by flyingEdit | Feb 20, 2022 | Presidents Updates, Press & News
Brigadier General Michael Aguilar, president of the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum, updates Jason Wood and his audience on the status of the move from MCAS Mirarmar to Great Park in Irvine, CA.
by Flying Leathernecks | Feb 12, 2022 | Moving A Museum
Several of the aircraft on display at the museum were on loan from other service branches and are being carefully and respectfully prepared for transport to other museums. All USMC-owned aircraft will be stored at MCAS Miramar until they can be moved to their new...
by Flying Leathernecks | Feb 12, 2022 | Moving A Museum
Our F-5 is moving to the Pima Air & Space Museum.If your travel plans don’t include Tuscon in the immediate future, explore the history and details of the Northrop F-5E Tiger II in our gallery. f5-1 f5-3 f5-2 f5-6 f5-4 f5-7 f5-8 f5-10...
by flyingEdit | Dec 29, 2021 | Follow Our Journey, News
The museum has been offered the opportunity to relocate to Great Park, Irvine, California-the former MCAS El Toro. In response, USMC leadership has indicated that they will keep the collection intact and stored at MCAS Miramar for a very limited period of time to give the museum’s foundation the opportunity to raise sufficient funds to prepare the new facility and move the collection.
by Flying Leathernecks | Apr 18, 2021 | Follow Our Journey
On March 29, 2021, the United States Marine Corps closed the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum to all visitors at its current location at MCAS Miramar. The Flying Leatherneck Historical Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, cared for and nurtured the...
by Flying Leathernecks | Apr 18, 2021 | Press & News
2022 2-7 OC Register – Marines, Leatherneck Foundation and Irvine working to move vintage aircraft to the Great Park 12-31 Warbird Digest — Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum Finds New Home 2021 11-10 103.7 Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum tentatively...
by flyingEdit | Apr 18, 2021 | Save Museum Voices
Nicole K. Ramona, CA I took my son here when he was about 4 years old & he was in complete aww of all the amazing aircraft. Please don’t close & destroy these timeless planes. This is our military history & once gone, we’ll never get it back....
