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To mark the Air Force's 70th birthday Monday, former crew members aboard nearly 20 aircraft will talk to visitors about the history of the planes, according to museum spokesman Rob Bardua.
“Plane Talks” is set from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday at aircraft throughout the museum.
Speaking with the veterans from the World War II, Korea, Vietnam and Cold War is meant to give visitors a personal connection to those eras, Bardua said.
Pilots, navigators, a retired crew chief and an engineer were to answer questions about a wide range of aircraft, including the B-25, C-47, C-123, C-124, C-130, C-141, F-89, F-101, F-105, HH-43, KC-97, KC-135, RC-121 and the T-39, according to the museum.
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The museum has a direct connection to the birth of the Air Force.
In the Presidential Gallery, President Harry S. Truman’s plane the C-54 Sacred Cow is where he signed the National Security Act of 1947 on Sept. 18 that year, creating the Air Force as a separate military branch equal to the Army and Navy. The service branch was part of the Army during World Wars I and II.
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