The United States Army Aviation Museum is an aviation museum located on Fort Novosel near Daleville, Alabama. It has the largest collection of helicopters held by a museum in the world. The museum features some 50 aircraft on public display with aviation artifacts ranging from a replica of the Wright brothers' Model B military biplane to an RAH-66 Comanche. The museum has over 160 aircraft in its collection and holds 3,000 historical items.

History

The museum announced plans to raise money to build a new structure to replace the wooden buildings in which it was housed in 1977. The museum broke ground on a new building called the William A. Howell Training Support Facility in November 2019, which will not be open to the public. The new building opened on 12 April 2024.

Collection

• Wright Model B • replica • Curtiss JN-4D Jenny • Nieuport 28C-1 • Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2C • Curtiss SE-5A • Sopwith F.1 Camel - replica • Taylorcraft L-2 Grasshopper • Piper L-4B Cub • Aeronca L-16A Champ • Cessna L-19A Bird Dog • de Havilland Canada L-20 / YU-6A Beaver • de Havilland Canada U-1A Otter • de Havilland Canada YC-7A Caribou • Grumman OV-1B Mohawk • Sikorsky R-4 Hoverfly I • Sikorsky R-5 x 2 • Sikorsky R-6 Hoverfly II • Bell OH-13C Sioux • Bell OH-13E Sioux • Bell TH-13T Sioux • Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw • Piasecki CH-21C Shawnee • Hiller H-23A Raven • Hiller OH-23B Raven • Piasecki H-25A Army Mule • McCulloch YH-30 • Hiller YH-32 Hornet • Sikorsky VH-34A Army One • Sikorsky CH-37B Mojave • Sikorsky XH-39 • Bell XH-40 • * Bell UH-1B Iroquois (Huey) x 2 • * Bell UH-1H Iroquois • * Bell YUH-1D/H Iroquois • * Bell AH-1G Cobra • * Bell AH-1S Cobra • Hughes OH-6A Cayuse x 2 • Cessna YH-41A Seneca • Boeing-Vertol CH-47A Chinook • Lockheed XH-51 • Sikorsky CH-54A Tarhe • Hughes TH-55A Osage • Bell OH-58D Kiowa • Lockheed AH-56A Cheyenne • Sikorsky YUH-60 Black Hawk • Hughes YAH-64A Apache • McDonnell Douglas AH-64 Apache • Boeing–Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche • McDonnell XV-1 Convertiplane • Ryan XV-5B Vertifan • General Atomics MQ-1C • Ryan VZ-3RY Vertiplane • Curtiss-Wright VZ-7 • Lockheed CL-475 • Sikorsky S-72 - Rotor Systems Research Aircraft (RSRA) Sources: US Army Aviation Museum collection pages