Museum Dilemma -- Depicting OEF, OIF

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Museum Dilemma -- Depicting OEF, OIF
January 13, 2009
Associated Press

DAYTON, Ohio - When the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force began looking at ways to depict the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, big obstacles loomed.

Certain missions remain classified and some equipment - like night-vision goggles - was unavailable for display, because it was still being used by troops or might be if they are redeployed.

"We don't want to take things away from the warfighter," said Jeff Duford, a museum historian. "It was pretty challenging."

The museum's struggle underscores the difficulty facing other institutions trying to depict the wars while the conflicts are still under way.

The Air Force museum decided to focus an exhibit opening Tuesday on the experiences of the wars' airmen. It features more than 400 artifacts, 18 fully equipped soldier mannequins, a robot demonstrating how it inspects roadside bombs and a Sikorsky special operations helicopter used to covertly enter enemy territory.


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