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Historic Military Aviation Events

Black and white footage of military and historical aircraft, featuring airmen, airport scenes, and significant meetings from 1928 to 1948.

1948 American planes drop food to German children in Berlin after WWII.

World War II, original caption: 'The Flying Fortress Goonie has seven Jap Zeros to her credit in 15 combat missions in the South Pacific. This is not an unusual record for these American Air force fighting bombers', circa 1942.

Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. A Hawker Typhoon Mark IB of No. 143 Wing taxies past dispersed Supermarine Spitfire Mark IXs along the ice-covered runway at B78/Eindhoven, Holland, for an early-morning sortie. Note the ground crewman sitting on the Typhoon's wing to guide the pilot, whose forward vision was obscured by the aircraft's nose.

DF-SC-85-01218. Country: Unknown

A Queue Of Boeing B-17S Of The 8Th Air Force. Note Mechanic Perched On Plane In Foreground Making Last Minute Check. England.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Landing in Djambi; Before the departure of Palembang. A knitted vocal officer gets out of a Dakota. Other soldiers are ready to provide assistance. December 30, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Tail of a Douglas RB-26C Invader (s/n 44-35661; c/n 28940). Also pictured are native workers spreading rocks.. Tail of a Douglas RB-26C Invader (s/n 44-35661; c/n 28940). Also pictured are native workers spreading rocks..

Photograph - Operation Fire Fly. Photograph - Operation Fire Fly. Operation Firefly - Paratroopers of the 555th Parachute Infantry climb into their parachute harness before boarding a plane of the First Troop Carrier Command. The C-47 will drop the airborne fire fighters near an area where a forest fire is raging. Umatilla National Forest, Oregon.

Smokejumpers: In Action - Oregon. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

The Air Force guard is dwarfs along the USAF Globemaster at Willimatown RAAF station yesterday. May 16, 1955. (Photo by Winton Irving/Fairfax Media).

Royal Air Force Army Co-operation Command, 1940-1943. An Airspeed Horsa Mark I troop-carrying glider is hooked up to an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark V glider-tug of No. 297 Squadron RAF, before taking off, during an organised press visit to No. 38 Wing RAF and the Airborne Division at Netheravon, Wiltshire.

One-quarter left front view of a Republic F-84E 'Maria' (s/n 50-1186) being fitted with bombs, somewhere in Korean. The three tip tank stripes identify the pilot of the aircraft as squadron leader. In the foreground is a crane and other equipment. Three ground crewmen stand at the right of the image and two more stand at the left, one behind the crane and one near the aircraft.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Smokejumpers: Training - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Cadet L. Deitz at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, photograph by Howard R. Hollem, U.S. Office of War Information, August 1942

Three-quarter left front view of a North American RF-51D Mustang 'Mike and Cindy' (s/n 44-84851; c/n 44707) parked in a nose hangar, somewhere in Korea. Six men stand in front of the left wing, one sits on the wing, and one is in the cockpit. Another man can be seen on the right side of the plane. Various equipment can be seen around the aircraft. In the background, other RF-51D Mustangs are visible, along with some hangars.

Colombian Air Force aircraft abandoned due to a lack of spare parts sit in the grass off the flight line. Members of the 24th Tactical Air Support Squadron and the 24th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, both based at Howard Air Force Base, Panama, are in Barranquila on a ten-day deployment to cross-train with the Colombian Air Force. Base: Barranquilla Country: Colombia (COL)

DN-SN-88-06714. Base: Naval Air Station, Keflavik Country: Iceland (ISL)

Royal Air Force Transport Command, 1943-1945. Douglas Dakotas parked at B-56 Evere, Belgium, as their freight is unloaded into Army lorries. The second aircraft in the foreground is Dakota Mark III, KG348 'HC-AO', of No. 512 Squadron RAF Detachment. Deutsch: Royal Air Force Transport Command, 1943-1945. Douglas Dakotas in Parkposition auf dem Flugplatz B-56 Evere, Belgien, während ihre Fracht in Armeelastwagen entladen wird. Das zweite Flugzeug im Vordergrund ist die Dakota Mark III, KG348 'HC-AO', der Staffel Nr. 512 der RAF.

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-37907) nicknamed 'Carolina Moon' of the 490th Bomb Group.

A 'flying nurse' of the military women's department (Milva) on arrival by plane of a sick person at Soesterberg airbase.

DN-SN-85-00675. Base: Naval Air Station Whidbey Island State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis, Senior Supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Department of the Naval Air Base, Talking with one of the Men, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, photograph by Howard R. Hollem, U.S. Office of War Information, August 1942

Major Byron Trent of the 94th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8158) nicknamed Bobby Sox”. Nose art on the airplane created by Sergeant Jay Cowan, 490th Group.

Cockpit of an Italian three-engine bomber during a war manouvers, World War II, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LXVII, No 26, June 30, 1940.

HM Queen Elizabeth inspecting flight and ground crews on a visit to Warboys, a station of No 8 Pathfinder Group. An Avro Lancaster of No 156 Squadron, Royal Air Force is seen in a T2 hangar.

A 'flying nurse' of the military women's department (Milva) on arrival by plane of a sick person at Soesterberg airbase.

Right Front View of an Italian F-104G. Right Front View of an Italian F-104G. "Kleine Brogel Airfield, BelgiumRight front view of an Italian F-104G aircraft after arrival for the NATO Tiger Meet '70, a weapons competition involving fighter squadrons from NATO countries who bear the Tiger symbol." Photographer: Master Sgt. H.D. Robinson

Trip to Western States: White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. President John F. Kennedy (second from left, back to camera) views missile demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range, General J. Frederick Thorlin, sits left of President Kennedy. A briefing officer stands at lectern in center; a Little John missile is visible at left. Notes: Scratches and blemishes throughout image are original to the negative.

United States: c. 1946 A ballerina does a graceful leap with an Army Air Corp fighter plane as a backdrop.

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