Vacation - Sightseeing- Airforce armament museum

After a few days of 'roasting' under the hot sun, we decide to do some sightseeing around the area. We got this free guide to the emerald coast booklet and thought a visit to the airforce museum sounds cool! The Air Force Armament Museum is located near Eglin Air Force Base's main gate and is the only facility in the U.S. dedicated to the display of Air Force armament. Visitors can view a variety of historical Air Force planes, from a B-17 World War II bomber to an F-4 Phantom II jet. They have exhibited Aircraft from world war II, exhibited armament showing a wide variety of bombs, missles, and rockets and also the newest air to air missle, the AMRAAM, and the GBU-28 bunker buster developed for use during the Desert Storm. Other missles are the Paveway series, Falcons, the Tomahawk, Mace, Hound-dog, radar controlled, laser controlled and several guided by a TV camera in the nose.In the Gun Vault, Weapons range from a simple 1903 Springfield rifle to the GAU-8, which is capable of shooting 6,000 rounds per minute. Featured is the Sikes antique pistol collection with over 180 pistols, including flintlock, dueling pistols, western six-shooters, Civil War pistols, and a wide variety of early military weapon. My son enjoys this visit so much that he must have his pictures taken in one of the cockpit, and he talks about wanting to be a pilot now when he grows up!