The Wurtsmith Air Museum is an aviation museum located at Oscoda–Wurtsmith Airport in Oscoda, Michigan focused on the history of Wurtsmith Air Force Base and aviation in northeastern Michigan.
History Establishment
Following the end of the Cold War, the U.S. Air Force announced the closure of a number of air force bases in Michigan. This led to efforts to found aviation museums at the former bases such as the K. I. Sawyer Heritage Air Museum. A group at Wurtsmith Air Force Base partnered with the Yankee Air Force to establish as the Wurtsmith Division on 8 December 1993. It opened in 1997 in three hangars at the base.
Independence By July 2012, the museum had separated from the Yankee Air Force and become the Wurtsmith Air Museum. Original museum website redirects to URL with new name from this point.
The museum received the navigators seat from a B-52 in 2020.
The museum opened three new exhibits in 2023.
The museum unveiled a restored L-19 in July 2025.
Exhibits Exhibits at the museum cover subjects such as women in aviation, General Paul Wurtsmith, 920th Air Refueling Squadron, the Army Air Service and a Link Trainer.
Collection
Baker Special Cessna L-19A Bird Dog Jeffair Barracuda Lockheed T-33A Lockheed T-33A Osprey Osprey II Piper L-4 Grasshopper Rand KR-2 Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 – 3/4 scale replica Sperry Messenger – 1/2 scale replica Waco CG-4
See also K. I. Sawyer Heritage Air Museum List of aviation museums
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