The Edward H. White II Museum of Aerospace Medicine was a museum of the

United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Aerial warfare, air military branch, service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part ...

and was located in Hangar 9 at

Brooks Air Force Base Brooks Air Force Base was a United States Air Force facility located in San Antonio, Texas, southeast of Downtown San Antonio. In 2002, Brooks Air Force Base was renamed Brooks City-Base when the property was conveyed to the Brooks Developm ...

, San Antonio,

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.USAF Museum of Aerospace Medicine - Hangar 9
Military site. Brooks Air Force Base closed in 2011 under Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) procedures, and the museum closed at the same time. Brooks Field Hangar 9 is located in the

Brooks City-Base Brooks is a mixed-use development that was founded on the former Brooks Air Force Base when the United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight ...

mixed-use community being developed on the site of the former air base. The development authority has proposed to preserve the historic area around the property.

History

The Bexar County Historical Survey Committee assumed sponsorship of the restoration of Brooks Field Hangar 9 of the old

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Brooks Field. The restoration of the Hangar would be used to house an aviation museum. This museum was intended to display the early history of Brooks Field and to preserve and display an extensive collection of photographs and equipment related to aviation and aerospace medicine. It became the Edward H. White II Museum of Aerospace Medicine. The museum was named after San Antonio native Ed White, an astronaut and the first American to "walk" in space.

Historic registration

The Brooks Field Hangar 9 was accepted and listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 and became a

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in 1976. The State of Texas has designated this old Hangar 9 as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, and a City of San Antonio Historic Landmark.

References

External links

USAF Brooks City-Base
(official site)
Brooks City-Base / Brooks Development Authority
(official site) * U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM)
Brooks City-Base at GlobalSecurity.org

Google Map of Brooks City-Base
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History

Historic registration

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