Combat Air Museum facts for kids
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Overview of Hangar 602
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| Location | Forbes Field Airport 7016 SE Forbes Avenue Topeka, Kansas 66619 United States |
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| Type | Aviation museum |
The Combat Air Museum is a non-profit aviation museum at Topeka Regional Airport (Forbes Field) in Shawnee County, near Topeka, Kansas. The museum is dedicated to the creation of facilities and resources for the education of the local and regional communities through the collection, preservation, conservation and exhibition of aircraft, information, artifacts, technology and art associated with the military aviation history of the United States.
History
In the autumn of 1976, the Combat Air Museum in Topeka, Kansas organized as a wing of Yesterday's Air Force (YAF) (of David Tallichet). In 1979, the group reorganized as "Combat Air Museum," relocating to Forbes Field Hangar #602.
Collection
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Aircraft
- Airco DH-2 – replica
- Beech RU-8D Seminole
- Beech SNB-5
- Bell UH-1H Iroquois
- Bell UH-1M Iroquois
- Boeing CH-47 Chinook
- Cessna AT-17 Bobcat
- Curtiss JN-4D – replica
- Douglas C-47D Skytrain "Kilroy"
- Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight
- Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk
- Etrich Taube – scale replica
- Fairchild UC-61K Forwarder
- Fokker Dr.I – replica
- Fokker E.IV – replica
- Grumman F9F-5 Panther
- Grumman F11F-1 Tiger
- Grumman F-14A Tomcat
- Grumman US-2A Tracker
- Hiller OH-23A Raven – under reconstruction
- Lockheed EC-121T Warning Star
- Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star
- McDonnell F-101B Voodoo
- McDonnell F-4D Phantom II
- McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle
- Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-10 – scale mockup
- Meyers OTW Serial #1
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21PF
- Nieuport 27 – flying replica
- North American F-86H Sabre
- North American Harvard IV
- Pfalz E.I – scale replica
- PZL-Mielec Lim-2
- PZL-Mielec Lim-6R
- Republic F-84F Thunderstreak
- Republic F-105D Thunderchief
- Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 – replica
- Sikorsky CH-53A Sea Stallion
- Sikorsky CH-54B Tarhe
- Sopwith Scout – full-scale replica
- Vultee BT-13 Valiant
Other
- MMIST CQ-10 Snowgoose
- Ryan BQM-34 Firebee
Events
The museum holds an annual 5k run/walk fundraiser.
See also
- Cosmosphere in Hutchinson
- Kansas Aviation Museum in Wichita
- Mid-America Air Museum in Liberal
- Kansas World War II army airfields
- List of aerospace museums
- List of museums in Kansas
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