Английская Википедия:Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum

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The Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum is a United States Marine Corps aviation museum currently located at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, California. The museum contains exhibits and artifacts relating to the history and legacy of United States Marine Corps Aviation. The outdoor exhibits include 31 historical aircraft, multiple military vehicles and equipment. Indoor exhibits feature photographs, artifacts and artwork from the early days of aviation to the present.

History

The El Toro Historical Center and Command Museum opened to the public in June 1991 in a squadron aviation building at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro. By 1998, the name of the museum had changed to the Jay W. Hubbard Command Museum.

Move to Miramar

When MCAS El Toro closed in 1999, the museum again changed its name to the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum and moved to Naval Air Station Miramar.Шаблон:Efn The museum's 41 aircraft were loaded onto trailers and towed down highways to the museum's new location, where it reopened on 25 May 2000. There it had a Шаблон:Convert restoration hangar. In 2002, the museum announced plans to construct a Шаблон:Convert building to display its collection. At the same time, however, increased security on the base after the September 11th attacks made it more difficult for civilians to visit.

Separately, plans for a museum at El Toro began in 2008.

The Flying Leatherneck Historical Foundation was formed to support the museum's efforts and to provide interpretive programs to educate the public on the history and legacy of Marine Corps aviation. These include tours for school field trips, STEM education, the Marine Spouse Award, and annual student essay and art contests.

Return to El Toro

In 2021, the Marine Corps announced that it would be permanently closing the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum and transferring the aircraft to other museums. Subsequently, museum supporters began a campaign to move the museum to a new location.

The Flying Leatherneck Historical Foundation began discussions with the City of Irvine about a possible relocation of the museum back to the former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro. The museum would become part of a planned Cultural Terrace at the former air station, now renamed Orange County Great Park. In December, the museum announced that an agreement had been reached to move the aircraft to the abandoned Marine Aircraft Group 46 hangars. By March of the following year, aircraft on loan from the National Naval Aviation Museum were being disassembled in preparation for moves to other museums. Plans and fundraising are currently underway to move the rest of the aircraft to the new location in Great Park, Irvine, California.

Collection

Aircraft on display

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A-4M Skyhawk II

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F9F-8P Cougar

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HUP-2 Retriever

• Beechcraft T-34B Mentor 140688
• Bell AH-1J Sea Cobra 157784
• Bell 214ST 28166
• Bell UH-1L Iroquois 157824
• Boeing Vertol CH-46E Sea Knight 154803
• Douglas A-4C Skyhawk 148492
• Douglas A-4F Skyhawk 154204
• Douglas A-4M Skyhawk II 160264
• Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk 158467
• Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight 124630
• Douglas F4D-1 Skyray 139177
• General Motors TBM-3E Avenger 53726
• Grumman A-6E Intruder 154170
• Grumman F9F-2 Panther 123652
• Grumman F9F-8P Cougar 141722
• Hawker Siddeley AV-8C Harrier 158387
• McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee 124988
• McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet 161749
• McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet 163152
• McDonnell Douglas F-4S Phantom II 157246
• McDonnell Douglas RF-4B Phantom II 151981
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 81072
• North American SNJ-5 Texan 90866
• Northrop F-5E Tiger II 741564
• Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler 161882
• North American Rockwell OV-10D Bronco 155494
• Sikorsky CH-53A Sea Stallion 153304
• Sikorsky HRS-3 Chickasaw 130252
• Sikorsky HUS Seahorse 150219
• Vought F8U-2NE Crusader 150920
• Vought RF-8G Crusader 144617

Other exhibits

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M927 UAV Launch Truck

• AAI RQ-2B Pioneer – This aircraft is mounted to the M927 Truck on display.
• BMP-1 – This vehicle was captured from the Iraqi Army during Desert Storm.
• D-20 – This vehicle was captured from the Iraqi Army during Desert Storm.
• MT-LB – This vehicle was captured from the Iraqi Army during Desert Storm.
• Landing Signals Officer (LSO) Shack
• M1097 Avenger
• M927 Truck

In storage

• Bell HTL Sioux 64-15338
• Bell UH-1N Twin Huey 159198
• Stinson OY-1 Sentinel 42-14918
• Douglas A-4B Skyhawk 142879
• Douglas SBD-1 Dauntless 1612 – Under restoration. Now at the Air Zoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan
• Ford M151A2Шаблон:Citation needed
• Kaman HOK-1 Huskie 139990
• Lockheed TO-1 33840
• North American PBJ-1J Mitchell 44-86727 – Under restoration
• Piasecki HUP-2 Retriever 128596 – Under restoration
• Vought RF-8G Crusader 146858
• General Motors FM-2 Wildcat 16278 Now at the Hickory Aviation Museum, Hickory, North Carolina

MCAS Miramar Post Exchange

The following items, being located away from the museum complex, are available only to visitors who have access to the post exchange.Шаблон:Citation needed

• Douglas R4D-8 Skytrain 50835
• Douglas R5D Skymaster 90392
• Fairchild R4Q Packet 131708

See also

• Marine Corps Museums
• United States Marine Corps Aviation
• Naval Aviation Hall of Honor (including USMC)
• United States naval aviator

References

Bibliography

• Шаблон:Cite news

External links

• Official website
• Marine Corps Air Station Miramar