Dirgantara Mandala Museum

The museum for the Indonesian Air Force was first established on April 4, 1969. The first location of the museum of the Indonesian Air Force was at Jalan Tanah Abang Bukit in Jakarta. The inauguration of the first museum was by Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Air Force, Marshal Roesmin Noerjadin. On July 29, 1978, the museum was relocated to a building of Kesatrian AKABRI Bagian Udara in Yogyakarta. The reason of the transfer of location was because Yogyakarta was considered as an important place where the Indonesian Air Force was born as well as the center for Indonesian Air Force-related activities. Later, because of the expanding collection of the museum, especially with the development of new military aircraft, the museum was planned to be relocated again. ==Museum and collection==

in the Dirgantara Mandala Museum. The Central Museum of the Indonesian Air Force "Dirgantara Mandala" is located on a land of about . The total building area is about . The museum houses a collection of historic photographs related to the development of the Indonesian Air Force. There are a number of military aircraft and their replicas in the museum, mostly from the time of World War II and the Indonesian War for Independence. Among the notable collections are Nakajima Ki-43, Consolidated PBY Catalina, a replica of the WEL-I RI-X (the first produced Indonesian Aerospace), the Japanese A6M5 Zero Sen, some bombers (e.g. B-25 Mitchell, A-26 Invader, TU-16 Badger), some Cold War era of fighters such as Lavochkin La-11, CS-102 (Czech-built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15UTI), Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17PF F-1182 and PZL-Mielec Lim-5 F-1160, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19S, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F-13, CAC Sabre, Northrop F-5, Douglas A-4E, North American P-51 Mustang (known popularly in Indonesia si Cocor Merah), a number of gliders, the helicopter Hiller Model 360 (the first helicopter which was used by Sukarno as presidential helicopter) and missiles. ==See also==