Reader theredlamb was kind enough to contribute this writeup of Air Mobility Command Museum.
Dover Air mobility command museum is a small air museum that specializes in cargo and transport aircraft. The adjacent Dover Air Force Base donates some of their aircraft, and the rest have been delivered and restored from across the country. They have a wealth of information on their approximately 40 aircraft on the signs and on info cards that are available by the gift shop. The museum mostly focuses on planes, but there are a few small exhibits and displays in the main building.
Like Pima, the Dover AMC museum has a large outdoor section and a hangar for the smaller planes. However, AMC is much, much smaller. Their goal is to cram as much museum as possible into the available space, so more small exhibits pop up every year, and they are adding more planes outside almost continuously.
In the hangar, they have a C-47 from D-day and a B-17, plus a few small exhibits-- like many of the smaller galleries at Air and Space. Outside, they have an extensive collection of cargo and transport aircraft, plus a KC-10 and a KC-135.
Inside the C-5
The museum staff are happy to show you inside many of the aircraft, like the C-5 and C-47, but they are hard to find outside the main entrance building. They also have a smaller hangar with a collection of engines and engine parts, and a side building with a C-60, a U-3, a C-45, and a UH-1.
The control tower
Finally, there is a control tower exhibit where you can watch the aircraft at the Dover AFB. It is similar to the Udvar-Hazy, except it’s made of the previous DAFB control tower and it’s not as tall. It’s a very small but interesting museum, and it’s worth checking out if you’re in the area.
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