[1] Run by the Military Aviation Preservation Society, it is located off SR241 on the west side of the Akron-Canton Regional Airport.

The museum was founded in 1990 in partnership with warbird collector David Tallichet and his Military Aircraft Restoration Corporation.

In 1995, the museum opened to the public, housed in the National Guard Maintenance Building on the west side of the airport.

[3] In October 2018, thieves stole helmets, goggles, oxygen masks, helicopter controls, and other items from the museum.

[4] In 2020, the museum opened the hangar's newly renovated second floor, whose rental spaces include a conference room, a banquet hall, and a full-sized commercial kitchen.