Following their success at Kitty Hawk, N.C., on December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright wanted to find a place closer to their home in Ohio. The location they chose for their work was a cow pasture on the east side of Dayton now called Huffman Prairie Flying Field. Here the brothers learned to control and maneuver their powered craft in the sky during the summer and fall of 1904 and 1905.

The two would return to the site in 1910 to test various airplanes from their production facility,... More

Following their success at Kitty Hawk, N.C., on December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright wanted to find a place closer to their home in Ohio. The location they chose for their work was a cow pasture on the east side of Dayton now called Huffman Prairie Flying Field. Here the brothers learned to control and maneuver their powered craft in the sky during the summer and fall of 1904 and 1905.

The two would return to the site in 1910 to test various airplanes from their production facility, The Wright Company. They established an exhibition company and the Wright School of Aviation.

Walking tours provide an introduction to the place where Wilbur and Orville Wright taught themselves to fly during 1904 and 1905. Tours also introduce the broader history of the flying field on the Air Force base. The interpretive center is about two miles from the field at the Wright Memorial.

The Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park is located in and around Dayton: the Wright Cycle Company Complex, Paul Laurence Dunbar State Memorial and Carillon Historical Park are all located in Montgomery County, while the Huffman Prairie Flying Field Interpretive Center and Huffman Prairie Flying Field are in Greene County.

The National Museum of the United States Air Force is the national institution for preserving and presenting the Air Force story. Learn about the mission, history and evolving capabilities.

The museum is the world's largest and oldest military aviation museum featuring more than 400 aerospace vehicles amid more than 17 acres of indoor exhibit space. Thousands of personal artifacts, photographs and documents further highlight the people and events from the beginning of... More

The National Museum of the United States Air Force is the national institution for preserving and presenting the Air Force story. Learn about the mission, history and evolving capabilities.

The museum is the world's largest and oldest military aviation museum featuring more than 400 aerospace vehicles amid more than 17 acres of indoor exhibit space. Thousands of personal artifacts, photographs and documents further highlight the people and events from the beginning of military flight from the Wright brothers to stealth aircraft and today's war on terrorism. The museum's galleries present many rare and one-of-a-kind aircraft and aerospace vehicles and thousands of historical items. Visitors walking through the museum can view military aviation and Air Force history during World War I, World War II, Korea, Southeast Asia, the Cold War and the present.

A number of popular and historically significant aircraft headline the museum's growing collection including a rare SPAD XIII, Caproni CA 36 bomber and an MB-2 bomber. The World War II collection includes the B-29 Bockscar that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, along with a P-51 and Japanese Zero. The F-86 and MiG-15 help represent the Korean War, with the F-4 among Vietnam standouts. Modern favorites include the B-52, B-1, F-15, F-16, F-117 stealth fighter, the Predator and Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles, the F-22A Raptor and the world's only permanent public exhibit of a B-2 stealth bomber.

The museum features a world-class collection of presidential aircraft too: SAM (Special Air Mission) 26000, a Boeing VC-137C that served as President John F. Kennedy's Air Force One.

An IMAX Theater presents space exploration and aviation films.