Philippine Air Force Aerospace Museum

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Philippine Air Force Aerospace Museum
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Philippine Air Force Aerospace Museum (Philippines)
Former name
Marcos Museum
Established2 May 1974 (1974-05-02)
Location Pasay, Philippines
Coordinates 14°30′59″N121°01′09″E / 14.5164°N 121.0192°E / 14.5164; 121.0192
Type Aerospace museum
Collections Military aircraft
Visitors35,000 (2009)
Owner Philippine Air Force

The Philippine Air Force Aerospace Museum is an aerospace museum located within the premises of Colonel Jesus Villamor Air Base in Pasay, Philippines. [1]

Contents

History

The museum was founded as the Marcos Museum in 2 May 1974. [2] The museum at its current location opened in June 2007. [3]

Exhibits

The museum exhibits are divided into several sections. These include a heritage section, a science and technology section, an art corner and the Aircraft Park. [4] The heritage section's collection includes galleries of weapons, uniforms, dioramas, miniatures, and memorabilia related to early Philippine military aviation. Artifacts related to the March 1974 surrender of Japanese holdout Hiroo Onoda, such as his sword, rifle and personal equipment, are on display here. [5] The science and technology exhibits include aircraft mock-ups and miniatures, indoor static aircraft displays and experimental projects of the Philippine Air Force.

When the Balangiga bells were repatriated on 11 December 2018, these were exhibited for public viewing at the museum for two days prior to being returned to Eastern Samar. [6]

The Aircraft Park is an outdoor facility that displays retired aircraft that had been used by the Philippine Air Force throughout its history. The static indoor display and Aircraft Park collection includes the following:

Aircraft on display [7]
NameSerial No.RoleClassIntroducedCountry of Origin
Beechcraft T-34A Mentor 59-07106/506TrainerPropeller1953Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
Bell UH-1H Iroquois 22570UtilityHelicopter1959Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg  United States
Boeing-Stearman N2S-3 551TrainerPropeller1934Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
Cessna T-41D Mescalero 8958TrainerPropeller1964Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Douglas AC-47A Skytrain 48301TransportPropeller1941Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
Grumman SA-16A Albatross 48607Amphibious rescuePropeller1949Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
Lockheed T-33A 29806TrainerJet1948Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
NAMC YS-11A-523 RP-77TransportTurboprop1965Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
North American F-86D Sabre 524140InterceptorJet1949Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
North American F-86F Sabre 24468FighterJet1949Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
North American T-6G Texan 150162/662TrainerPropeller1935Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
North American T-28C Trojan 140533/109TrainerPropeller1949Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
North American P-51D Mustang 3733/4823Fighter/Fighter-bomberPropeller1942Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter 13326/1Light fighterJet1962Flag of the United States.svg  United States
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 15-39/639 & 15-44/644Trainer/Light attackPropeller1966Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Sikorsky S-62A Sea Guardian 62018Amphibious rescueHelicopter1961Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Sikorsky UH-34D Seahorse 153131TransportHelicopter1954Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
Temco T-160 Cali 44233TrainerJet1959Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg  United States
Vought F-8D Crusader 147056FighterJet1957Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States

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