Welcome
Aviation Museum with an Emphasis on WWII & run by AMAZING VOLUNTEERS!
Open Wednesday thru Saturday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM or by appt.
Last tour begins at 3:00 PM
CLOSED 5/1 - 5/6 for our Airshow
How Can You Participate?
Giving back to our Veterans and honoring them is so much of what we are and do.
(SHAF Founder & Chairman, Dan Fordice, with WWII/POW Veteran Lamar Rodgers, at the SHAF celebration of Lamar's 99th Birthday!)
Becoming a volunteer is a great way to give back and honor America's heroes!
Volunteers sign up to do what they do best, whether it is giving tours, working in the Gift Shop, Answering the phones, cleaning airplanes, cleaning the hangar and Museum, helping with rides, assisting with public relations, helping set up displays, fundraising, helping with events, or all of the above. There is a place for committed volunteers!
We are proud of our volunteer retention and we do have a volunteer reward program!
Reach out to us to volunteer by scrolling down and clicking the Become a Volunteer Button!
Are you a student needing service hours? Reach out to us by emailing: patty@southernheritageair.org
About Us
Our Team
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Our History
Our amazing team of regulars and part-time volunteers are committed to preserving aviation history and the stories of our local and regional WWII Veterans. We take "Living History" to a new level. Think you would be a good fit? See our form below for more information!
Our History
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Our History
Seeing a need for energetic, nonprofit work in this area,in 2004, the late MS. Governor Kirk Fordice and his son Dan, formed our organization, to preserve the stories of local and regional WWII Veterans and to preserve aviation history by keep Vintage and WWII aircraft flying! We've consistently grown since then, all thanks to the helping hands of this amazing community!
Our Mission
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Our WWII & Aviation Museum focuses on making the maximum positive effort to better our community, by providing "Living History" through our WWII & Vintage aircraft and our museum full of memorabilia and history of local and regional WWII Veterans! Our supporters and volunteers provide the Education & Momentum that helps us preserve this
Our WWII & Aviation Museum focuses on making the maximum positive effort to better our community, by providing "Living History" through our WWII & Vintage aircraft and our museum full of memorabilia and history of local and regional WWII Veterans! Our supporters and volunteers provide the Education & Momentum that helps us preserve this history for all ages. Through our love of veterans and community, we strive to teach all who walk through our doors a love of their country, a love of those who fought for their freedoms, a love of aviation and stories that will live with them forever.
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ALL BECAUSE OF YOU !
Thanks to our SUPPORTERS AND VISITORS, we have achieved the recognition of the 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and now the 2023 Top-Rated Award from GreatNonprofits!
If you have attended one of our events, toured our Museum and/or taken a plane ride, we ask that you please leave us a review on Great Non-profit
ALL BECAUSE OF YOU !
Thanks to our SUPPORTERS AND VISITORS, we have achieved the recognition of the 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and now the 2023 Top-Rated Award from GreatNonprofits!
If you have attended one of our events, toured our Museum and/or taken a plane ride, we ask that you please leave us a review on Great Non-profits. Add a photo or 2 as well!
To read inspiring stories about us and add your own click HERE.
We are also listed on Trip Advisor! Please let us know how we did there too!