<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3DBgaA_1Gofoa2b00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3DBgaA_1Gofoa2b00" width="1940" height="1069" ><figcaption>Courtesy Photo</figcaption></figure>The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will offer free parking and special discounts to veterans and active-duty military personnel at its Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center on Veterans Day, Nov. 11.Visitors with a valid military ID will receive complimentary parking, saving them the center’s standard $15 parking fee. The free parking program is sponsored by Leidos.Military personnel and veterans also will receive $2 off daytime screenings at the Airbus IMAX Theater. Featured films include “The Blue Angels,” “D-Day” and “Aircraft Carrier.”In addition, the museum’s Shake Shack location will offer a 20% discount on shakes for current and former members of the military.The center also will host retired U.S. Air Force Col. Wolfgang Samuel, author of several books on World War II and Cold War aviation history. Samuel will meet visitors and sign books from noon to 4 p.m. Copies will be available for purchase at the signing area and museum store.Free guided tours will be offered throughout the day. Led by volunteer docents, many of whom have experience as pilots and engineers, the approximately 90-minute tours will begin near the SR-71 Blackbird at 10:30 a.m., 11 a.m., noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.Visitors also can view the museum’s newest acquisition, an F-117A Nighthawk stealth aircraft known as “The Overachiever.” The aircraft, now on display in the center’s Modern Military Aviation section, is the only F-117 flown in all four major conflicts in which the stealth fighter saw combat.The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, located near Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., except on Dec. 25. The National Air and Space Museum building on the National Mall in Washington is also open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., except Dec. 25. Admission is free, but timed-entry passes are required.</div></body>

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The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will offer free parking and special discounts to veterans and active-duty military personnel at its Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. Visitors with a valid military ID will receive complimentary parking, saving them the center’s standard $15 parking fee....

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The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will offer free parking and special discounts to veterans and active-duty military personnel at its Steven 

Udvar-Hazy Center to honor veterans with discounts, programs

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