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The [[Cape May Airport]], which hosts the museum, was originally constructed by the [[U.S. Navy]] from 1941-1942. Commissioned in April 1943 as Naval Air Station Rio Grande, the field was so named due to its proximity to the community of [[Rio Grande, New Jersey]]. Due to problems with mail, telegram and telephone service, caused in part by confusion with [[Rio Grande City, Texas]], the Navy opted to rename the airfield as [[Naval Air Station Wildwood]] in June 1943.<ref>http://usnasw.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/USNAS-History-Pt-1.pdf</ref> The air station remained in operation as an active naval installation throughout [[World War II]], primarily focused on training operations for [[Naval Aviator]]s and enlisted Naval Aircrewmen in dive bomber, torpedo bomber and fighter aircraft. Following the end of World War II, the airfield was declared excess to military requirements and was converted to a civilian airport.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}}
[[File:Hughs Cayuse OH-6A NASW.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Hughes OH-6A Cayuse]]
The museum is located in the airport's Hangar #1, which is typical of the design of many U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps aircraft hangars of the 1940s, many of which are still in use today at both active Naval Air Stations, Marine Corps Air Stations and Coast Guard Air Stations across the United States, as well as other civilian airports that formerly served as air stations. The museum's hangar is currently listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name=NJRHP>{{cite web|title=New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Cape May County|url=http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/cape_may.pdf|publisher=NJ DEP - Historic Preservation Office|page=12|date=January 10, 2010|accessdate=August 14, 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628182911/http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/cape_may.pdf|archivedate=June 28, 2011|df=}}</ref>
The museum's aircraft collection focuses on [[World War II]], when the [[U.S. Navy]] conducted training operations at the site, but also includes more recent vintage military aircraft from the [[Cold War]], the [[Korean War]], the [[Vietnam War]] and the post-Cold War period, several of which are on loan from the [[National Museum of Naval Aviation]] at [[NAS Pensacola]], Florida.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}}
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[[File:Helicopter NASW Bell UH-1.jpg|thumb|Bell UH-1]]
[[File:Stearman NASW.jpg|thumb|Stearman]]
The museum's collection includes:<ref name="museum_aircraft">{{cite web|url=http://usnasw.org/museum-exhibits/aircraft-on-display|title=Exhibits page of NASW AV site|accessdate=2009-08-30|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525135411/http://usnasw.org/museum-exhibits/aircraft-on-display|archivedate=2009-05-25|df=}}</ref>
* [[Northrop F-5E Tiger II]]
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