Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter, s/n 53-0360 USAF" . Aerial Visuals . Retrieved 28 February 2022 .
^ "Airframe Dossier - Lockheed T-33, s/n 57-0574 USAF" . Aerial Visuals . Retrieved 28 February 2022 .
^ Rice, Ronald J. (21 May 1989). "Malmstrom Museum Gets Ready for Visitors" . Great Falls Tribune . p. 12. Retrieved 28 February 2022 .
^ "Airframe Dossier - English Electric-Martin B-57B, s/n 52-1505 USAF" . Aerial Visuals . Retrieved 28 February 2022 .
^ "Airframe Dossier - McDonnell F-101F Voodoo, s/n 59-0419 USAF" . Aerial Visuals . Retrieved 28 February 2022 .
^ Rice, Ronald J. (28 August 1982). " 'Reunion' is Surprise to Pilot" . Great Falls Tribune . p. 1-A. Retrieved 28 February 2022 .
^ "Airframe Dossier - North American TB-25M Mitchell, s/n 44-30493 USAAF, c/r N9451Z" . Aerial Visuals . Retrieved 28 February 2022 .
^ "Airframe Dossier - Republic F-84F-55-RE Thunderstreak, s/n 52-6969 USAF, c/r N84JW" . Aerial Visuals . Retrieved 28 February 2022 .
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