Dirgantara Mandala Museum or the Indonesian Air Force Museum is a museum that displays aircrafts and historical items and artifacts that was used during the struggle for independence in the mid 1900s against the Japanese and the Dutch. Other than war aircrafts, there are also transportation aircrafts and aircrafts for exercising. The museum is located on the complex of Yogyakarta’s Adusutjipto International Airport on Wonocatur.

The existance of Dirgantara Mandala Museum was the result of  a merge between the AURI Central Museum and the Air Force Academy Museum in Yogyakarta. AURI (Indonesian Air Force) Central Museum,  was meant to be a facility to document all the historical activities and events that was conducted by the Indonesian Air Force. The museum was legitimated on April 4, 1969 by the air force marshal Rusmin Muryadin in Jl. Tanah Abang, Jakarta. Considering the important role of Yogyakarta as cradle of the Indonesian Air Force and center of activities as well as training ground for air force cadets during the years 1945-1949, this museum was eventually moved to Yogyakarta and merged with Air Force Academy Museum in Adisucipto air base in November 1977. It was not until July 29, 1978 those two merged museums were legitimated as Dirgantara Mandala TNI AU Central Museum. In 1984, due to the insufficient accommodation for the collections in addition to the unaccessible venue for public, the museum was relocated to Wonocatur Adisutjipto Air Grounds.

The museum displays more than 40 different aircrafts that were used by the Indonesia Air Force during 1945-1970. Some of the aircrafts displayed in the museum are the Catalina flying boat, Grumman flying boat, Auster MkII, Lavochkin LA-11, PZL-104 Wilga, Mitsubishi Army type 98, Nakajima KI43 Oscar, Zero, Mustang, NA16/AT-6, Vultee Valiant, B25, B26, C47, Hillier 360, DH114 Vampire, Sikorsky UH34D, Boeing Stearman, MIG15, MIG17, MIG19, MIG21, MI4, L-29 Dolphin, CAC F-86 Avon Sabre and T-33A . All of the aircrafts and artifacts in the museum are well maintained and treated with care as some of them are aged more than 50 years old.

Dirgantara Mandala Museum is open daily for public from from 8.30 am -2.30 pm. The supporting facilities in this museum are library, auditorium, parking lot, musholla (a small mosque), and toilet.

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