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Air Combat Museum

835 Capital Airport Dr., Springfield, IL 62707

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Aviation museum located at the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield

The Air Combat Museum showcases the role of military aviation and features a collection of historic aircraft and aviation memorabilia including a Beechcraft AT-11 used to train bombardiers in World War II, a P-51 Mustang, a Vought F4U-S Corsair, a 1930s Fleet Model 9 biplane, and a Soko G-21 Galeb, the first Yugoslavian jet.

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