Location & Directions
For FIRST TIME VISITORS - the air museum is located in Sioux City, Iowa on the north east corner of the Sioux Gateway Airport.
To get to the Mid America Museum of Aviation & Transportation from Interstate I-29 Exit 141:
Turn off I-29 at Exit 141, go west toward the Sioux Gateway Airport. Turn right (north) on Al Haynes Drive. Turn left (west) on Expedition Court to the museum located at 2600 Expedition Court. The air museum will be on your left. It is about a three minute drive once you are off the interstate. Al Haynes Drive doesn't always show up on Google or Apple Maps. Look for small brown Air Museum signs to the museum. |
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The Brig. Gen. Bud Day Air Field
The Mid American Museum of Aviation & Transportation is located at the Sioux Gateway Airport/Colonel Bud Day Field. The airport was renamed to honor Brig. Gen. George E. “Bud” Day on May 25, 2002.
Brig. Gen. Bud Day (February 24, 1925 – July 27, 2013) was a native of Sioux City, a graduate of Central High School, a Morningside College alum, and the recipient of the Medal of Honor - our nation’s highest military decoration, for conspicuous gallantry above and beyond the call of duty.
Col. Day was America's most highly decorated military person since General Douglas MacArthur. In a long military career spanning 34 years and three wars, Day received nearly 70 decorations and awards. More than 50 of them were for combat.
George E. “Bud” Day
The Medal of Honor is often presented personally to the recipient by the President of the United States. Although the award citation includes the phrase "in the name of Congress", it is sometimes erroneously called the Congressional Medal of Honor; however, the official title is the Medal of Honor.
Brig. Gen. Bud Day (February 24, 1925 – July 27, 2013) was a native of Sioux City, a graduate of Central High School, a Morningside College alum, and the recipient of the Medal of Honor - our nation’s highest military decoration, for conspicuous gallantry above and beyond the call of duty.
Col. Day was America's most highly decorated military person since General Douglas MacArthur. In a long military career spanning 34 years and three wars, Day received nearly 70 decorations and awards. More than 50 of them were for combat.
George E. “Bud” Day
- Brigadier General - Posthumous
- Colonel (then Major), U.S. Air Force,
- Forward Air Controller Pilot North American F-100 Super Sabre aircraft
- North Vietnam, August 26, 1967
- Entered Service at Sioux City, Iowa
- Born February 24, 1925, Sioux City, Iowa
The Medal of Honor is often presented personally to the recipient by the President of the United States. Although the award citation includes the phrase "in the name of Congress", it is sometimes erroneously called the Congressional Medal of Honor; however, the official title is the Medal of Honor.