Location within Idaho | |
Established | 6 March 1989 (1989-03-06) |
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Location | Nampa, Idaho |
Coordinates | 43°35′10″N 116°31′25″W / 43.5860°N 116.5235°W / 43.5860; -116.5235 |
Type | Military aviation museum |
Founder |
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Website | warhawkairmuseum |
The Warhawk Air Museum is an aviation museum located in Nampa, Idaho.
The museum was founded on 6 March 1989 by John and Sue Paul.[2]
The P-47 Dottie Mae, which was recovered from a lake in Austria in 2005, was restored for the museum by Vintage Airframes and unveiled in August 2017.[3]
In 2021, it announced plans for an expansion.[4] Ground was broken on the expansion in October 2023.[5]
In addition to the permanent collection, the museum also previously featured a number of visiting aircraft:
The museum participates in the Veterans History Project and hosts a series of lectures called the Kilroy Coffee Klatch.[30][31][32]