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United States Army Aviation Museum

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United States Army Aviation Museum
AnAH-1S Cobra helicopter in front of the museum

Established	1956 Open to public: 1968
Location	Fort Novosel, Alabama 36362
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 AH-64 Apache from Operation Desert Storm. The museum has over 160 aircraft in its collection and holds 3,000 historical items.^[3]

History

The museum broke ground on a new building called the Training Support Facility in November 2019.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Collection

On display

Sikorsky R-4B

AH-56A Cheyenne

UH-60 Blackhawk

Fixed-wing aircraft


Aircraft	Year Introduced	Type	Notes
Wright Model B replica	1910	Single-engined biplane piston aircraft
Nieuport 28C-1	1917	Single-engined biplane piston fighter
Royal Aircraft Factory BE-2C	1912	Single-engined biplane piston light bomber
Curtiss SE-5A	1917	Single-engined biplane piston fighter
Sopwith F.1 Camel replica	1917	Single-engined biplane piston fighter
Curtiss JN-4D Jenny	1915	Single-engined biplane piston trainer
Piper J-3 Cub	1941	Single-engined monoplane piston aircraft
Taylorcraft L-2A Grasshopper	1941	Single-engined monoplane piston observation aircraft
Piper L-4B Cub	1938	Single-engined monoplane piston observation aircraft
Aeronca L-16A Champ	1946	Single-engined monoplane piston observation aircraft	Replaced the Piper L-4B Cub in service.
Cessna L-19A Bird dog	1974	Single-engined monoplane piston observation aircraft	Developed from the Cessna 170
Grumman OV-1B Mohawk	1959	Twin-engined monoplane turboprop observation aircraft
de Havilland Canada U-1A Otter	1953	Single-engined monoplane piston utility aircraft
de Havilland Canada YU-6A Beaver	1948	Single-engined monoplane piston utility aircraft
de Havilland Canada YC-7A Caribou	1961	Twin-engined monoplane piston utility aircraft

Helicopters


Aircraft	Year Introduced	Type	Notes
Sikorsky R-4B Hoverfly I
Sikorsky R-5 Dragonfly x 2
Sikorsky R-6A Hoverfly II
Bell OH-13C and OH-13E Sioux
Bell TH-13T Sioux
Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw
Piasecki CH-21C Shawnee
Hiller H-23A Raven
Hiller OH-23B Raven
Piasecki H-25A Army Mule
McCulloch YH-30
Hiller YH-32 Hornet
Sikorsky VH-34A Army One
Sikorsky CH-37B Mojave
Sikorsky XH-39
Bell XH-40
Boeing-Vertol CH-47A Chinook
Bell UH-1B Iroquois (Huey) x 2
Bell UH-1H Iroquois
Bell YUH-1D/H Iroquois
Bell AH-1G and AH-1S Cobras
Hughes OH-6A Cayuse x 2
Lockheed XH-51
Sikorsky CH-54A Tarhe
Hughes TH-55A Osage
Lockheed AH-56A Cheyenne
Bell OH-58D Kiowa
Sikorsky YUH-60 Black Hawk
Hughes YAH-64A Apache
McDonnell Douglas AH-64 Apache			from Operation Desert Storm
Boeing–Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche

Other notable aircraft


Aircraft	Year Introduced	Type	Notes
McDonnell XV-1 Convertiplane
Hawker XV-6A Kestrel
Ryan VZ-3RY Vertiplane
Ryan XV-5B Vertifan
Curtiss-Wright VZ-7
Cessna YH-41A Seneca
Lockheed CL-475
Sikorsky S-72			Rotor Systems Research Aircraft (RSRA)

Sources: US Army Aviation Museum collection pages^[8]^[9]^[10]

References

^ Phillips 1992, p. 37.

^ Purner 2004, p. 204.

^ Army Aviation Museum Collection, ArmyAviationMuseum.org.

^ Hughes, Jim (19 November 2019). "Fort Rucker breaks ground on Army Aviation Training Support Facility". U.S. Army. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

^ "Fort Rucker sees progress on new training facility construction". WDHN. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

^ Nelson, Abby (2 July 2021). "Fort Rucker Army Aviation Museum". News 4. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

^ "Robins & Morton receives Training Support Facility construction contract at Fort Rucker". Robins & Morton. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

^ Museum Collection, rotary wing, ArmyAviationMuseum.org.

^ Museum Collection, fixed wing, ArmyAviationMuseum.org.

^ Museum Collection, vertical flight, ArmyAviationMuseum.org.

Phillips, Cody R. A Guide to U.S. Army Museums, DIANE Publishing, 1992. ISBN 0-7881-4671-8.
Purner, John. 101 Best Aviation Attractions. McGraw-Hill, 2004. ISBN 0-07-142519-5.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to United States Army Aviation Museum.

Official website
US Army Aviation Museum page on IPMSSantaRosa.org

v t e United States Army history museums
Organization and history	National Guard Memorial Museum (Washington, DC) National Museum of the United States Army
Branches (official)	U.S. Army Armor and Cavalry Collection U.S. Army Aviation Museum U.S. Cavalry Museum U.S. Army Chaplain Museum Harbor Defense Museum National Infantry Museum U.S. Army Intelligence Museum U.S. Army Medical Department Museum Army Medical Museum and Library (succeeded by the National Museum of Health and Medicine) U.S. Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum U.S. Army Transportation Museum U.S. Army Women's Museum
Post and unit museums	1st Infantry Division Museum 82nd Airborne Division Museum Pratt Museum (101st Airborne Division) Fort George G. Meade Museum Fort Huachuca Museum Fort Lewis Military Museum General George Patton Museum (Fort Knox, KY) Watervliet Arsenal Museum West Point Museum Rock Island Arsenal Museum
State and private museums (affiliated with the Army Museum System)	Airborne & Special Operations Museum California State Military Museum Iowa Gold Star Military Museum Jackson Barracks Military Museum Kentucky Military History Museum Mississippi Armed Forces Museum National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey Oregon Military Museum Washington National Guard Museum
State and private (not affiliated with the Army Museum System)	African American Military History Museum Fort MacArthur Museum General George S. Patton Memorial Museum Wisconsin Veterans Museum
Regional history	U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii
Other	Army Art Program Army Heritage Center Foundation U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center U.S. Army Center of Military History Military history of the United States Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum

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