From nuclear weapons and Cold War fighter jets to the Predator drone that changed modern warfare! Take an exclusive tour of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's new Modern Military Aviation exhibit in Washington, D.C.
Space.com Editor-in-Chief Tariq Malik joins lead curator Dr. Mike Hankins for a fascinating look at 80 years of American military aviation history, from World War II through the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
See an atomic bomb, a hydrogen bomb, the nuclear-armed AIR-2 Genie air-to-air rocket, an F-86 Sabre fighter jet, a Vietnam War-era Huey helicopter and a historic MQ-1 Predator drone — the first to fire precision weapons in combat.
The tour also features a U-2 spy plane camera that captured evidence of Soviet missile installations in Cuba, a massive USS Enterprise aircraft carrier model, an A-10 Warthog cannon and an F/A-18 Hornet visitors can actually touch!
Discover the remarkable aircraft, weapons and technologies that shaped military aviation and influenced the course of history.
