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When you attend an Air Force Museum Foundation event, your ticket purchase helps support our 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The Foundation hosts After Dark events, as well as a variety of other exciting events.

On March 19 and 27, join us for two very special film screenings and presentations as part of our Celebrating Aviation series.

Heroes on Deck, March 19

Join us for a special screening of the film Heroes on Deck and a presentation by the film’s executive producer, Harvey Moshman.

Narrated by CBS and A&E anchorman Bill Kurtis, Heroes on Deck tells the story of efforts to recover World War II fighter planes from the bottom of Lake Michigan. During World War II, with enemy submarines patrolling both coasts, the U.S. Navy came up with a bold and innovative plan to use two former coal-fired side-wheel passenger steamers transformed into “flattops” to train aviators in carrier operations in the safety of Lake Michigan. More than 15,000 naval aviation cadets trained on the lake, including future President George H.W. Bush. But not every flight or practice landing ended successfully. Serious injuries and death often resulted, and more than 100 aircraft wound up on the bottom. The film highlights the ingenious training operation, and the modern-day efforts to recover the rare warbirds lost in the lake to accidents.

The presentation will feature Harvey Moshman, multi-Emmy Award winning executive producer of the film, who will introduce the film and give a presentation and take questions following the showing. Moshman was also the director of recovery photography for the film and will share his unique perspective on the project.

Project Recover, March 27

Join us for a special screening of the film To What Remains and a presentation by Scott Althaus of Project Recover.

To What Remains is a stirring, feature-length documentary from Imperative Entertainment, ABRAMORAMA, and directed by Christopher Woods, that follows the efforts of the non-profit Project Recover to repatriate some of the more than 80,000 Americans missing in action (MIAs) since World War II. The film incorporates the stories of several MIAs and their families to illustrate the process of researching, searching for, and finding the remains of those MIAs so they can finally be brought home. It includes the search for Lt R. R. Houle, commanding officer of Ensign George H. W. Bush’s TBM Avenger squadron, and also follows Tommy Doyle, son of SSgt Jimmie Doyle, as he dives on the crash site of his father’s plane more than six decades later. To What Remains is a powerful testament to how one person’s commitment to ‘do the right thing’ motivates an ever-growing number of people to do the same.

The presentation will feature another family member, Scott Althaus, who will introduce the film and give a presentation and take questions following the showing. In 2013, Althaus began researching his cousin-once-removed, 2nd Lt. Thomas Kelly, Jr., who had been MIA since 1944. In 2017, after turning his family’s research over to Project Recover, Althaus learned that they had located the site of Kelly’s B-24 Heaven Can Wait in Hansa Bay, Papua, New Guinea, and were presenting their findings to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, which is responsible for recovering, identifying, and repatriating remains. Scott Althaus has become a member of Project Recover himself.

Both of these events are being presented in combination with the special exhibits OceanXperience and Drop in the Ocean the Foundation is hosting at the Museum through April 27. Attendees will be able to experience both in the 4^th building at no charge following each presentation.

Tickets are $20 each. Tap below for tickets!