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Commemorative Air Force Central Texas Wing

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Official Website: http://www.centraltexaswing.org
Calendar of Events: http://www.centraltexaswing.org/calendar/index.php

Description

The Central Texas Wing hangar houses six CAF aircraft for which the Wing has maintenance and restoration responsibility: a very-rare flying P-39Q Bell Airacobra, a rare flying P-63F Kingcobra undergoing restoration, the B-25J Yellow Rose, a replica Kate #310 from the movies Tora, Tora, Tora and Pearl Harbor, a BT-13 Valiant undergoing a frame up restoration and a U-3A Administrator.

Other aircraft in the hangar are privately owned by CAF members, and used to support the missions of the CAF. Among these are 4 AT-6 Texan types, a Japanese Zero replica, built for the movie Tora, Tora, Tora, a Chinese-built CJ-6A trainer, the Beech T-34A “Mentor”, and a Lockheed T-33 "Shooting Star" jet trainer.

Mission

1. To acquire, restore and preserve in flying condition a complete collection of combat aircraft which were flown by all military services of the United States and selected aircraft of other nations for the education and enjoyment of present and future generations of Americans.

2. To provide museum buildings for the permanent protection and display of these aircraft as a tribute to the thousands of men and women who built, serviced and flew them.

3. To perpetuate in the memory and in the hearts of all Americans the spirit in which these great planes were flown in the defense of our nation.

4. To establish an organization having the dedication, enthusiasm and esprit de corps necessary to operate, maintain and preserve these aircraft as symbols of our American military aviation heritage.

Address: 1841 Airport Dr Building 2249, San Marcos (Texas) 78666
Phone: (512) 396-1943
Email: gro.gniwsaxetlartnec@ofni
State: TX
City: San Marcos
Street Number: 1841 Airport Dr Building 2249
Zip Code: 78666
categories: airport, history museum, nonprofit organization


Opening Hours

Monday: 09:00 - 16:00
Wednesday: 09:00 - 16:00
Friday: 09:00 - 16:00
Saturday: 09:00 - 16:00

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