Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum Shuttered;U.S. Marine Corps Ends Financial Support

摘要

The U.S. Marine Corps' decision to end financial support to the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum in San Diego has forced the museum to close its gates permanently. The 29 March closure marked the end of the museum's 21-year presence at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar and quashed the hopes of museum supporters who urged Marine Corps officials to reconsider the decision. The museum, first established at the former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California, in 1989, was one of only three Marine Corps command museums. Its collection includes 30,000 artifacts and 48 aircraft on display and in a nearby restoration hangar. (See "Museum Report," June 2020, pp. 62-63.)