On my
trip to Indiana, the route took me close enough to Wright-Pat to make a stop
and visit the US Air Force Museum. It
was more than worth the time and effort to do so as not only is the place huge
- you literally can't see it all in a day - the people that volunteer there was
super and the exhibits first class. I
highly recommend it to anyone who has any interest in aviation. Down the street is the Wright Brothers park
and former aviation field and it too is a great little spot for a history buff.
As a side
note, I rode my Segway in the museum. I
was surprised to learn, from several of the staff, that it was apparently the
first time anyone had seen a Segway indoors and I have to admit, they made a
real effort to make me feel welcome as I was riding slowly through the place
for almost 5 hours.
Among the
exhibits are two things within the GWOT exhibits that really touched me, one is
a combination visual and display of the fight and heroics on "Roberts
Ridge" and the other is the last USAF Pave Low helicopter to serve on
active duty. They sit side by side and
seem to capture the essence of what the USAF is all about. . . not the high
speed, high altitude fighter jock of movies, but the real world, down to earth,
day to day operations of our Brothers in blue - the guys who take us in, pull us
out, or come to get our butts when it all goes to hell.
(*) As warning to others, let me confess why there are no photos for this postng. I was happily snapping pictures for the 1st two hours wandering through the museum with an on again, off again, escort. I never bothered to check how the photos were coming out and it wasn't until far into it that I noticed I had no flash card in my camera! argggggggggg.....
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