350+ aircraft
Tucson, AZ
May 8, 1976
- September 11, 1968 -320 acres of BLM Land given to Pima County for the museum for $800
- March 22, 1969 – Republic of India retired the last operational Consolidated B-24 Liberator and gave it to the museum
- April 27, 1969, thirty-one days and 11,000 miles after leaving India
- approximately 30 acres of the new park for the initial museum site
- August 1973 – acquired the last of the World War II barracks buildings at Davis-Monthan
- Opened to the public in May 8, 1976
- Opened with 48 aircraft on display
- World’s largest non-government funded aerospace museum
- 127 acres
- 1982 first hangar built
- November 11, 1982 – Titan silo was deactivated
- 1984 – 390th Memorial Museum opened
- May 8, 1986 – Titan Missile Museum opened to the public
- 1987 second hangar built for administrative offices, library, archives, collections storage and a small exhibit gallery for the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame
- 1990 – restoration hangar built
- 1992 – name of the museum was changed to “Pima Air & Space Museum”
- 1992 third hangar built – World War II aircraft & B-24J Liberator
- 1994 fourth hangar built
- 1995 – name of the foundation was changed to “The Arizona Aerospace Foundation.”
- 1999 – Space Gallery opened
- 2006 – Hangar 1 Expanded
- 2010 – Hangar 1 expanded again (20,000sq feet)
- 2015 given the second Boeing 787 aircraft to be built
- 2016 given the first McDonnell-Douglas DC-10 Flying Eye Hospital
- 2020 – 350+ aircraft
100,000 square feet of indoor display space