Minnesota Air National Guard Museum

Founded by the 133rd Tactical Air Guard Historical Foundation in four former F-89 hangars and a two-story building, the museum was officially dedicated on 22 July 1984.{{cite web |title=History of the Air Guard Museum |url=http://www.mnangmuseum.org/AGM_history.htm |website=Minnesota Air Guard Museum |access-date=7 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020601103441/http://www.mnangmuseum.org/AGM_history.htm |archive-date=1 June 2002}}{{cite news |title=Museum Dedication to Include Aircraft Display |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/190406990 |access-date=6 February 2022 |work=Minneapolis Star and Tribune |date=20 July 1984 |page=14A}} However, it only opened to the public in April 1987.{{efn|The same month a former Royal Canadian Air Force F-101, one of the last two flying, was placed on display.{{cite news |last1=Cleator |first1=George |title=Last Two Voodoo Aircraft Retired at Ceremony Saturday |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/731937339 |access-date=6 February 2022 |work=The Nugget |date=6 April 1987 |page=9}}}}

Following the September 11th attacks, the museum was forced to disassemble its main exhibit gallery and place it in storage.{{cite web |title=[Untitled] |url=http://mnangmuseum.org/museum.htm |website=Minnesota Air Guard Museum |access-date=6 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020601150345/http://www.mnangmuseum.org/museum.htm |archive-date=1 June 2002}}{{cite web |title=The Museum Being Dismantled |url=http://www.mnangmuseum.org/museum_being_dismantled1.htm |website=Minnesota Air Guard Museum |access-date=6 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020420101534/http://www.mnangmuseum.org/museum_being_dismantled1.htm |archive-date=20 April 2002}}{{cite web |title=The Museum in Storage |url=http://www.mnangmuseum.org/museum_in_storage1.htm |website=Minnesota Air Guard Museum |access-date=6 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020420101708/http://www.mnangmuseum.org/museum_in_storage1.htm |archive-date=20 April 2002}} The hangars were used to host F-16s from the 179th Fighter Squadron for five months. After they vacated the building, the museum reopened in 2004.{{cite web |title=The Museum is Open Again!!! |url=http://www.mnangmuseum.org/newsletters/HistorianVol21Summer2004-draft.pdf |access-date=7 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040618065340/http://www.mnangmuseum.org/newsletters/HistorianVol21Summer2004-draft.pdf |archive-date=18 June 2004 |pages=1, 4–5 |date=Spring–Summer 2004}}

A significant dispute arose in 2007 over the transfer of a Lockheed A-12 from the museum to the George Bush Center for Intelligence in Langley, Virginia. The museum had recovered the aircraft from California in 1990, but it was on loan from the National Museum of the United States Air Force.{{cite news |last1=Foster |first1=Jim |title=Spy Plane Will Retire to National Guard Museum |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/191845374 |access-date=7 February 2022 |work=StarTribune |date=17 July 1990 |page=2Be}} To satisfy the CIA's request, the latter argued that the former did not meet the requirements for museums in its loan program and it was the only available example that did not have a significant connection to its community. The Minnesota Air National Guard Museum countered that A-12s at other museums were better candidates for the transfer.{{cite news |last1=Orrick |first1=Dave |title=Museum Says Prized Spy Plane Hijacked |url=http://www.twincities.com/2007/01/26/museum-says-prized-spy-plane-hijacked |access-date=6 February 2022 |work=TwinCities.com |date=26 January 2007}}{{cite news |last1=Karp |first1=Jonathan |title=How the CIA Captured an A-12 Blackbird |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/news/transportation/2007/01/26/How-the-CIA-captured-an-A-12-Blackbird/stories/200701260182 |access-date=6 February 2022 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=26 January 2007}} Nevertheless, the aircraft was eventually moved to CIA headquarters.{{cite web |title=Article #128 SN: 60-6931 |url=https://roadrunnersinternationale.com/article128.html |website=Roadrunners Internationale |access-date=7 February 2022}}{{efn|A few months after the disassembly, a T-28 was moved to the museum by helicopter.{{cite news |last1=Flores |first1=Elizabeth |title=Special Delivery |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/250670682 |access-date=6 February 2022 |work=StarTribune |date=19 May 2007 |page=B1}}}}

A Bell AH-1S Cobra at the museum was transferred to the U.S. Army Field Artillery Museum at Fort Sill, Oklahoma in March 2019.{{cite web |last1=Parsons |first1=Dan |title=An old Cobra returns to its artillery roots and finds a new home in Oklahoma |url=http://verticalmag.com/news/an-old-cobra-returns-to-its-artillery-roots-and-finds-a-new-home-in-oklahoma |website=Vertical |access-date=6 February 2022 |date=28 May 2020}}

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• Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor{{cite web |title=Beechcraft C-45 "Expeditor" |url=http://mnangmuseum.org/beechcraft-c-45-expeditor |website=Minnesota Air National Guard Museum |access-date=6 February 2022}}
• Bell UH-1H Iroquois{{cite web |title=UH-1H Iroquois "Huey" |url=http://mnangmuseum.org/uh-1h-iroquois-huey |website=Minnesota Air National Guard Museum |access-date=6 February 2022}}
• Boeing C-97G Stratofreighter{{cite web |title=Boeing C-97G Stratofreighter |url=http://mnangmuseum.org/boeing-c-97g-stratofreighter |website=Minnesota Air National Guard Museum |access-date=6 February 2022}}
• Convair C-131H Samaritan{{cite web |title=Convair C-131H Samaritan |url=http://mnangmuseum.org/convair-c-131h-samaritan |website=Minnesota Air National Guard Museum |access-date=6 February 2022}}
• Convair F-102 Delta Dagger{{cite web |title=Convair F-102A "Delta Dagger" |url=http://mnangmuseum.org/convair-f-102a-delta-dagger |website=Minnesota Air National Guard Museum |access-date=6 February 2022}}
• Curtiss JN-4H – replica{{cite web |title=Curtiss JN-4H |url=http://mnangmuseum.org/curtiss-jn-4h |website=Minnesota Air National Guard Museum |access-date=6 February 2022}}
• Curtiss Oriole – replica{{cite web |title=Curtiss Oriole |url=http://mnangmuseum.org/curtiss-oriole |website=Minnesota Air National Guard Museum |access-date=6 February 2022}}{{efn|Completed in 1995, this aircraft replaced another replica destroyed in a crash in 1970.{{cite news |title=The Quick and the Old |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/193986791 |access-date=6 February 2022 |work=StarTribune |date=20 September 1995 |page=E1}}{{cite news |last1=Cope |first1=Lewis |title=Air Show Crash Injures 2 Men |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/185705591 |access-date=6 February 2022 |work=Minneapolis Tribune |date=27 September 1970 |pages=1A, 10A}}{{cite web |title=Minnesota Air Guard Museum Curtiss Oriole |url=http://www.jeffhove.com/mnagm/oriole.html |website=Jeff Hove Software Consulting |access-date=6 February 2022}} This is an older version of the museum website.}}
• Douglas C-47 Skytrain{{cite web |title=Douglas C-47 "Skytrain" |url=http://mnangmuseum.org/douglas-c-47-skytrain |website=Minnesota Air National Guard Museum |access-date=6 February 2022}}
• General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon{{cite web |title=F-16A "Fighting Falcon" |url=http://mnangmuseum.org/general-dynamics-f-16-fighting-falcon |website=Minnesota Air National Guard Museum |access-date=6 February 2022}}
• Lockheed C-130A Hercules{{cite web |title=C-130A "Hercules" |url=http://mnangmuseum.org/lockheed-c-130a-hercules |website=Minnesota Air National Guard Museum |access-date=6 February 2022}}
• Lockheed F-94C Starfire{{cite web |title=Lockheed F-94C Starfighter |url=http://mnangmuseum.org/lockheed-f-94c-starfire |website=Minnesota Air National Guard Museum |access-date=6 February 2022}}
• Lockheed T-33A{{cite web |title=Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star |url=http://mnangmuseum.org/lockheed-t-33a-shooting-star |website=Minnesota Air National Guard Museum |access-date=6 February 2022}}
• McDonnell F-4C Phantom II{{cite web |title=F-4D "Phantom II" |url=http://mnangmuseum.org/f-4d-phantom-ii |website=Minnesota Air National Guard Museum |access-date=6 February 2022}}
• McDonnell F-101B Voodoo{{cite web |title=McDonnell F-101B Voodoo |url=http://mnangmuseum.org/mcdonnell-f-101b-voodoo |website=Minnesota Air National Guard Museum |access-date=6 February 2022}}
• McDonnell RF-4C Phantom II{{cite web |title=RF-4C "Phantom II" |url=http://mnangmuseum.org/mcdonnell-rf-4c-phantom-ii |website=Minnesota Air National Guard Museum |access-date=6 February 2022}}
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15{{cite web |title=MiG-15 "Midget" |url=http://mnangmuseum.org/mig-15-midget |website=Minnesota Air National Guard Museum |access-date=6 February 2022}}
• North American AT-6 Texan{{cite web |title=North American AT-6 Texan |url=http://mnangmuseum.org/north-american-at-6-texan |website=Minnesota Air National Guard Museum |access-date=6 February 2022}}
• North American F-51 Mustang{{cite web |title=North American F-51 "Mustang" |url=http://mnangmuseum.org/north-american-f-51d-mustang |website=Minnesota Air National Guard Museum |access-date=6 February 2022}}
• North American T-28 Trojan{{cite web |title=North American T-28 "Trojan" |url=http://mnangmuseum.org/north-american-t-28-trojan |website=Minnesota Air National Guard Museum |access-date=6 February 2022}}
• Northrop F-89H Scorpion{{cite web |title=Northrop F-89H Scorpion |url=http://mnangmuseum.org/northrop-f-89h-scorpion |website=Minnesota Air National Guard Museum |access-date=6 February 2022}}
• Piper L-4 Grasshopper{{cite web |title=L-4 "Grasshopper" |url=http://mnangmuseum.org/piper-l-4-grasshopper |website=Minnesota Air National Guard Museum |access-date=6 February 2022}}

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