Visit to the Pima Air & Space Museum

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Visit to the Pima Air & Space Museum

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I took my 7 year old twin grandsons to the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson. What a great place! Pictures are here:

https://ibb.co/album/MxTfkw

Here's a couple from the link:

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The twins in front of the B-17

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President Kennedy and Johnson Air Force 1

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F-4 Phantom in Thunderbirds livery

Lots more pics at the link above.
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That’s VC-137B 58-6971, aka “Freedom One”, not Kennedy and LBJ’s VC-137C…
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Re: Visit to the Pima Air & Space Museum

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Wolfman wrote: Wed Nov 30, 2022 3:02 pm That’s VC-137B 58-6971, aka “Freedom One”, not Kennedy and LBJ’s VC-137C…
OK, I was just repeating what the tour guide said.
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FLW wrote: Wed Nov 30, 2022 7:04 pm
Wolfman wrote: Wed Nov 30, 2022 3:02 pm That’s VC-137B 58-6971, aka “Freedom One”, not Kennedy and LBJ’s VC-137C…
OK, I was just repeating what the tour guide said.
The Air Force One that brought Kennedy’s body back from Dallas is in the Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH.
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Re: Visit to the Pima Air & Space Museum

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Johnnie Lyle wrote: Wed Nov 30, 2022 7:09 pm
FLW wrote: Wed Nov 30, 2022 7:04 pm
Wolfman wrote: Wed Nov 30, 2022 3:02 pm That’s VC-137B 58-6971, aka “Freedom One”, not Kennedy and LBJ’s VC-137C…
OK, I was just repeating what the tour guide said.
The Air Force One that brought Kennedy’s body back from Dallas is in the Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH.
Been inside that one. In a way, they're all still there.

Mike
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