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Aerospace Museum of California

The former McClellan Aviation Museum now combines the flight history of the Sacramento region with a broader aerospace education mission. Its air park and indoor hall interpret military jets, transport aircraft, aviation engineering and the people who maintained them. Aircraft and collections: Military and civil aerospace technology, education, jets and transports. The museum reports more than 40 aircraft in its current visitor guide. The selection below is drawn from its aircraft pages; indoor and outdoor access may depend on operations. The entries below are selected source-attributed airframes and artifacts, not a promise that every item is accessible on the date of a visit. Collection holdings, restoration projects, replicas, partial airframes and public displays are distinguished where the institution provides sufficient evidence. Please check visitor arrangements directly with the museum.

Science Technology Museummore than 40 aircraft, current museum visitor guide16 documented aircraft/exhibitsOpen Public
Museum-specific photograph associated with Aerospace Museum of California
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., spends time with retired Col. Clarence E.“Bud” Anderson before a ceremony promoting Anderson to the honorary rank of brigadier general at the Aerospace Museum of California in McClellan, California, Dec. 2, 2022. The ceremony was an opportunity to honor tU.S. Air Force photo by Nicholas Pilch · U.S. Air Force photo by Nicholas Pilch, Public Domain · Public domain

The museum

The former McClellan Aviation Museum now combines the flight history of the Sacramento region with a broader aerospace education mission. Its air park and indoor hall interpret military jets, transport aircraft, aviation engineering and the people who maintained them.

The former McClellan Aviation Museum now combines the flight history of the Sacramento region with a broader aerospace education mission. Its air park and indoor hall interpret military jets, transport aircraft, aviation engineering and the people who maintained them.

Aircraft and collections: Military and civil aerospace technology, education, jets and transports. The museum reports more than 40 aircraft in its current visitor guide. The selection below is drawn from its aircraft pages; indoor and outdoor access may depend on operations.

The entries below are selected source-attributed airframes and artifacts, not a promise that every item is accessible on the date of a visit. Collection holdings, restoration projects, replicas, partial airframes and public displays are distinguished where the institution provides sufficient evidence. Please check visitor arrangements directly with the museum.

What defines the collection

Military and civil aerospace technology, education, jets and transports

Collection focus: Experimental aircraft · Indoor galleries · Outdoor collection
Experimental aircraftIndoor galleriesOutdoor collection

What to expect

The museum reports more than 40 aircraft in its current visitor guide. The selection below is drawn from its aircraft pages; indoor and outdoor access may depend on operations.

What the museum holds

more than 40 aircraft, current museum visitor guide

The inventory below separates what the museum or its sources say the institution holds from the smaller set of aircraft histories already connected to the Air Archive.

16Documented records
16Recorded on display
8Air Archive links
2Research sources
Collection highlights16 cataloged entries
Open full museum-listed inventory (16 entries)
AircraftStatusIdentity
Convair F-102A Delta DaggerOn Display—
Convair F-106A Delta DartOn Display—
Douglas A-1 Skyraider
Douglas A-1E Skyraider
On Display—
Douglas A4D Skyhawk
Douglas A-4C Skyhawk (Blue Angels)
On Display—
Douglas C-53 Skytrooper Ruby AnnOn Display—
Fairchild C-119G Flying BoxcarOn Display—
Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II
On Display—
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
Lockheed F-104B Starfighter
On Display—
Lockheed F-80B Shooting StarOn Display—
McDonnell F-101B VoodooOn Display—
North American F-100 Super Sabre
North American F-100D Super Sabre
On Display—
North American F-86 Sabre
North American F-86F Sabre
On Display—
North American T-6G TexanOn Display—
Republic F-105 Thunderchief
Republic F-105D Thunderchief
On Display—
Sikorsky CH-3E Jolly Green GiantOn Display—
LTV A-7 Corsair II
Vought A-7D Corsair II
On Display—
Museum collection records are source-backed; catalog inclusion does not by itself guarantee that an airframe is currently visible to visitors.

Aircraft histories connected to this museum

Sources

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