The Air Force Flight Test Museum is a Field Museum operating within the guidelines of the USAF Heritage Program preserving the history of flight test.
The AFFTM at Edwards AFB is open Tue - Fri 10 AM to 4:30 PM
Blackbird Airpark is open Fri, Sat and Sun 11AM - 4PM
The Air Force Flight Test (AFFT) Museum is an Air Force Field Museum operating within the guidelines of the USAF Heritage Program. Its mission is to collect, interpret, preserve, and display the material history of Edwards Air Force Base, its antecedents, and the history of flight testing at Edwards AFB.
There are currently over 80 aircraft in the AFFT museum’s collection, with 41 on display (36 at Edwards AFB and five at Blackbird Airpark in Palmdale) and the remainder in storage or restoration. Other artifacts in the collection include aircraft propulsion systems, missiles, hardware, life support equipment, technical drawings, test reports, personal memorabilia, photographs, and wind tunnel models.
A private, nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, the Flight Test Historical Foundation (FTHF) supports Air Force Flight Test Museum at Edwards Air Force Base. It funded construction of a 12,000 square foot museum facility at Edwards, which is no longer accessible to the public since 9/11. The FTHF is in the process of raising additional funds to move the main museum outside the West Gate, to make it accessible to the general public.
The mission of the Flight Test Historical Foundation is to raise funds to support the development of the Air Force Flight Test (AFFT) Museum at Edwards AFB, California and the museum’s Blackbird Airpark Annex at USAF Plant 42 in nearby Palmdale.
The Foundation’s fund-raising efforts focus primarily on museum improvements, new construction, exhibits, aircraft acquisition and restoration, and educational programs.
