Cannon Air Force Base

USAF History and Museums

USAF History and Museums program is charged with the mission of preserving USAF history. The program is comprised of historians and archivists; writers and editors; national and base museums; research centers; command, base and ​​​​unit history offices and other historical organizations.

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Air Force Historical Research Agency

AFHRA is a Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, agency with the world's largest and most valuable organized collection of documents on US military aviation. 

 

Air Force Historical Support Division

AFHSD at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, DC is the book-writing element of the Air Force History and Museums program and also provides historical research services to Headquarters, U.S. Air Force.

 

National Museum of the US Air Force

 The NMUSAF, located at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the oldest and largest military aviation museum in the world.​

The following museums are both within a four hour drive of Cannon, AFB:

National WASP World War II Museum
Sweetwater, Texas museum dedicated to the Paramilitary Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of World War Two.

Silent Wings Museum
Lubbock, Texas museum dedicated to the glider program and pilots of World War Two, relevant to the 318th SOS heritage.