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Airborne Operations and Training

Images showcasing troopers preparing and conducting airborne exercises. Scenes involve paratroopers, military training, and the overall excitement of aerial deployment.

On the tarmac before taking to the air for flying exercise these first-year cadets discuss the exercise in full before they take off. September 10, 1953. (Photo by RAAF Official Photograph).
On the tarmac before taking to the air for flying exercise these first-year cadets discuss the exercise in full before they take off. September 10, 1953. (Photo by RAAF Official Photograph).
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Greeted in Tokyo - Lt. Gen. Earle E. Partridge, commanding general of the Air Research and Development Command, and Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle (ret.) were met at Haneda Airport on their arrival in Tokyo May 29 by Lt. Gen. O.P. Weyland, commanding general of the Far East Air Forces, and Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Brentnall, Fear vice commander. Shown (left to right) are Generals Partridge, Doolittle, Weyland and Brentnall. General Partridge and General Doolittle, who is civilian research advisor to the Air Force, will spend several weeks in Korea studying equipment in combat use to determine future changes and improvements. May 30, 1952. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Photo)
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Mr. Eden at the controls of a metro is assisted by the Commanding officer, squadron by the Commanding officer, Squadron leader Patrick Green.Mr. Eden visits Auxiliary air squadron. Mr. Anthony Eden, as honorary air commodore, visited the county of Kent Auxiliary air Squadron at the R.A.F. station, Thorney Island, near Protsmouth, where the squadron is undergoing its annual training, this squadron is the first of the auxiliaries to be equipped with metro aircraft. September 7, 1948. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited)
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Anefo photo collection. The American Foreign Minister, Dr. Henry Kissinger brings visit to the Netherlands. Arrival Schiphol, heavily armed members of the National Police. August 11, 1976. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
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MGEN John T. Chain poses with his partner CPT William MacFarlane after F-15 Eagle aircraft flight, part of his visit to the base. Base: Bitburg Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)
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DN-SN-86-06861. Base: USS Preserver (ARS 8) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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Anefo photo collection. KLM commander L. A. Brugman Commandorevlieger with director of escape production A. Bach. March 12, 1957
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Okinawa. Japan, 1940s. Transport of sick and wounded. on Airplane, by US military
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Marines back from Curaçao.de Marines, who have provided assistance during and after the rebellion, leave the plane.links, the first Lieutenant of the Mariniers Royal Navy Reserve Hofman and the first lieutenant of the Mariniers R.E. Kloppenburg. Due to social economic reasons, an uprising broke out on 30 May. The military assistance lasted until 9 June.
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First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (JBK) rides with Muhammad Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan at Glen Ora, Middleburg, Virginia. President of Pakistan, Muhammad Ayub Khan (second from right), arrives aboard a United States Army helicopter at Glen Ora in Middleburg, Virginia. General Maxwell D. Taylor walks at far right.
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Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. The Queen visits the state of the Red Cross at the Surinamese Jaarbeurs. October 28, 1958. Paramaribo, Suriname
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American-Russian Ground Crew Personnel Repair One Of The Engines On A Consolidated B-24 "Liberator" At Poltava Airbase, One Of The Shuttle Mission Base In Russia. 8 January 1945.
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Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945. A temporary flight office of an RAF squadron at work, sheltered from the sun beneath the wing of an abandoned Fiesler Storch at Comiso, Sicily.
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Anefo photo collection. NDSM unchanged submarine friesland to Royal Navy. Commissioner of Queen Mr. H. P. Linthorst Homan. March 22, 1956. Amsterdam
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Anefo photo collection. Marvo Nr. 1319/88/3 MTB. 11 May 1951
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Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Tjitanjoej at Noesa Kembangan. Postcards are loaded in or out of an aircraft. October 29, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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Benjamin O. Davis, African-Americans
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BGEN David L. Nichols (left), is greeted by air base wing commander, COL Richard Craft during his visit for the retirement ceremony of CMSGT Thomas Dempsey (not shown). Base: Zaragosa Air Base Country: Spain (ESP)
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Barcelona, 01/19/1977. Tragic accident in the port of Barcelona. An American barge collided with a merchant ship entering the port. The victims, all marines of the VI Fleet, are being transferred to the joint Spanish-American base of Torrejón de Ardoz, from where they will be transferred to the United States.
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Eight of the ten WASPs stationed at Enid Army Air Base in late 1944 are, from left to right: Evelyn Stewart, Meriem Roby, Harriet Jean Moore, Flora Smith, Lucille Carey, Juner Bellew, Mary Quinlan, and Sylvia Miller, Enid, OK, 11/29/1944. (Photo by US Army Air Force/GG Vintage Images)
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New World's Speed Record - The men who were responsible for Britain's triumph yesterday, (left to right) ... Flt. Lt Boothman, Squadron-Leader Orlebar, and Flight-Lt Sainforth. Huge crowds witnessed Britain's double air triumph over the Solent yesterday (Sept. 13th). October 28, 1931. (Photo by Daily Mirror Photograph).
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King George VI of England with Queen Elizabeth, Princess Margaret and Princess (later Queen Elizabeth), arrive in South Africa, 1947
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Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. The royal company at Zandij airport at the departure from Suriname. November 6, 1955. Suriname, Zanderij
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ORSON WELLES in CATCH-22 (1970), directed by MIKE NICHOLS.
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Transfer of command about the Dutch Brigade in Seedorf by Brigadegeneraal J.D. Berghuijs to Brigadegeraal C. Knulst.
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Reconstruction of Aunay-Sur-Odon, France. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Anefo photo collection. Visit Ikeda (Haiyoto), Japanese Prime Minister. November 21, 1962
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The arrival of a dance company at Novi Ligure airport, August 5, 1949, Italy, 20th century.
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Recordings military aviation. A pilot of a Mitchell B-25 bomber gives a sign from the cockpit. January 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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Poll photo collection. War volunteers in Malacca and Indonesia. American pilot in the cockpit of the Skymaster 313 at Bangkok. February 1946
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Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Steve Twilleager, left, and Robert Dunn carry medical supplies to a helicopter (not pictured) aboard the ammunition ship USS MOUNT HOOD (AE-29). The MOUNT HOOD, crew and aircraft are participating in a search and rescue (SAR) operation for the Filipino frigate RPS DATU KALANTIAW (PS-76). The frigate was damaged by Typhoon Clara. Base: Calayan Island Country: Philippines
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Viet Cong POWs, some on crutches, under the watchful eyes of South Vietnamese military police walk to the waiting C-123 transport aircraft. The POWS will be airlifted to Loc Ninh, South Vietnam for the prisoner exchange between the United States/South Vietnam and North Vietnam/Viet Cong militaries. Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Saigon Country: South Vietnam
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This photograph shows Apollo 13 astronauts Fred Haise, John Swigert, and James Lovell aboard the recovery ship, USS Iwo Jima after safely touching down in the Pacific Ocean at the end of their ill-fated mission. The mission was aborted after 56 hours of flight, 205,000 miles from Earth, when an oxygen tank in the service module exploded. The command module, Odyssey, brought the three astronauts back home safely.
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S/Lrd. Cornish. February 15, 1954.
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Helicopter - Report from Europe. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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LTC Isaksen, left, commander, Flesland Air Station, escorts GEN Charles A. Gabriel, center, commander in chief, U.S. Air Force, Europe, and COL Jerauld Gentry, commander 388th Tactical Fighter Wing, on a tour of the facility. Base: Flesland Air Station Country: Norway (NOR)
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Student pilots, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex. January 1942.
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Princess Beatrix brings an introductory visit to various parts of the Royal Navy. Arrival by Marine helicopter of the Agusta Bell type (I) UH-1 in Den Helder Links In view The commander of the naval power in the Netherlands (CZM) Vice-Admiraal (VADM) Mr. A.N. The Vos Van Steenwijk.
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Marine Vliegkamp De Kooy, celebration of the 500th OSRD.
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Smokejumpers: In Action - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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S66-59940 (15 Nov. 1966) --- Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr. (right), command pilot, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., pilot, are welcomed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp after their Gemini-12 spacecraft splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean recovery area at 2 21 p.m. (EST), Nov. 15, 1966, to conclude a four-day mission in space.
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Anefo photo collection. Predatory robbery at aid station office in Betondorp Amsterdam Oost Mrs. M. E. Dale, the Vossevelde agents and Van Hoogen who arrested the robbers. May 9, 1959
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Tribute - At the Cenotaph the Queens steps forward to take, with the Duke of Edinburgh, the great wreath she is to lay in remembrance of our war dead. February 3, 1954.
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Men and military officer with gun , Ordnance industry, Armories, Arms & armament, Military officers, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational
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The VC-135 Stratolifter aircraft of the Joint Chiefs of STAFF stands on the flight line at A1-Jubayl Airport in preparation for transporting senior Military commanders taking part in Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)
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Anefo photo collection. Dutch military medical team back from Congo at Schiphol. August 5, 1961. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
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Coast Guard Assists Crashed National Guard Plane. This image depicts a Coast Guard rescue of a crashed C-47 operated by the Alaska National Guard.
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Anefo photo collection. Press conference, T.g.v. 25-year anniversary Westindieroute K left former commander Hondong and to the right of balcony. December 16, 1959
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The new Queen Elizabeth II, dressed in black - mourning her recently deceased father King George VI - returns to the UK after cutting short her holiday in Kenya after receiving the news. She is met by various politicians and dignitaries, including Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Date: 1952
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Challes Les Eaux, Air Cadets Center. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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DAVID JANSSEN in THE GREEN BERETS (1968), directed by JOHN WAYNE and RAY KELLOGG.
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Z.K.H. Prince visits his capacity as Inspector General of the Royal Netherlands Air Force the Leeuwarden airbase. On the photo the Douglas C-47 Dakota with which the prince has arrived.
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A color guard participates in the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VINCENNES (CG-49). Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Anefo photo collection. Minister Rietkerk (R) and Korthals Altes with Helmet and Jacket Rijkswolkie in Lelystad in "Boevenwagen". May 15, 1984. Lelystad
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Bernt Balchen. January 15, 1934.
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Extremadura, August 1936. Section of road motorcyclists who carried out liaison services on the Extremaduran front.
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12/17/1975. Soldiers of the Spanish Troops Returning to Madrid on a Plane.
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DN-SN-86-02213. Base: Honolulu State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Queen Arrives In Gibraltar - The rock of Gibraltar towers majestically above Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh as they drive round the North front airfield to review a parade of servicemen today, May 10. The royal party had just arrived in the liner Britannia for a 27-hour visit to the fortress. It was the last call of the commonwealth tour before returning home. May 10, 1954. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).
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USA/Japan: Pilots aboard a US Navy aircraft carrier receive last minute instructions before taking off to attack industrial and military installations in Tokyo. 17 February 1945
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Anefo photo collection. Lupiter from Biak with scraping soldiers. 12 June 1962. Biak
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A close-up view of a page of the White Falcon local newspaper which carries articles about the 159th Tactical Fighter Group, Louisiana Air National Guard. The below article is about the unit's deployment to the station. Base: Naval Air Station, Keflavik Country: Iceland (ISL)