Fayetteville, North Carolina: Airborne and Special Operations Museum
RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report
- Address:
- 100 Bragg Blvd, Fayetteville, NC
- Directions:
- Take US Hwy 401/MLK Jr Fwy exit 104B. Drive east into the city on Hay St. Turn left onto Hillsboro St., then left again into the parking lot of the museum.
- Hours:
- Tu-Sa 10-4, Su 12-4 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 910-643-2778
- Admission:
- Free, donations accepted. Simulators $8.50
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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Stroll through a recreated Normandy village on D-Day, and take a simulator ride to "fly over a hostile town blasting away from a helicopter gunship."
Roadsideamerica.com Report... [09/12/2016]Visitor Tips and News About Airborne and Special Operations Museum
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The museum was great, and there's no admission fee. There's a $10/person simulator that I don't recommend. It wasn't really that interesting. I felt like it was more about being jerked around in the simulator than the actual footage, which was rather boring.
[Joe, 07/10/2022]
I made the trip down to Fayetteville/Ft. Bragg to check out the remains of Barney the Bear. I guess I don't need to tell you how upset I was to find the museum closed from 12/24/2000 - 1/2/2001 - with *no mention of this on the museum phone recording*. Oh well, I did get the GPS coords for the building.
It wasn't all lost though; there is a new (made in 1999) statue next to the museum to honor 'the special forces soldiers killed in action'. It is about 20 feet tall and very impressive in terms of detail. The statue appears to be hollow and made out of bronze.
The really neat thing is if you stand in front of the statue, it appears to be pointing at you, and you can just imagine him saying "here you go boys, let's kill some people starting with this one". The statue is a depiction of Colonel Arthur D. "Bull" Simons.
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