I Visited the Aviation Museum of Kentucky and Got Close to an F-14 Tomcat and F-4 Phantom Fighters That Iran Still Flies

I Visited the Aviation Museum of Kentucky and Got Close to an F-14 Tomcat and F-4 Phantom Fighters That Iran Still Flies

A spur-of-the-moment detour to the Aviation Museum of Kentucky (AMK) on the grounds of Blue Grass Airport proved to be a great lesson in military history. The museum serves as a critical repository for the very airframes currently dominating headlines in the Middle East. Guided by Vietnam veteran CW2 (Ret.) Orrin Messinger, the tour provided a rare, first-hand look at the engineering triumphs and "eerie" coincidences of 20th-century aviation. Th…