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The United States Army Aviation Museum is an aviation museum located on Fort Rucker 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]

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

Established	1956 Open to public: 1968
Location	Fort Rucker, Alabama 36362
Director	Army Aviation Museum Foundation
Website	ArmyAviationMuseum.org

History

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

Collection

On display

Wright Model B replica
AH-64 Apache from Operation Desert Storm
Bell AH-1G and AH-1S Cobras
Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw
Piasecki CH-21C Shawnee
Sikorsky CH-37B Mojave
Boeing-Vertol CH-47A Chinook
Sikorsky CH-54A Tarhe
H-23A Raven
H-25A Army Mule
OH-13C and OH-13E Sioux
OH-23B Raven
OH-58D Kiowa
OH-6A Cayuse x 2
R-4B Hoverfly I
R-5 Dragonfly x 2
Sikorsky R-6A Hoverfly II
TH-13T Sioux
TH-55A Osage
UH-1B Iroquois (Huey) x 2
UH-1H Iroquois
YUH-1D/H Iroquois
VH-34A Army One
AH-56A Cheyenne
YAH-64A Apache
YUH-60 Black Hawk
Nieuport 28C-1
Royal Aircraft Factory BE-2C
Sopwith F.1 Camel replica
Piper J-3 Cub
Curtiss JN-4D Jenny
Aeronca L-16A Champ
Cessna L-19A Bird dog
Taylorcraft L-2A Grasshopper
Piper L-4B Cub
Grumman OV-1B Mohawk
Curtiss SE-5A
de Havilland Canada U-1A Otter
de Havilland Canada YC-7A Caribou
de Havilland Canada YU-6A Beaver
Boeing–Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche

Other notable aircraft

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

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

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Organization and history	National Guard Memorial Museum (Washington, DC) National Museum of the United States Army
Branches (official)	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
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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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Le United States Army Aviation Museum est un musée aéronautique de la United States Army Aviation Branch situé à Fort Rucker près de Daleville, Alabama.

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