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The museum announced plans to raise money to build a new structure to replace the wooden buildings in which it was housed in 1977.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rawls |first1=Phillip |title=Rucker Hopes to Dress Treasure More Fancily |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/257632402 |access-date=1 January 2024 |work=Montgomery Advertiser |date=10 May 1977 |page=11}}</ref> |
The museum announced plans to raise money to build a new structure to replace the wooden buildings in which it was housed in 1977.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rawls |first1=Phillip |title=Rucker Hopes to Dress Treasure More Fancily |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/257632402 |access-date=1 January 2024 |work=Montgomery Advertiser |date=10 May 1977 |page=11}}</ref> |
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The museum broke ground on a new building called the William A. Howell Training Support Facility in November 2019, which will not |
The museum broke ground on a new building called the William A. Howell Training Support Facility in November 2019, which will not be open to the public.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hughes |first1=Jim |title=Fort Rucker breaks ground on Army Aviation Training Support Facility |url=http://www.army.mil/article/229765/fort_rucker_breaks_ground_on_army_aviation_training_support_facility |access-date=12 June 2022 |work=U.S. Army |date=19 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Fort Rucker sees progress on new training facility construction |url=http://www.wdhn.com/news/local-news/fort-rucker-sees-progress-on-new-training-facility-construction |access-date=12 June 2022 |work=WDHN |date=15 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Nelson |first1=Abby |title=Fort Rucker Army Aviation Museum |url=http://www.wtvy.com/2021/07/02/fort-rucker-army-aviation-museum |access-date=12 June 2022 |work=News 4 |date=2 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Robins & Morton receives Training Support Facility construction contract at Fort Rucker |url=http://www.robinsmorton.com/robins-morton-receives-training-support-facility-construction-contract-at-fort-rucker |access-date=12 June 2022 |work=Robins & Morton |date=16 September 2019}}</ref> |
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==Collection== |
==Collection== |
Established | 1956 Open to public: 1968 |
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Location | Fort Novosel, Alabama 36362 |
Coordinates | 31°19′27″N 085°42′47″W / 31.32417°N 85.71306°W / 31.32417; -85.71306 |
Director | Army Aviation Museum Foundation |
Website | ArmyAviationMuseum.org |
The United States Army Aviation Museum is an aviation museum located on Fort Novosel near Daleville, Alabama. It has the largest collection of helicopters held by a museum in the world.[1][2] The museum features some 50 aircraft on public display with aviation artifacts ranging from a replica of the Wright brothers' Model B military biplane to an RAH-66 Comanche. The museum has over 160 aircraft in its collection and holds 3,000 historical items.[3]
The museum announced plans to raise money to build a new structure to replace the wooden buildings in which it was housed in 1977.[4]
The museum broke ground on a new building called the William A. Howell Training Support Facility in November 2019, which will not be open to the public.[5][6][7][8]
Sources: US Army Aviation Museum collection pages[9][10][11]
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