The Malmstrom Museum is an aviation museum located at

Malmstrom Air Force Base Malmstrom Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base and census-designated place (CDP) in Cascade County, Montana, United States, adjacent to the city of Great Falls. It was named in honor of World War II POW Colonel Einar Axel Malmstrom. ...

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. In 1989 it received a P-63 restoration project from the

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. The museum closed for renovations in 1996 and reopened two and a half years later in a larger building.

Exhibits

Displays at the museum include a launch control center from a ballistic missile silo, a mockup of a

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barracks, a model airplane collection, an AIR-2 missile, and a core memory element of a FSQ-7 computer. On display outside are a

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, a LGM-30G missile, a missile transport vehicle, an MPS-9 radar trailer, a

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ambulance, a Peacekeeper armored vehicle, and a 1947

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Collection

Bell UH-1F Iroquois The Bell UH-1 Iroquois (nicknamed "Huey") is a utility military helicopter designed and produced by the American aerospace company Bell Helicopter. It is the first member of the prolific Huey family, as well as the first turbine-powered helico ...

* Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter *

Lockheed T-33 The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star (or T-Bird) is an American subsonic jet trainer. It was produced by Lockheed and made its first flight in 1948. The T-33 was developed from the Lockheed P-80/F-80 starting as TP-80C/TF-80C in development, then d ...

Martin B-57B Canberra The Martin B-57 Canberra is an American-built, twin-engined tactical bomber and reconnaissance aircraft that entered service with the United States Air Force (USAF) in 1953. The B-57 is a license-built version of the British English Electric ...

* McDonnell F-101F Voodoo * North American TB-25M Mitchell *

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References

External links

Official website (Archived)
{{United States Air Force Museums 1982 establishments in Montana Aerospace museums in Montana Military and war museums in the United States Museums in Cascade County, Montana Museums established in 1982

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