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UNITED STATES AIRFORCE MUSEUM

SINCE THE WRIGHT BROTHERS FIRST FLIGHT THE HISTORY OF AVIATION HAS BEEN MARKED BY THE COURAGE AND CONSUMING DESIRE FOR KNOWLEDGE WHICH HAVE ENABLED MANKIND IN A RELATIVLY FEW YEARS TO LEAVE THE EARHT AND BEGIN THE EXPLORATION OF SPACE.

THIS MUSEUM WHICH IS MEANT TO PRESERVE THE HERITAGE OF MILITARY AVIATION, WAS BUILT BY THE AIRFORCE MUSEUM FOUNDATION UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF EUGEN W. KETTERING AND WITH GENEROUS VOLUNTARY SUPPORT OF U.S. AIR FORCE PERSONNAL,INDUSTRY,AND INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS.

ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL NATION I JOIN IN DEDICATING THIS AIR FORCE MUSEUM TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND TO THE THOUSANDS OF AIRMEN WHOSE PIONEERING SPIRIT, DEVOTION TO DUTY AND LOVE OF FLYING HAVE CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO OUR PROGRESS IN THE AIR AND TO OUR HAPPINESS ON EARTH.

RICHARD NIXON

SEPTEMBER 3, 1971

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