President Richard M. Nixon dedicates the new U.S. Air Force Museum building at Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, in Dayton, Ohio. A drive to raise private funds for the new museum building began in 1960. Now called the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, it is the world’s largest and oldest military aviation museum.
The Air Force is seeking funding to let its pilots fly a little more than 1.1 million hours in fiscal 2027, which would be the most in about four years. But even if Airmen actually do fly all 1.1 million hours, it would still be short of the 1.3 million…