The Foundation

Our Mission

Creating unlimited horizons in aerospace education through the preservation and presentation of the history of flight.

Incorporated in the state of Arizona on November 20, 1967 as the Tucson Air Museum Foundation, the Arizona Aerospace Foundation is a member-based not-for-profit foundation, funded by gate admissions, concessions, and donations. The Foundation operates the Pima Air & Space Museum and the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame in Tucson, Arizona, and the Titan Missile Museum in Sahuarita, Arizona.

The Pima Air and Space Museum opened for business in 1976 and today is one the largest and most diverse aviation museums in the world with an onsite restaurant and museum store. The museum has 80 acres of public display grounds, exhibiting over 425 aircraft both outside and indoors across 300,000 square feet in 6 display hangars and has in its small artifact collection over 125,000 artifacts including the archives and photo collection, covering the age of aerospace from 1903 to the current day. The museum attracts more than 190,000 visitors annually.

The Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame (AAHOF) offers Pima Air & Space Museum visitors a unique opportunity to acquaint themselves with noteworthy Arizona aviators. Housed in the Dorothy Finley Aerospace Gallery, AAHOF is a permanent shrine to Arizonans who have played a role in or made a significant contribution to aviation and aerospace history.

Become a Member

Help support the Titan Missile Museum by becoming a member of the Arizona Aerospace Foundation. See the membership page on the Pima Air & Space Museum website for more information.