In 1994, the National Air and Space Museum planned to exhibit the Enola Gay, the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, as part of a political horror show. A raging controversy ensued when Air Force Magazine and the Air Force Association brought the plans to the notice of the public, the news media, and Congress. In 1995, the museum�s parent organization, the Smithsonian Institution, pulled the plug on the original exhibition and replaced it with a straightforward program that eventually became the most popular exhibition in the museum�s history. Here are the contemporary articles, reports, and documents�drawn upon by all parties to the controversy�that were the raw materials for the argument in 1994 and 1995.
"Revisionism Gone Wrong"
A Collection of Air Force Association reports, analyses, and articles
March 1994 - December 1996
Part 1: Special Reports and Analyses
Part 2: Articles and Editorials
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