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S. S. Milwaukee Clipper passing sand dunes at entrance to harbor, Muskegon, Michigan

A close-up view of the cabin of a Pan Am 747 airliner undergoes modification into aeromedical evacuation aircraft in the Pan Am World Airways complex at John F. Kennedy International Airport. The modification is part of a feasability study of the Military Airlift Command plan to use Civil Reserve Air Fleet commercial airliners as air ambulances in the event of war

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New Mosquito Boat gets a tryout. Washington, D.C., June 19. The PT-9, first of the new 'Mosquito Boats' to be delivered to the U.S. Navy under the President's $15,000,000 experimental small craft program had a preview for the press today. This is the same type of boat that the government is in process of releasing to the British Navy, causing great unrest and indignation in Capitol circles. Eight other boats will be based at the naval operating base, Norfolk, Virginia, to undergo severe seagoing tests. The squadron will be known as the Mosquito Fleet and the insignia which was designed by Walt Disney consists of a mosquito riding on the top of a high speed torpedo. Shown in the picture is Lieutenant Earl S. Caldwell, USN, Commander of the squadron

New 'Mosquito Boat' ready for action. Washington, D.C., June 19. The PT-9, first of the American Motor Torpedo Boats to be delivered to the U.S. Navy under the President's $15,000,000 experimental small craft program had a preview showing for the press today. The 'Mosquito Boat' and eight other ones will be based at the naval operating base, Norfolk, Virginia, where they will undergo service tests under various sea conditions to determine their capabilities and limitations. This is the same type of boat that the government is in the process of releasing to the British Navy. Chairman David L. Walsh of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee expressed indignation over the Navy's action in this respect in view of the fact that this government is trying to build up its own sea power

New 'Mosquito Boat' ready for action. Washington, D.C., June 19. The PT-9, first of the American Motor Torpedo Boats to be delivered to the U.S. Navy under the President's $15,000,000 experimental small craft program had a preview showing for the press today. The 'Mosquito Boat' and eight other ones will be based at the naval operating base, Norfolk, Virginia, where they will undergo service tests under various sea conditions to determine their capabilities and limitations. This is the same type of boat that the government is in the process of releasing to the British Navy. Chairman David L. Walsh of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee expressed indignation over the Navy's action in this respect in view of the fact that this government is trying to build up its own sea power

A US Navy (USN) Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) rests on a launch rail aft of the mission bay onboard the USN Littoral (near-shore waters) Surface Craft-Experimental (LSC-X), which is moored to the dock at the Nichols Brothers Boat Builders Shipyard, Freeland, Whidbey Island, Washington (WA), ready for its christening ceremony when it will officially become the USN Fast Ship Frame Class, USS SEA FIGHTER (FSF 1). The SEA FIGHTER will help to evaluate the hydrodynamic performance, structural behavior, mission flexibility, and the propulsion systems of high-speed catamaran style vessels

The US Coast Guard (USCG) Marine Protector Class Patrol Craft USS BONITO (WPB 87431) enforces a safety zone in the water off the coast of Pensacola, Florida (FL), The USS BONITO crew ensured that recreational and commercial vessels stayed at least 500 yards away as the decommissioned US Navy (USN) Intrepid Class Aircraft Carrier USS ORISKANY (CV 34), undergoes final preparations for its scheduled sinking, while moored to the pier at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Florida (FL). The ORISKANY will be towed 22-miles south of Pensacola in approximately 212-ft. of water where it will become the largest ship ever intentionally sunk as an artificial reef. After ORISKANY reaches the bottom,...

U.S. Navy PETTY Officer 1ST Class Eric Morley, Aviation Ordnanceman 1ST Class oversees an ammunition offload with an MH-60 Seahawk anti-submarine helicopter assigned to Helicopter Antisubmarine Combat Support Squadron 28, aboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73). The USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) is currently conducting training evolutions off the coast of Virginia Va. Aug.17, 2006. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Ian Schoeneberg) (Released)

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Submarine Tender, USS EMORY S. LAND (AS 39), Sailors assigned to the Deck Department, tighten a turnbuckle attached to a pelican hook anchor chain stopping device after paying out enough chain to reposition the ship during an anchoring evolution on the ship's fantail. The LAND is currently anchored off the coast of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe conducting training exercises and community relations projects host nationals

US Navy (USN) Aviation Boatswains Mates (AB) run across the flight deck of the USN Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS IWO JIMA (LHD 7) to fuel two US Marine Corps (USMC) Boeing CH-46D Sea Knight cargo helicopters, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 365 (HMM-365), while the USS IWO JIMA is off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon (LBN), assisting American citizens as they arrive onboard after being evacuated from Lebanon

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Submarine Tender, USS EMORY S. LAND (AS 39), Sailors assigned to the Repair Department stand at attention as Department Head, USN Commander (CDR) Kurtis Crake, conducts an Awards Ceremony held on the helicopter pad. The LAND is currently in port at Luanda, Angola, and is the first USN ship to visit Angola is 32 years. The mission is to conduct repair training, AIDS awareness training, and community relations projects with host nationals

New Mosquito Boat gets a tryout. Washington, D.C., June 19. The PT-9, first of the new 'Mosquito Boats' to be delivered to the U.S. Navy under the President's $15,000,000 experimental small craft program had a preview for the press today. This is the same type of boat that the government is in process of releasing to the British Navy, causing great unrest and indignation in Capitol circles. Eight other boats will be based at the naval operating base, Norfolk, Virginia, to undergo severe seagoing tests. The squadron will be known as the Mosquito Fleet and the insignia which was designed by Walt Disney consists of a mosquito riding on the top of a high speed torpedo. Shown in the picture is Lieutenant Earl S. Caldwell, USN, Commander of the squadron

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Corporal Leonard Rodriguez, USMC, (right) and Lance Corporal Andres Almaguer, USMC, (left), make adjustments on the Allison T56-A-15 turboprop engine. The Marines are in the process of swapping an engine on a Marine KC-130 Hercules at a forward operating base in the Operation ENDURING FREEDOM area of operations. Both are members of the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352), Combined Task Force 58

Galena, Alaska, July 30, 2013 -- FEMA Public Information Officer Victor Inge (L) and AmeriCorps Manager Sarah Tomt (R) greet one another for the first time as they exchange information on the work being done toward the recovery process. FEMA is responding with key personnel and resources to the communities that were affected from the Yukon River flood and partnering with AmeriCorps for recovery efforts. Adam DuBrowa/ FEMA

Approved insignia for: 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron. Note: @Walt Disney Productions, World Rights Reserved, Modified version by Sandra B. Gillen

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Ronnie Dale (right) is welcomed back to KSC by Center Director Roy Bridges Jr. (center). At left is Andrew S.W. Thomas, deputy chief, Astronaut Office. Dale, with the NASA Safety and Process Assurance Branch at KSC, was aboard a helicopter that crashed while searching for debris from the Space Shuttle Columbia in east Texas in March. He was treated for nonlife-threatening injuries and recently released. KSC-03pd0959

Capt. Robert B. Caldwell, commanding officer of Fleet Readiness Center Southeast leads Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on a tour of the center at Naval Air Station Jacksonville.

Northbank's double bottom nears completion

Installation of the United States Office of War Information (OWI) exhibit of original drawings and paintings by artists now in the armed forces. Preview, before shipping to Australia, held at the office of the Overseas Picture Division in the Auditor's Building

Vice President Cheney Talks With David Addington and Pat Caldwell Aboard C-17 Aircraft En Route to Muscat, Oman

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Linda Mihalec, assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 214 (VMA-214), adjusts a bomb ejector rack attached to the wing pylon of a USMC AV-8B Harrier aircraft at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV) in participation for the joint service experimentation process dubbed Millennium Challenge 2002 (MC02). Sponsored by the US Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM), the MC02 experiment explores how Effects Based Operations (EBO) can provide an integrated joint context for conducting rapid, decisive operations (RDO)

Auktion 14 juni 1966 Sverige. Public domain image.

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Deidre Spight, left, with the 20th Component Maintenance Squadron (CMXS), and SRA Mike Solberg, with the 20th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EMXS), process pallets and cargo on the flightline at Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), during a base exercise

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