Dyess AFB Memorial Museum and Linear Air Park

Dyess AFB Memorial Museum and Linear Air Park Tours are conducted on weekdays. Call ahead to book a tour at the museum office 325-696-2099 Call ahead to book a tour at the museum office 325-696-2099.

From June through the end of August or until afternoon temperatures drop below 90 degrees, Air Park tours will only be conducted in the morning.

The Dyess Memorial Museum will be closed for the week of July 14-18 while staff is on leave. My apologies for any incon...
07/10/2025

The Dyess Memorial Museum will be closed for the week of July 14-18 while staff is on leave. My apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. I will return Monday, July 21.

The Dyess Memorial Museum will be closed July 3rd and 4th in observance of Independence Day. Happy birthday to the Unit...
07/02/2025

The Dyess Memorial Museum will be closed July 3rd and 4th in observance of Independence Day. Happy birthday to the United States of America.

Today museum staff took the lean off the MEAL 88 monument in the Dyess Memorial Park. The stone has been leaning for a ...
06/16/2025

Today museum staff took the lean off the MEAL 88 monument in the Dyess Memorial Park. The stone has been leaning for a long time, so it was a real need. We will see if it needs further remediation after it has time to settle.

On May 29, 2025, Gary Speer, the lone survivor of the 1966 C-130H crash near Guthrie, TX, died. The Dyess Memorial Cent...
06/14/2025

On May 29, 2025, Gary Speer, the lone survivor of the 1966 C-130H crash near Guthrie, TX, died. The Dyess Memorial Center honors the memory of this most resilient Airman.

Celebrate the life of Gary Speer, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Resthaven Mortuary & Gardens of Memory.

05/29/2025

Tour availability will be limited next week starting June 2 through 6 due to air park maintenance. I will be renting a boom lift for installing birdproofing on all unproofed tails and repairing the KC-135A Stratotanker rudder. Please understand there is a significant rental cost and one staffer for the whole museum and air park, so I will be managing the taxpayer dollars entrusted to me in the most efficient way I can. Tours will be available if there are high winds. Thank you for understanding.

This afternoon air park staff completed the paint restoration on the T-34B Mentor. She looks much better than she did a...
05/19/2025

This afternoon air park staff completed the paint restoration on the T-34B Mentor. She looks much better than she did and is set for the next few years.

This morning volunteers hung the fuel tanks under the wings of the F-16A Fighting Falcon in the Dyess Linear Air Park. ...
05/19/2025

This morning volunteers hung the fuel tanks under the wings of the F-16A Fighting Falcon in the Dyess Linear Air Park. The addition of tanks change the look of the aircraft. Many thanks to the air park maintenance volunteers!

Happy VE Day! The Dyess Memorial Center pulled out the big holiday flag to celebrate the victory of Allied Forces over ...
05/08/2025

Happy VE Day! The Dyess Memorial Center pulled out the big holiday flag to celebrate the victory of Allied Forces over N**i Germany. Have a great day.

The Dyess Linear Air Park and the Dyess Memorial Center will not be offering guided tours and will be closed tomorrow, A...
04/24/2025

The Dyess Linear Air Park and the Dyess Memorial Center will not be offering guided tours and will be closed tomorrow, April 25, while staff goes to make preparations for the next aircraft addition to the air park. Sorry for any inconvenience. I will return on Monday.

By order of the President, flags are flying at half-staff in memory of Pope Francis. Remembered for a humble life of se...
04/22/2025

By order of the President, flags are flying at half-staff in memory of Pope Francis. Remembered for a humble life of service to God and his fellow man.

The Dyess Memorial Center will be closed for artifact inventory today. No guided tours of the Dyess Linear Air Park wil...
04/15/2025

The Dyess Memorial Center will be closed for artifact inventory today. No guided tours of the Dyess Linear Air Park will be available today. Sorry for any inconvenience.

This morning volunteers from the 7 Munitions Squadron (MUNS) conducted a fresh-water wash-down on the F-15A Eagle and th...
04/09/2025

This morning volunteers from the 7 Munitions Squadron (MUNS) conducted a fresh-water wash-down on the F-15A Eagle and the RB-66B Destroyer in the Dyess Linear Air Park. They did a great job and the planes look much better. Museum staff will clean the tops of the aircraft when we get use of a boom lift.

Address

Arnold Boulevard And Military Drive
Abilene, TX
79605

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 9:30am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+3256962099

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Where We Come From

The Dyess Memorial Center and Linear Air Park traces its origins back to the late 1970’s with the establishment of the first static display of historic aircraft. The EB-47E was the first plane to go on exhibit at Dyess. As time went on, more and more aircraft were added to the air park.

In the 1990’s the visitor center building was built and donated by the City of Abilene in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the US Air Force. The building was later repurposed as a museum to Lt Col Dyess and the history of Dyess and Abilene Army Airfield under the curatorship of Doc Warner. In conjunction with the Dyess Memorial Park, the museum is now known as the Dyess Memorial Center and the air park is the Dyess Linear Air Park.

On July 19, 2019, an expansion to the Dyess Memorial Park was dedicated to the 76 Airmen who have died in service to their country while attached to Dyess Air Force Base.

The Dyess Memorial Center is open to the public and is outside the fence line so anyone may visit. Hours are from 9:30 to 4:30 on weekdays. We are closed weekends and holidays. Find us at 800 Arnold Blvd, Abilene, TX 79607.