selfridge military museum 2014 opening news release

March 16, 2014

NEWS RELEASE

SELFRIDGE MILITARY AIR MUSEUM OPENING

SELFRIDGE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, MI  – Sel f r i dge Mi l i t ar y Ai r Museum of f i ci al sr ecent l y announced t hei r 2014 gener al publ i c hour s of oper at i on f or t hei r Museum andAi r Par k as 12: 00 noon t o 4: 30 pm on Saturdays, Sundays, I ndependence Day andMemor i al Day, f r om Apr i l 5t h  t hrough Oct ober 26t h. The Ai r Museum and Ai r Par k wi l l beCLOSED dur i ng t he 2014 Sel f r i dge Ai r Show on Sept ember 6t h  and 7t h  due t o t r af f i c f l owconsi derat i ons. The Museum and Ai r Par k can al so be opened by appoi nt ment at othert i mes thr oughout t he year by cal l i ng 586- 239- 5035.

Vi si t or s t o t he museum wi l l see t hei r over $7, 000, 000 wor t h of di spl ays i ncl udi ng af ul l - scal e hi st or i cal l y accur at e r epl i ca of a Wor l d War I f i ght er pl ane, t he SPADXI I I , a ¾- scal e hi stori cal l y accur at e r epl i ca of t he Wr i ght Br ot her s f i r st ai r craf t ,t he Wr i ght Fl yer ”, an i nt er act i ve cut away and mot or i zed Wor l d War I I ai r cr af t engi ne,an i nt er acti ve Ai r Tr af f i c Cont r ol r adar di spl ay, an ext ensi ve di spl ay of or i gi nalavi at i on ar t pr oduced by not ed avi at i on ar t i st s, a Kor ean War er a "J eep" , and f ourai r craf t cockpi t t r ai ner s: a moder n F- 16 "Fi ght i ng Fal con" , a Vi et nam- er a A- 7“Cor sai r I I ”, a Wor l d War I I LI NK t r ai ner t hat guest s can act ual l y si t i nsi de, and af unct i onal LI NK t r ai ner t hat can be oper at ed onl y by appoi nt ment and by qual i f i edi ndi vi dual s. Museum di spl ays show a wi de var i et y of mi l i t ar y memor abi l i a i ncl udi ngweapons, ai r craf t engi nes, mi l i t ar y uni f or ms, mi l i t ar y ai r craf t model s, andphotogr aphs spanni ng t he al most 100 year hi st ory of t he Base. The Ai r Par k cont ai ns33 f ul l - si ze vi nt age mi l i t ar y ai r craf t f r om Wor l d War I t o t he pr esent day pl us anassor t ment of mi l i t ar y vehi cl es and mi ssi l es. Two new ai r cr af t wer e br ought i nt o theAi r Par k r ecent l y: an F- 89 “Scor pi on” and a T- 6 “Texan” schedul ed to be di spl ayed i nt he summer of 2014. The l arge C- 130A "Hercul es" and P- 3 "Or i on" ai r cr af t i n the Ai rPar k can be opened up t o vi si t ors when weat her and t he avai l abi l i t y of docent sper mi t . Phot ogr aphs of t he i nt er i or and ext er i or di spl ays ar e per mi t t ed f or pr i vat enon- commerci al use onl y.

 The Museum and Ai r Par k i s l ocat ed on Sel f r i dge Ai r Nat i onal Guard Base, accessi bl eby vehi cl e onl y thr ough t he Mai n Gate at t he i nt er sect i on of M- 59 and J ef f er sonAvenue. For secur i t y reasons, guest s ar r i vi ng i n a pr i vat e vehi cl e that i s bei ngdr i ven by someone wi t hout a val i d Gover nment i dent i f i cat i on card must r egi st er f or aVi si t or ’ s Pass at t he Base’ s Mai n Gate and be subj ected t o a backgr ound check. Acur r ent and val i d dr i ver ’ s l i cense, vehi cl e r egi st r at i on, and pr oof of vehi cul ari nsur ance wi l l be requi r ed t o compl y wi t h t hese requi r ement s.

 The Sel f r i dge Mi l i t ar y Ai r Museum i s a pr i vat e non- prof i t or gani zat i on l ocat ed on ami l i t ar y i nst al l at i on t hat i s st af f ed ent i r el y by vol unt eer s and r ecei ves no f eder alor st at e f undi ng f or t he oper at i on and mai nt enance of i t s f aci l i t i es and di spl ays.Admi ssi on i s $4. 00 per guest over t he age of 12 and $3. 00 f or chi l dr en between 4 and12 years of age wi t h a mi ni mum donat i on of $25. 00 f or al l by- appoi nt ment t our s.

Fur t her i nf or mat i on on t he Sel f r i dge Mi l i t ar y Ai r Museum and Ai r Par k can be f ound ont hei r websi t e (www. sel f r i dgeai r museum. or g) , by mai l ( Sel f r i dge Mi l i t ar y Ai r Museum,27333 C St , Bl dg 1011, Sel f r i dge ANGB MI 48045) , by phone ( 586- 239- 5035) , or by e-mai l ( i nf o@sel f r i dgeai r museum. or g) .

 NEW F-89 “SCORPION”

 NEW T-6 “TEXAN”

 NEW LINK TRAINER