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Tacit Blue is at the U.S. Air Force Museum at Wright Paterson AFB near Dayton, Ohio. Absolute gem of a museum, also free admission last time I went (2019). Plus the XB-70, plus an X-15, PLUS an F-12 or YF-12 (can't remember which), and a stealth fighter, and....just awesome stuff. I haven't even mentioned the 3 other hangars full of planes from every era of aviation, or Memphis Belle, or Bock's Car.

Oh yeah, they managed to fit a B-36 INSIDE a building. :)

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Can confirm, this museum is huge and a must see if you're interested at all in planes (don't even have to be that interested, there's plenty of cool stuff there). And free admission, also.

I looked it up, and it looks like the Boeing X-36 and Bird of Prey[2] mentioned in the article are in this museum. They have a lot of experimental aircraft there, including a flying saucer[3]. Also you can walk inside four different Air Force Ones[4], which I thought was especially neat and interesting.

[1]: https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact...

[2]: https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact...

[3]: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/avrocar

[4]: https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Pres...

And a B-2 air frame.

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