Palm Springs Air Museum Tour...

Enjoy a great vintage military airplane museum in Palm Springs. A tribute and thanks to the military men and women that serve, and have served our county and skies... #palmsprings #military

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In 1993 the idea for a Palm Springs Air Museum sprang from the imaginations of four men. "Why not an air museum with WWII Warbirds right here in Palm Springs?" The Palm Springs City Council next came on board. Things were beginning to take shape. Construction started in Feb 1996 and the Museum opened to the public with two hangars and 14 vintage aircraft on Nov. 11, 1996. Shortly after opening, plans were made to add a third hangar to the museum to house a B-17 bomber. In 1999, the hangar was completed and opened to the public. It would be another 18 years before another hangar would be added to the museum. The Major General Kenneth P. Miles hangar opened in 2017 to provide housing to the numerous Korea / Vietnam aircraft in the museum’s collection. Five years after the opening of the Korea / Vietnam hangar, the F-117 Pavilion officially opened in April of 2022. Housing the F-117A Nighthawk, the James R. Houston Pavilion is a state-of-the-art hangar. Since 1996, the Palm Springs Air Museum has honored veterans who risked their lives to fight for freedom and democracy by educating visitors on the history and importance of aviation and air power. There are now over 70 vintage static and flying aircraft and five hangars: the Pacific (Navy), the European (Army), B-17, General Ken Miles Korea / Vietnam / Cold War, and the F-117A. The museum also has a gift shop, library, theater and café. The Palm Springs Air Museum has officially announced plans to remodel the front of the facility. The project will cost $2.5 million and take two years to complete. It will re-structure how guests enter/exit the facility, as well as add a 200 seat classroom / presentation space. The Douglas built C-47 served as the main cargo plane of allied forces throughout WWII. It was used to transport men and material all over the globe. It’s best known for it’s use on D-Day, where it dropped thousands of paratroopers into occupied France in the beginning hours of the invasion. The Boeing built Stearman served as an initial training plane of American fighter pilots during WWII. Almost every fighter pilot got their start in Stearman such as this one. Post-war, many were sold to civilians, many of which were turned into crop-dusters. The North American Aviation built T-6 Texan served as an advanced training aircraft during WWII for US fighter pilots. The T-6 was the final training plane pilots qualified in before they moved onto their fighters. Post-war, the Texan continued to serve as a training aircraft before being phased out in the early 1950’s. The North American Aviation built T-28 Trojan took over the T-6’s role as the advanced training aircraft in the years after WWII. It served in this capacity from 1950 through the early 1960’s, when it was mainly phased out. A very limited amount of T-28’s even saw combat during Vietnam war. The North American Aviation built P-51 Mustang was the premier fighter aircraft for the US during WWII. It is often considered the best fighter of the war, besting the British Spitfire and German BF-109 in numerous categories. The Lockheed built T-33 Shooting Star was developed in the late 1940s as a trainer for the P-80, the US's first jet fighter.