Korean War Combat and Exercises

Footage and images depicting combat engagements, airborne exercises, and military operations during the Korean War era.

1944 - US Army officers meet with repatriated USAF airmen freed in Operation Reunion.
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Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The crew of a Short Stirling B Mark III of No. 90 Squadron RAF relax by their aircraft on a hard standing north of the main runway at West Wickham/Wratting Common, Cambridgeshire, while other Stirlings of the Squadron are prepared for the night's operation, a raid on Berlin, Germany.
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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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Indian Springs, Nevada , Nuclear weapons testing, Airplanes, Cleaning, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization
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Photo collection Anefo. Legere exercise kings gambit in Germany. Helicopter Manager. August 9, 1968. Germany
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Arrival of packages with KLM devices. Japanese prisoners of war pick the bags from the aircraft under the supervision of military police. December 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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Military Staff carrying wounded Serviceman on Stretcher from Airplane after arriving from Vietnam, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, USA, Warren K. Leffler, US News & World Report Magazine Collection, March 8, 1968
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San Diego, California: c. 1927 The Navy's most famous parachute jumper, Chief Petty Officer Bill Dodson, prepares to take his 47th jump.
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The Royal Navy during the Second World War Members of the South African Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve serving on board HMS NELSON. The group is sat on one of the 16 inch gun barrels of HMS NELSON
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S70-35615 (17 April 1970) --- A water level view of the Apollo 13 recovery operations in the South Pacific Ocean. The three astronauts have egressed their spacecraft, and astronaut Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot, has already ascended to the helicopter. The other two crewmembers await the return of the "Billy Pugh" net. Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr. (center), commander, will remain in the life raft until astronaut John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot, has boarded the helicopter. A United States Navy underwater demolition team swimmer assist with the recovery operations. The three Apollo 13 crewmembers were flown to the USS Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship. Apollo 13 splashed down at 12:07:44 p.m. (CST), April 17, 1970, to safely conclude a perilous space flight.
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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.
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Photograph of a RB-47, an US Air Force medium reconnaissance plane. Dated 20th Century
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Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. Publicity shot purporting to show the captain of a Boeing Fortress Mark II of Coastal Command holding a final conference with his crew before taking off. The photograph was taken at Lagens, Azores, in front of a Fortress Mark II, FL462 'W' of No. 220 Squadron RAF. The 'crew' were, in fact, an ad hoc group drawn from No. 206 Squadron RAF, and the 'captain' (3rd from right, wearing SD Cap) was Flying Officer L W Taylor RAAF, an Air Ministry public relations officer.
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DN-SN-87-04610. Base: USS Constellation (CV 64) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
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Civilian training school, students and instructors, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex. January 1942.
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Airmen pull on guide ropes as a crane lowers the vertical stabilizer of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft onto a flatbed trailer. Base: Plattsburgh Air Force Base State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Flying Tigers was the popular name of the 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Chinese Air Force in 1941-1942. The pilots were United States Army (USAAF), Navy (USN), and Marine Corps (USMC) personnel, recruited under Presidential sanction and commanded by Claire Lee Chennault; the ground crew and headquarters staff were likewise mostly recruited from the U.S. military, along with some civilians. The group consisted of three fighter squadrons with about 20 aircraft each. It trained in Burma before the American entry into World War II with the mission of defending China against Japanese forces. The Tigers' shark-faced fighters remain among the most recognizable of any individual combat aircraft of World War II, and they demonstrated innovative tactical victories when the news in the U.S. was filled with little more than stories of defeat at the hands of the Japanese forces.
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Hm King George Vi and Hrh Princess Elizabeth Visit An Airborne Troops Exercise at Netheravon, 19 May 1944 HM King George VI and Princess Elizabeth, accompanied by RAF and Airborne officers, inspecting the detachable fuselage of Horsa I LG850, of No 22 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit at Netheravon. Part of an A-type hangar is visible in the background.
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An air-to-air left side view of three EA-6B Prowler aircraft of Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 209 (VAQ-209), Naval Air Reserve, in formation over the city. Base: Naval Air Facility, Andrews Afb State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Poll photo collection. War volunteers in Malacca and Indonesia. Loading a plane at Kemajoran airport. November 19, 1945. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Kemajoran, Dutch East Indies
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Savoia-Marchetti S. 55 X water bomber.
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In the Navy now , Industrial productivity, Sailors, Boats, Navies. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection
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WASPS and Instructor Having a Talk Before Take-Off for a Ferrying Mission. WASPS and Instructor Having a Talk Before Take-Off for a Ferrying Mission. Disc/Side/Frame: 4A-22686. 1940 - 1980. National Archives at College Park - Archives II (College Park, MD). Transparency. Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. 9/26/1947-. Color Photographs of U.S. Air Force Activities, Facilities, and Personnel, Domestic and Foreign
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