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Historical Aerial Military Vehicles

Historic aerial vehicles in action, featuring experimental and attack aircraft. The mood is dynamic and vintage, documenting military aviation advancements and operations.

1965 - American airmen of the 1st Psychological Warfare Battalion use loudspeakers to dispense propaganda as they fly over the Dominican Republic.

The UN assault Force in Inchon Harbor, Sept. 15, 1950. 70,000 troops would invade 150 miles behind North Korean lines and advance to Seoul. Below the Vought F4U-4B Corsair fighter is the battleship USS Missouri. Korean War, 1950-53. (BSLOC_2014_11_33)

Paratroop Training at Netheravon, Wiltshire, November 1942 Paratroops entering Hotspur glider HH541.

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One-half left front view of a North American Mustang Mk. IVA (s/n KM366) undergoing armament operations somewhere in Korea. The aircraft bears the markings of the South African Air Force and the left wing is being armed with a bomb. A bomb sits in front of the right wing prior to being attached to the wing. A crewman works on the top of each wing loading .50 caliber ammunition into the guns. Several crewmen work under each wing. Two additional men stand on the wings, leaning on the nose of the aircraft in front of the cockpit. A second Mustang Mk. IV appears in the background, and a crewman stands on the left wing. Two others stand in front of the wing. Equipment and support vehicles are invisible around the aircraft, and sandbags and buildings appear in the background.

Massive line up of B-25 Mitchell bombers returning from a flight during Doolittle's Raiders reunion.

DF-SC-86-12051. Base: Griffiss Air Force Base State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The Royal Air Force in Britain, April 1942 Royal Air Force armourers check over the sixteen 250lb bombs before they are loaded into Short Stirling bomber N6101 of No 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire. (N6101 was one of the first built by Short and Harland at Belfast).

Hunters Provide Air Thrills Over Norway And Sweden -- Four Hawker Hunters of the Fighting Cocks - officially No. 43 Squadron Royal Air Force, Leuchars, Fife - practise the aerobatics with which they are thrilling the crowds in Oslo and Stockholm this week. The Squadron, which is on a goodwill visit to Norway and Sweden, derived its nickname from the 'Gamecock' fighters of the 1920's. October 18, 1955. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

The Royal Air Force in Malta, June 1943 A flight of Bristol Beaufighters of No 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force on patrol off Malta.

U.S. Air Force Security police stand guard as Cuban nationals are transferred from a C-130 Hercules aircraft to a Cuban I1-62M airliner. They are being returned to Cuba after being captured on Grenada during the multiservice, multinational Operation Urgent Fury. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Base: Seawell International Airport Country: Bangladesh (BGD)

Three-quarter right rear view of a Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw (s/n 49-2016) landed on beach. Three military personnel are standing next to helicopter, which a group of natives are approaching it. Water visible in background as well as a barge.. Three-quarter right rear view of a Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw (s/n 49-2016) landed on beach. Three military personnel are standing next to helicopter, which a group of natives are approaching it. Water visible in background as well as a barge..

A B-17 Bomber at Sunrise

The Royal Air Force in Malta, June 1943 A De Havilland Mosquito II DZ231/`YP-R' of No 23 Squadron, Royal Air Force flying over Malta.

Ploesti, Romania, August 1, 1943"Hell's Wench," a B-24 badly damaged by anti-aircraft artillery fire, led the 93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) in its daring low level attack on the oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania which supplied two-thirds of Germany's petroleum production at that stage of World War II. Lieutenant Colonel Addison E. Baker, an Ohio National Guardsman who commanded the 93rd, ignored the fact he was flying over terrain suitable for safe landing. He refused to break up the lead formation by landing and led his group to the target upon which he dropped his bombs with devastating effect. Then he left the formation but his valiant attempts to gain enough altitude for the crew to escape by parachute failed and the aircraft crashed. For their gallant leadership and extraordinary flying skill both Baker and his pilot, Major John L. Jerstad, received the Medal of Honor posthumously. The raid, nicknamed "Operation Tidalwave," was costly with 54 of the 177 bombers lost and

Location: Kampala, Uganda Date: 14 May africa

A C-130 Hercules aircraft landing to deliver a supply of corn for the World Food Program during the AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE) operation. The US Agency for International Development is sponsoring the program. Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE) Base: Aguacate Country: Honduras (HND)

Aircraft Gunnery Practice. ca. 1942, Near Panama City, Florida, USA, P.C. 22--A Gunner Takes Aim at Army Air Forces Gunnery School, Tyndall Field, near Panama City, Fla.

Artwork: "Bob Baseler Leads the 325th Over the Adriatic," 1944 Artist: Dan Witkoff. Country: Unknown

DF-ST-85-07809. Country: Unknown

Nose art "Another Nightmare" on KC135R Stratotanker, serial no. 59-1482 from the 100th Aerial Refueling Wing based at RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom. The nose art depicts a Grim Reaper riding a horse titled "Another Nightmare.". Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR)

DF-SC-85-08463. Country: Unknown

DF-ST-88-06766. Base: Indian Springs Air Force Station State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Artist's concept illustrating British Hawker Hurricane fighter planes attacking German Heinkel He 111 bombers

Elizabeth with airmen of the 306th Bomb Group and a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed 'Elizabeth's Own', that has been named in her honour, 16 January 1945.

DF-SC-89-10745. Base: Unknown

Colour photograph of the B1-17 of 97 Bombardment Group of the US Air Force. Dated 1942

North American B-25 Crew Ready For Take-Off From A Base In North Africa.

United States Air Force jets pursue a UFO which they compare to a tree trunk, over southern Mississippi Date: 1 January 1948

World War II, Poochy, wearing the insignia of a Master sergeant at the Army Flying school, Lubbock, Texas, 1942.

Memphis Belle, Boeing B-17, Flying Fortress

Artwork: "Kelly Field, Texas, Training Field of Canadian and American Aviators World War II". Artist: John McCoy. US Air Force Art Collection (Copyrighted). Country: Unknown

American A-10 Thunderbolts flying in formation over a desert landscape.

A Douglas C-47 Skytrain troop carrier aircraft, designated Whisky 7, lands on Ramstein Air Base, May 26, 2014. Whisky 7 was the lead carrier of 37th Troop Carrier Squadron that took part in dropping the 82nd Airborne Division near St. Mere Eglise, France during D-Day, June 6th, 1944. The historical aircraft landed in Ramstein before heading to Normandy to take part in commemoration events for the 70th Anniversary D-Day.

An OH-58 Kiowa helicopter is loaded into a hold aboard the rapid-response ship USNS CAPELLA (T-AKR-293) as military equipment is readied for transportation back to Germany in the aftermath of Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. The helicopters are encased in protective plastic for shipping. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

AFAPO Inventory, various locations in Colorado

DF-SC-89-11174. Base: Unknown

USA, Washington, Seattle. World War II Gallery, The Museum of Flight (Large format sizes available)

Artwork: "Air Force Artist" Artist: Doris Quarstrom, US Air Force Art Collection. Country: Unknown

030812-M-7837W-017. Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd MAW

Hawk surface to air missile , Ordnance industry, Armories, Missiles. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Operation 'Alert' - Boston Regional Office - 1954 , Helicopters, Temporary buildings, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

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