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Aerial Views of Military Sites

Aerial photographs documenting military airfields and bomb damage across various locations during World War II.

Parking Area , Airports, Otis Field. Photographs of the First Naval District
Parking Area , Airports, Otis Field. Photographs of the First Naval District
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Aerial view of the Soesterberg airbase with the US 32th Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS) camp.
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Aerial view of Arsenal , Armories, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational
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Camp Wetmore, R.I. brigade militia, July 7th to 11th, 1885, Oakland Beach. Bird's-eye view. Indexed for points of interest.... , Rhode Island , Kent ,county , Warwick
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This image taken by a low-flying tactical reconnaissance jet (RF-8A or RF-101A) on November 1, 1962 shows what may be the early stages of removal of an SS-4 SANDAL medium-range ballistic missile base in Cuba as the crisis eased. (Wikimedia Commons)
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This fleet of military aircraft was used in the 1940s for research at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory in Cleveland, Ohio. The NACA Lewis flight research program was established in March 1943 to augment the labs wartime research efforts. NACA Lewis possessed a host of wind tunnels, test stands, and other ground facilities designed to replicate flight conditions, but actual flight tests remained an integral research tool. The military loaned NACA Lewis 15 different aircraft during World War II and six others in the six months following the end of hostilities. During the war these aircraft supported three main efforts the improved performance of reciprocating engines, better fuel additives and mixtures, and deicing systems. The wartime researchers used the types of aircraft which the studies were intended to improve. After the war the research aircraft served as test beds to investigate engines or systems that often had little to
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Radio Direction Finder Station-detail view , Signal stations, Radio Direction Finder Station. Photographs of the First Naval District
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Aerial View Of Middleburg Island, Off The Coast Of Dutch New Guinea, Several Days After The Strip Was Officially Opened. August 1944.
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Aerial view of the United States Navy's Pacific Reserve Fleet facility, informally known as the "Mothball Fleet," where inactivated ships were stored after World War II. Gun mounts and other exposed parts of the ships were weather-proofed with plastic coverings, San Diego, CA, 1950. (Photo by US Navy/GG Vintage Images/UIG)
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'De Douaumont et Vaux a Souville et Tavannes', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916".
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Fleet days in Den Helder in July 1989 with the ships v.l.n.r. The British type 21 Class Frigate HMS Amazon (F 169, 1974), the GW frigate Hr.Ms. De Ruyter (F 801), the German Bremen class Fregat FGS Rheinland-Pfalz (F 209, 1983) and the Canadian St. Laurent Class Fregat HMCS Saguenay (206, 1956).
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Bomb Damage At Cisternia, Italy.
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Aerial view , Armories, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational
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Overview of AMMDC to Boston , Armories, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational
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United States Cemetery at Lisnabreeny, North Ireland.
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Aerial view , Armories, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational
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Allied Troops In West Indies To Guard Oil -- Curacao, Dutch west Indies - allied troops have landed at the Dutch West Indies Islands of Curacao and Aruba to prevent possible German sabotage of oil refineries, such as this, located at Curacao. Allied landings in the West Indies were effected after consultations with the Netherlands government. June 07, 1940. (Photo by ACME).
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Die zerstörten Krupp-Werke in Essen nach dem 2. Weltkrieg, 1945, Bundesarchiv, Deutschland, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4903564
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Welfare photos of Operation Cue Atomic Explosion , Nuclear explosions, Houses, Nuclear weapons testing, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization
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An area of the city that sustained damage from a confrontation between Israelis and the Palestine Liberation Organization. Marines from the 32nd Marine Amphibious Unit have been deployed here to participate in a multinational peacekeeping operation. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)
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500 Feet , Naval yards & naval stations, Section Base. Photographs of the First Naval District
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Japan/USA: An aerial view of Pelelieu showing the strategically significant airfield, June 1945
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Aerial airbase Soesterberg.
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Arial view of Watertown Arsenal , Armories, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational
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Italian Navy high-calibre guns firing on the Karst region, Slovenia, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIV, No 36, September 9, 1917.
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Union Square, scene of anarchist bomb-throwing, New York
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Parade and review, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S. C. , Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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Pearl Harbor - Aerial view of the Submarine Base (right center) with the fuel farm at left, looking south on 13 October 1941. Among the 16 fuel tanks in the lower group and ten tanks in the upper group are two that have been painted to resemble buildings (topmost tank in upper group, and rightmost tank in lower group). Other tanks appear to be painted to look like terrain features. Alongside the wharf in right center are USS Niagara (PG-52) with seven or eight PT boats alongside (nearest to camera), and USS Holland (AS-3) with seven submarines alongside. Before attack
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Armical on the occasion of Liberation Day in the Vlasakkers in Amersfoort.
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DN-SN-85-06971. Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)
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Aerial view of US Naval Fuel Depot , Military depots, U.S. Naval Fuel Depot. Photographs of the First Naval District
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Santa Anita Reception Area during Japanese-American evacuation from West Coast areas under U.S. Army War Emergency Order, Los Angeles, California, USA, Russell Lee, U.S. Office of War Information/U.S. Farm Security Administration, April 1942
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Aerial photograph of the U.S. Army's simulation center where the exercise took place. Subject Operation/Series: UNIFIED ENDEAVOR '95 Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Hiroshima after the dropping of the atom bomb in August 1945. USAF photograph.
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Aerial view of Soesterberg with the job pattern.
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Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.
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Aerial view , Armories, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational
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Strasbourg, October 1870, historical illustration, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871 illustrated chronicle of war, German-French campaign
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DA-SN-86-03531. Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Marine Corps Air Facility. This abandoned Soviet air base was utilized by the Air Combat Element (ACE) of Marine Forces Somalia, from 16 Dec 92 until 25 Feb 93. The ACE was comprised of Marine Aircraft Group 16 Headquarters, HMLA-369, HMH-363, HMH-466 MALS-16, and MWSS-374. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Bale Dogle Country: Somalia (SOM)
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Aerial view of Craco.
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An aerial view of the Joint Task Force area for the US/Honduras training Exercise AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE). Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE) Country: Honduras (HND)
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A view from a bunker position as atop Checkpoint 73 as Marines observe the surrounding area during a multinational peacekeeping operation. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)
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Aircraft, Burma, India &Aircraft, SINGLE,CURTISS War