When completed (opening in 2012 or 2013), Hangar 54 will be dedicated to the remarkable technological advances in aviation following WW II, from the jet aircraft of Korea and B-52 SAC bombers of the Cold War to the helicopter gun ships of Vietnam. Other exhibits will show how airpower was used in close support of ground troops and how long-range bombers shortened the war and introduced the atomic age. A special Vietnam Prisoner of War exhibit will feature a recreation of a portion of the infamous Hanoi Hilton POW camp with artifacts from one of the most extensive Vietnam POW collections in the world.

Visitors will return to Hangar 37 to complete the tour and for a last chance at shopping, eating and a flight simulator ride.

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