MuseumUSAF Airman Heritage Museum
JBSA Lackland AFB · Bexar County · THC Atlas #4200001460
Texas history, up close and curated.
About this site
USAF Airman Heritage Museum is a museum in JBSA Lackland AFB, Bexar County. It is one of 18 museums documented in Bexar County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 525 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.3841, -98.6216 near JBSA Lackland AFB. The nearest cataloged historic site is USAF Security Police Museum (museum), about 0.8 miles away. Others within a short drive include Moses Lapham, Chihuahua Trail, and Kelly No. 2 Flight Line.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4200001460. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The USAF Airman Heritage Museum opened at Lackland Air Force Base in the mid-1950s as the History and Traditions Museum, one of the satellite museums of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. It collects, preserves and interprets the history, heritage and traditions of the Air Force enlisted corps, with exhibits on Basic Military Training from 1947 to the present and thousands of artifacts on loan from the national museum. In 2014 it became part of the Airman Heritage Training Complex.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orgmyairmanmuseum.orgaetc.af.mil
