Tornado Damages National Museum of U.S. Air Force’s Restoration Hangar

The storage hangar is one of three WWII-era structures located on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.

Thursday, February 29, 2024 at 02:33 PM ET

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The damaged facility—known as Restoration Hangar 4—is one of three historic buildings in Area B of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. [Credit: U.S. Air Force]

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An EF1 tornado struck Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, causing damage to several buildings.
The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force's historic World War II-era Restoration Hangar 4 was significantly damaged, experiencing ripped sheet metal and harm to planes and artifacts undergoing restoration from flying debris.
The damaged hangar holds historical significance, built during WWII for modifying B-29s, although the museum's public exhibition areas were reported to be unharmed.

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A historic World War II hangar belonging to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force and several other buildings at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, were damaged by a tornado, according to the U.S. Air Force.

The National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed that around 4:37 a.m. EST, an EF1 tornado first developed in Montgomery County, south of the air base near Dayton. In neighboring Greene County, where Wright-Patterson AFB is located, high winds ripped sheet metal off the hangar used by the museum for restoration.