Established | 1956, Open to public: 1968 |
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Location | Fort Rucker, Alabama 36330 |
Director | Army Aviation Museum Foundation |
Website | ArmyAviationMuseum.org |
Coordinates: 31°19′27″N 085°42′47″W / 31.32417°N 85.71306°W
The United States Army Aviation Museum is an aviation museum located on Fort Rucker near Ozark, Alabama. It has the largest collection of helicopters held by a museum in the world. 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.
Sources: US Army Aviation Museum collection pages