Visible from Del. 1, the Air Mobility Command Museum is located in Hangar 1301, which was used for the development of air-to-ground rocket weaponry, a secret project, during World War II. (Bombay Hook served as a firing range for the innovations.) Among the 30-plus aircrafts in the collection are bombers, cargo planes, tankers, fighters and the C-5A Galaxy, is the Air-Force’s largest strategic air lifter.
1301 Heritage Road, Dover Air Force Base, Dover., DE • 677-5938
Visitors can attempt to fly the museum aircraft via a flight simulator and climb into an aircraft control tower.
During WWII, the 4146 Base Unit was involved in secret rocket development at what was then known as Dover Army Airfield. The building complex where these military secret operations took place was Hangar 1301. From the 1950s to the 1970s, various fighter squadrons called the hangar home.
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