National Aviation Education Center

The Henry B. Tippie National Aviation Education Center (NAEC) is an aviation museum operated by the American Airpower Heritage Museum (AAHM),[a] an affiliate organization of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF), headquartered at Dallas Executive Airport in Dallas, Texas, United States.

[5][6] In 2015, the museum's collection was moved to Dallas in anticipation of the creation of the CAF National Airbase.

[7] At that location, the CAF and AAHM now operate the Henry B. Tippie National Aviation Education Center (NAEC), a 47,000-square-foot (4,400 m2) facility to provide "hands-on learning opportunities, an immersive history experience and activities for all ages.

"[8] The facility is named in honor of Henry Tippie, a World War II veteran and longtime CAF member.

The AAHM collects items, artifacts, and historical information of inherent value to World War II aviation and related culture, focusing on the period of 1939–1945.

A Polikarpov I-16 on display at the museum in 2009 in Midland, Texas
A portion of the museum's collection of authentic World War II nose art . The collection is currently on loan to the EAA Aviation Museum located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin .