 It is one of a handful of major aviation museums in the United States located on an active air field.Topeka Regional Airport, formerly Forbes Air Force Base, is home to Forbes Air National Guard Base and the 190th Air Refueling Wing (190 ARW) of the Kansas Air National Guard, the 1st Battalion, 108th Aviation Regiment of the Kansas Army National Guard, and other private commercial operators.Visitors to the Museum are regularly treated to flying activities of Air Force tanker and fighter aircraft and Army helicopter operations.