March Air Reserve Base Museum

I must give credit for the inspiration of this blog to Laura. After seeing the girls outing with all the military vehicles I became jealous and took the family to March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, CA. This past Tuesday we started the day with a hearty breakfast at our favorite haunt "the Blue Frog." Ask those who have visited us about the wonders of the 'frog' and you will understand why we feel compelled to patronize them regularly. If you visit us we will be sure to treat you to breakfast there. After our french toast we drove out to Riverside to go to the museum

March Base was founded during WW I to begin pilot training for the battle in Europe. Throughout the years it has been a busy air base in southern California. Training for WW II, an alert SAC (Strategic Air Command) base during the Cold War and Vietnam, and the list goes on.
No surprise that a museum was added here to tell the history of the men and planes that have served our country. Here is a sampling of what we saw. I included about all the pictures of Luke we had. After the first half hour he was sacked out in the stroller; even while huge military cargo planes were practicing landings! Hopefully this isn't too much for you all, but as I said it is all Laura's fault! :)

"Ladies and Gentleman,

may I present Mr. Charles

Lindbergh!

Lots of propellers everywhere!!

Sitting next the cockpit section of a B-47.
This was used in filming Strategic Air Command.
A Jimmy Stewart movie promoting the men who defended
the country during the cold war.
For those who didn't know, J. Stewart was an
accomplished war combat pilot from WWII to Vietnam.



Picture of movie poster in same cockpit

Sarah and Luke with a C-119
Nicknamed the 'flying boxcar'

Boeing KC-135 'StratoTanker'

Notice the nose art - It was encouraging

seeing a strong patriotic pride.

Strategic Air Command Nose art

"Lt. George W Bush"

Nice to see this plane!

Another funny nose art picture

"The Chief"




These are all Russian MiGs



C-47 "Skytrain"
C-17 "Skymaster" on take off in distance

Lockheed F-104 "Starfighter"

C-17 landing in background

Boeing C-17 Globemaster

Close up of the behemoth!!

Beach C-45

This plane is more my size :)

For those of you who missed this great shot

The first time!

Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress"

For those who really know me I had to finish off

with this plane that is so special to me.

Hope you enjoyed!