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A collection of images depicting historical military aircraft, missile launches, and aerial battles. The tone is dynamic, showcasing technological advancements in military aviation.

Vintage Photograph. Martin Matador tactical missile TM-61B.

Placement of a mine. 1966.

Anefo photo collection. Arrival of Uiterton 100 years of kmi Den Helder. October 16, 1954. Den Helder

Parachute Training in Scotland. Polish Paratroops Receive Initial Instruction -- A later stage in the training. Pupils jumping from a tower with a cable controlled parachute. The first step in the training of parachutists is the correct way to land. At a Parachute Training Centre in Scotland, Polish Paratroops receive initial instruction in landing and, after the various stages of the course, emerge finally as fully fledged Paratroops. March 23, 1942. (Photo by Fox Photos).

The German Invasion of Crete, May 1941 A blazing German troop-carrier (JU-52), hit by machine-gun fire from an entrenchment adjacent to the bombed area during the invasion of Crete, May 1941. Parachute troops and equipment are seen descending.

A Reconnaissance Caudron G3 of the Italian Air Force with a wing hit by a artillery shell, World War I, Italy, 20th century.

Beached Japanese 2-man sub on Island of Oahu during action with U.S. forces, December 7, 1941. US Navy

Raising of an observation balloon, Somme, northern France, 1916. Artist: Unknown.

Henrik Hamilton and Georges Legagneux in FPL, 1911 . Henrik Hamilton in the backsit on an aircraft of FARMAN type during training in France 1911. Flygörare Georges Legagneux in Frontsits.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Aerial photos Djokja. Recording from plane. Cloud cover. July 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Inside the hangar of HMS AVENGER, showing the lift bringing down a Hawker Sea Hurricane of 802 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm from the deck. Several mechanics are stood on the lift and in the hangar to move the aircraft into position.

Workers aboard a barge make repairs to the port amidships section of the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV 41). The carrier was damaged when it collided with the Panamanian freighter CACTUS. Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

Trip to Bermuda: White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) communications equipment preparations, personnel, and city views. Roof of an unidentified building in Bermuda during White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) set-up of communications equipment for President John F. Kennedy's meetings with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan of Great Britain.

Messerschmitt Helps To Raise Money For Spitfires. A crowd inspecting the Messerschmitt. A German Messerschmitt 109 fight shot down in Surrey is now on view at Croydon, London, where the public may inspect it for a fee of sixpence each person to raise money for the local "Buy a Spitfire" fund. August 21, 1940.

Anniversary celebration 50 years of the Royal Air Force at the "G" navigation station in Appingedam on June 28, 1963.A Nike Hercules guide arm.

Anefo photo collection. NCRV 25 years "Jubo" in Sonsbeek. 6 June 1949. Arnhem, Gelderland, Sonsbeek

Celebrates Wrights Flight -- Three US army helicopters hover over the monument on Kill Devil hill here today for the 49th celebration of the first successful airplane flight by Orville and Wilbur Wright in 1903. January 05, 1953. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

French Train as NATO Paratroopers at Pau. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Marine Aviation Service established Jagersquadron operate aircraft covers .. 1943-1945}. Britain

España. Campaña del Rif de 1921. Globo cautivo del ejército español caído en el mar. Tarjeta postal.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Photo reportage Palembang. Dutch flag. January 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Palembang, Sumatra

Observing the enemy from a military balloon during the Second Boer War. From the book South Africa and the Transvaal War by Louis Creswicke, published 1900.

The Gap Is Bridged.This unusual picture was taken at a demonstration staged here by 32 Assault Engineer Regimen) which is under the command of Southern Command. Plant Troop, Royal Engineers. It shows a Sherman tank crossing a tank bridge, a device used for negotiating gaps up to 44 feet in width. The fascine, a construction made of wood, also seen in picture, is dropped by the tank when it meets small ditches. May 26, 1952.

The S-75 Dvina (Russian: -75; NATO reporting name SA-2 Guideline) is a Soviet-designed, high-altitude, command guided, surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. Since its first deployment in 1957, it has become the most widely-deployed and -used air defense missile in history, scoring the first successful engagement of an enemy aircraft by a SAM ever, shooting down a Taiwanese RB-57D over China, on October 7, 1959 by hitting it with three V-750 (1D) missiles at an altitude of 20 km (65,600 ft). This system first gained international fame when an S-75 battery, using the newer, longer range and higher altitude V-750VN (13D) missile shot down the U-2 of Francis Gary Powers overflying the Soviet Union on May 1, 1960. The system was also deployed in Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis, where on October 27, 1962, it shot down the U-2 flown by Rudolf Anderson, almost precipitating a nuclear war. Later, North Vietnamese forces used the S-75 extensively during the Vietnam War to defend Hanoi and H

Mooring Facilities at NAS South Weymouth , Air bases, Airships. Photographs of the First Naval District

Part of Japanese Zero's Wing

03/31/1915. In a French arsenal shipment of Torpedoes Automobiles Aboard a submarine.

A Spectacular International Flying Display At The Berlin Aerodrome -- Looping the loop in formation, carried out by the Italian pilots Colombo, Beccaria and Falconi.Note the well-patronised refreshment tables in the foreground, a feature of many out-door functions in Germany. August 25, 1932. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Ltd.).

DA-SC-85-10588. Base: White Sands Missile Test Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

War Minister Araki examining the anti-aircraft machine. September 26, 1932.

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Anefo photo collection. Airborne monument built in Heelsum to remember the landing of the Airborne troops at Arnhem. September 25, 1945. Gelderland, Heelsum

DN-SN-88-01926. Subject Operation/Series: ELCAS (ELEVATED CAUSEWAY) Base: Naval Operating Base, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Roland Garros' Morane-Saulnier after landing in Piazza d'Armi in Rome, December 22, 1912, Italy, photograph by Lamp, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXIX, No 52, December 29, 1912.

An early airship (the 'Adjudant-Reau')passing the Monument of Joan of Arc, built on the summit of the Ballon D'alsace - one of the most famous summits in the Vosges mountains. The summit was located on the former French-German border during the annexation of Alsace by Germany (between 1870-1918 and 1940-1945). 1911

Anefo photo collection. Parachutist training in Gilze-Rijen (NB). 19 May 1966. Gilze, Rijen

Dunkirk - Barges. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

The Second Indochina War, known in America as the Vietnam War, was a Cold War era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the U.S. and other anti-communist nations. The U.S. government viewed involvement in the war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam and part of their wider strategy of containment. The North Vietnamese government viewed the war as a colonial war, fought initially against France, backed by the U.S., and later against South Vietnam, which it regarded as a U.S. puppet state. U.S. military advisors arrived beginning in 1950. U.S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s, with U.S. troop levels tripling in 1961 and tripling again in 1962. U.S. combat units were deployed beginning in 1965. Operations spanned

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

Boer War Photograph Taken by B W Caney

A British Handley Page bomber is prepared for a bombing raid over Germany during the First World War. British propaganda photographs.

French Train as NATO Paratroopers at Pau. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

View from the right of an International M139D truck of 119 Veldartillerie department with a Honest-John rocket on top to firing.

07/01/1916. The allies in Thessaloniki. French cavalry soldiers in their camp completing an airplane flight over the Bulgarian lines.

The Hermes A-1 rocket was designed by the U. S. Army after capturing the V-2 rocket from the German army at the conclusion of the Second World War. The Hermes A-1 is a modified V-2 rocket; it utilized the German aerodynamic configuration; however, internally it was a completely new design. This rocket was the first designed by the German Rocket Team at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL.

ATAQUE DE PEARL HARBOR(ISLAS HAWAII)POR LOS JAPONESES EN 1941.

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Vintage photograph. Marines prepare to charge an "objective" seconds after an atomic explosion at the Atomic Proving Grounds, Yucca Flat, Nevada

Anefo photo collection. Firefighter. Voluntary fire brigade of Enkhuizen celebrates 150th anniversary. April 17, 1946. Enkhuizen

Kite balloons of No. 1 Balloon Training Unit await their handlers, during the morning parade in No. 1 Airship Shed at Cardington, October 1940. Inflated kite balloons of No. 1 Balloon Training Unit await their handlers, during the morning parade in No. 1 Airship Shed at Cardington, Bedfordshire.

RAF personnel learning to use a dinghy, 1941. Creator: Charles Brown.

A view of the NASA Space Shuttle Program Solid Rocket Booster Deceleration Subsystem, after a parachute drop test at the National Parachute Test Range. Base: Naval Air Facility, El Centro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

How the escort carrier Archer made her kill in the 'gap' during the Second World War. The aircraft of the Archer, escorting an Atlantic convoy, sight and sink a German U-boat. Date: 1943

S66-34117 (6 June 1966) --- The 72-hour, 21-minute Gemini-9A spaceflight is concluded as the Gemini spacecraft, with astronaut Thomas P. Stafford and Eugene A. Cernan aboard, touches down in the Atlantic Ocean only 3.5 miles from the prime recovery ship, the aircraft carrier USS Wasp. Gemini-9 splashed down 345 miles east of Cape Kennedy at 9 a.m. (EST), June 6, 1966.

MINECT.paravane.Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Safety Height for Bombing. Country: UK Artist: H. R. Millar Printed By: Jordison & Co., Ltd.. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters

Crowds of Norwegians gather in Oslo; to celebrate the liberation of Norway after World War Two

German V2 Flying bomb or rocket from World War Two. Circa 1941

DN-ST-85-08903. Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

"La Fregate"

Americans are shown using a war balloon in Mexican-American War, tethered by a rope to a steam engine that was pulled by horses.

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

They Need Your Waste Rubber . Country: England Printed By: J. Weiner, Ltd. Contributor: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters

Anefo photo collection. Recovery: Duindorp. Repair work in Duindorp (The Hague). August 1945. The Hague, South Holland

DF-SC-88-02282. Country: Unknown

First World War (Great War, 1914-1918). Presentation of captive balloons "Sausage" at the festival of Liberation in November 1918, in the Tuileries Garden, Seine side, 1st arrondissement, Paris. WAR 1914-1918. Presentation of captive balloons "Sausage" at the Liberation Festival in November 1918, in the Tuileries Garden, Seine side. Paris (IER ARR.). Anonymous photography. Draw at gelatin bromide of silver. 1918.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC 2-15 Infantry Regiment and I-12 RVA on the rise East Java. Graffiti. Farmer with arrow and bow. With the text "Seluruh Rakjat. Bergerilja. Kita Pasti Menang". December 20, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

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