VIRGINIA BEACH – The Military Aviation Museum will hold a dedication ceremony Saturday to celebrate the completion of a reconstructed World War II radio control tower that was transported from England.
The tower operated at the first American fighter base in England (USAAF Station No. 345) and was formally transferred to the U.S. Army Air Force in August 1942, according to a release from the museum.
The tower was deconstructed at its location near Goxhill, England, and shipped to the United States. The Military Aviation Museum used some of the bricks and other original material in the reconstructed tower.
The dedication ceremony is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. and will feature a fly-over by Air Force training jets, formations by the Royal Air Force and U.S. Air Force, and the Civil Air Patrol on color guard. The event will help kick off the Warbirds Over the Beach air show, which will run from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
A Saturday ticket to the air show grants access to the control tower ceremony. Air show tickets are available online at $30 per adult single-day admission and $15 per youth single-day admission. Children under 6 get in free. For more information call 757-721-7767 or visit www.VBairshow.com.
