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The Joint Chiefs salute as Armed Forces body bearers carry the casket of former President Gerald R. Ford following his state funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., Jan. 2, 2007. Ford's remains will be flown to the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Mich., for burial. (U.S. Air Force photo by STAFF SGT. D. Myles Cullen) (Released)

The Joint Chiefs salute as Armed Forces body bearers carry the casket ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF Scene C... More

Pilots in a R.A.F. squadron: an American, Canadian, New Zealander, Englishman and South African

Pilots in a R.A.F. squadron: an American, Canadian, New Zealander, Eng...

Multi-national pilots consulting a chart, France, during World War I. Five young airmen are leaning up against the tail of their plane, looking at a map which they have balanced on the tail. They are all wearin... More

Queen visits an aerodrome during World War I

Queen visits an aerodrome during World War I

A row of biplanes are lined up at right-angles to a hangar and a man stands to attention at the side of each one of them. Queen Mary (1867-1953) is walking at the front of the picture with two officers. More of... More

Dinky race, Flanders during World War I

Dinky race, Flanders during World War I

This photograph, attributed to John Warwick Brooke, shows two men racing on donkeys, watched by Royal Air Force men, a few officers and one or two locals. This appears to be one of a series of photographs of an... More

The eaglet Nelson Harding - Drawing. Public domain image.

The eaglet Nelson Harding - Drawing. Public domain image.

Cartoon shows Uncle Sam with a dollar sign on his enormous stomach and a sword labeled "Outgrown Army and Navy" attempting to buckle his belt. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.

The U.S. Air Service needs auto mechanics and chauffeurs See U.S. Army recruiting office at [blank] before December 13.

The U.S. Air Service needs auto mechanics and chauffeurs See U.S. Army...

Poster is text only. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

Poster - Going--going--gone! - Public domain lithograph

Poster - Going--going--gone! - Public domain lithograph

U.S. Army Signal Corps Aviation Section recruiting poster offering opportunity for enlistment prior to a deadline, featuring a large red arrow and small photographs of airplanes. Text concludes: ... enlist in t... More

A U.S. Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 103 (VFA-103,"Jolly Rogers") F/A-18F Super Hornet multi-mission fighter/attack aircraft launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69), on Jan. 12, 2007, while the EISENHOWER and embarked Carrier Air Wing 7 (CVW-7) are on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of maritime security operations in the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Area of Responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN David Danals) (Released)

A U.S. Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 103 (VFA-103,"Jolly Rogers") F/A-1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN David Danals, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More

A US Navy (USN) F/A-18F Super Hornet, Strike Fighter Squadron 102 (VFA-102), Diamondbacks, Naval Air Facility (NAF) Atsugi, Japan, launches off the deck of the USN Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63). The Hornet is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder on the wing tip. The HAWK is one of seven carrier strike groups (CSG) involved in SUMMER PULSE 2004. SUMMER PULSE 2004 is the deployment of seven carrier strike groups (CSG), demonstrating the ability of the Navy to provide credible combat capability across the globe, in five theaters with other US, allied, and coalition military forces. SUMMER PULSE is the Navy's first deployment under its new Fleet Response Plan (FRP)

A US Navy (USN) F/A-18F Super Hornet, Strike Fighter Squadron 102 (VFA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Jonathan Chandler, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

US Navy (USN) Interior Communications Electrician (IC) Fireman Michael Flores watches the flight deck, while AIRMAN (AM) Stephen Pajela mans the phones in the integrated launch and recovery television system room aboard the USN Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76).2006 - Interior Communications Electrician Fireman Michael Flores watches the flight deck while AIRMAN Stephen Pajela mans the phones in the integrated launch and recovery television system room on board USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are currently deployed as part of a routine rotation of U.S. maritime forces in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and...

US Navy (USN) Interior Communications Electrician (IC) Fireman Michael...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy (USN) Interior Communications Electrician (IC) Fireman Michael Flores watches the flight deck, while AIRMAN (AM) Stephen... More

A Nightscope view of US Navy (USN) Air Department Sailors simulate using 1.5-inch fire hoses during a nighttime aircraft-barricade drill on the flight deck of the USN Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63). Aircraft barricades are used to stop incoming aircraft when their landing gear fails to operate properly or when they are forced to make an emergency landing. (SUBSTANDARD)

A Nightscope view of US Navy (USN) Air Department Sailors simulate usi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Joshua W. Legrand, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

US Naval College Program for Afloat College Education instructor Sam Taylor teaches a US History class aboard the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76). The REAGAN and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) are currently deployed in the Persian Gulf on a routine rotation of US maritime forces in support of the global war on terrorism

US Naval College Program for Afloat College Education instructor Sam T...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Christopher D. Blachly, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Dig... More

A U.S. Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 131 (VFA-131,"Wildcats") F/A-18C Hornet strike fighter aircraft makes an arrested landing aboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) on Jan. 8, 2007, while the EISENHOWER and embarked Carrier Air Wing 7 (CVW-7) are on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of maritime security operations in the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Area of Responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Adrian J. Escobar) (Released)

A U.S. Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 131 (VFA-131,"Wildcats") F/A-18C H...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Adrian J. Escobar, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More

Congressional Investigating Committee on U.S. Air Forces, [8/4/24]

Congressional Investigating Committee on U.S. Air Forces, [8/4/24]

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Congressional Committee on U.S. Air Forces, 8/4/24

Congressional Committee on U.S. Air Forces, 8/4/24

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Congressional Committee on U.S. Air Forces, 8424

Congressional Committee on U.S. Air Forces, 8424

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Company collection is available ... More

Special House Com. on U.S. Air Forces, 8/5/24

Special House Com. on U.S. Air Forces, 8/5/24

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Special House Com. on U.S. Air Forces, 8524

Special House Com. on U.S. Air Forces, 8524

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Company collection is available ... More

Congressional Investigating Committee on U.S. Air Forces, 8424

Congressional Investigating Committee on U.S. Air Forces, 8424

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from unverified caption data provided by the National Photo Company on negative or negative sleeve for ... More

The Duke of York, in captain's uniform, meets decorated officer of the Flying Corps, Geoffrey F. Hughes, Government House, Sydney, 1927 / Sam Hood

The Duke of York, in captain's uniform, meets decorated officer of the...

Format: Glass negative..Find more detailed information about this photographic collection: 7519 ( http://7519 ) ..Search for more great images in the State Library's collections: ( http:// ) ..From the collect... More

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Searle photograph

Royal New Zealand Airforce display, Rongotai, Wellington - Roland Sear...

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Military Office, New Bedford Massachusetts

Military Office, New Bedford Massachusetts

Black and white informal photo of members of the military at work in office, World War II era. Courtesy of New Bedford Free Public Library

Bombs lie on an Allied airfield ready to be loaded into Royal Air Force Liberators. The British bombers of the Mediterranian Allied Air Forces worked with American Liberators to strangle German supply lines feeding Nazi troops on the Anzio, Cassino and Eighth Army fronts. French airmen also participated in the operation

Bombs lie on an Allied airfield ready to be loaded into Royal Air Forc...

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French airmen hit a pinpoint target. Flying with the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces under the tri-color of France, the Frenchment split a vital rail bridge, 600 feet long and 15 feet wide, at the Piteccio viaduct in central Italy. On the wing of the American-made B-26 bomber may be seen the roundel of the French Air Force

French airmen hit a pinpoint target. Flying with the Mediterranean All...

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Members of the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Band play pre-ceremony music during the Madingley Memorial Ceremony held at the Cambridge American Military Cemetery in the United Kingdom (UK). The cemetery is one of 13 American World War II (WWII) military cemetery memorials erected on foreign soil where 3,812 Americans are buried. The cemetery first established on December 7, 1943, and completed in 1956

Members of the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Band play pr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Lakenheath State: Suffolk Country: United Kingdom (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Jessica Struble, USAF Release Status: Released to Public ... More

Mr. James Cooper, a POW during the latter years of WWII, speaks at the annual POW/MIA Ceremony held in Heritage Park at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona. Mr. Cooper was a navigator with the Army Air Corps from 1943-1945 and became a German POW after being shot down 29 June 1944 during his 12th bombing mission. He was liberated on April 29th, 1945

Mr. James Cooper, a POW during the latter years of WWII, speaks at the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: S... More

Mrs. Florene Miller Watson (one of the first Women Air Forces Service Pilots during WWII), entertains women with her war stories while aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker refueler at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., on Sept. 17, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Carlye D. LaPointe) (RELEASED)

Mrs. Florene Miller Watson (one of the first Women Air Forces Service ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Carlye D. La Pointe Release Status... More

Mr. James Cooper, a POW during the latter years of WWII, speaks at the annual POW/MIA Ceremony held in Heritage Park at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona. Mr. Cooper was a navigator with the Army Air Corps from 1943-1945 and became a German POW after being shot down 29 June 1944 during his 12th bombing mission. He was liberated on April 29th, 1945

Mr. James Cooper, a POW during the latter years of WWII, speaks at the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: S... More

Battered railroad yards at Foggia. So accurate was the bombardment by planes of the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces that eight months after the Allied occupation the Foggiayards were still not useable for marshalling freight

Battered railroad yards at Foggia. So accurate was the bombardment by ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

US Marine First Lieutenant Jonathon Kehr (Right), Landing Support Detachment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Okinawa, Japan, departs the Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) LC 81, from Assault Craft Unit-5 (ACU-5) Detachment West Pacific, Sasebo, Japan, onto a Gogu Beach for the D-Day Mobile Fuel Distribution System (DMFDS) concept demonstration in support of FOAL EAGLE 2000. The DMFDS is a Force Warfighting Lab (FWL) sponsored and Office of Naval Research (ONR) funded project which demonstrates new techniques in the first ever transfer of fuel from the sea to land. FOAL EAGLE is the largest Joint and Combined field training drill conducted annually in South Korea, running from October ...

US Marine First Lieutenant Jonathon Kehr (Right), Landing Support Deta...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Marine First Lieutenant Jonathon Kehr (Right), Landing Support Detachment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Okinawa, Japan, d... More

A World War Two (WWII) P-51D Mustang aircraft on display at the Air Mobility Command (AMC) Museum, Dover AFB, Delaware (DE). The aircraft is painted with the markings of the Tuskegee Airmen

A World War Two (WWII) P-51D Mustang aircraft on display at the Air Mo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: Dan Gill... More

A US Navy Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) LC 81, from Assault Craft Unit-5 (ACU-5) Detachment, West Pacific, Sasebo, Japan, glides onto a Gogu Beach for the D-Day Mobile Fuel Distribution System (DMFDS) concept demonstration in support of FOAL EAGLE 2000. The DMFDS is a Force Warfighting Lab (FWL) sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) funded project which demonstrates new techniques in the first ever transfer of fuel from the sea to land. FOAL EAGLE is the largest Joint and Combined field training drill conducted annually in South Korea, running from October 25th to November 3rd. About 25,000 U.S. troops (Not shown) will take part in the drill, including active duty, Reserve...

A US Navy Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) LC 81, from Assault Craft...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A US Navy Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) LC 81, from Assault Craft Unit-5 (ACU-5) Detachment, West Pacific, Sasebo, Japan, ... More

Archbishop Spellman of New York and Brigadier General Auby C. Strickland, U.S. Army 9th Air Forces, view ruins of Chapel of Franciscan Missionaries in Tripoli recently damaged by German night bombers. Monsignor Spellman was guest of General Strickland during his visit to Tripoli

Archbishop Spellman of New York and Brigadier General Auby C. Strickla...

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Battered railroad yards at Foggia. So accurate was the bombardment by planes of the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces that eight months after the Allied occupation the Foggiayards were still not useable for marshalling freight

Battered railroad yards at Foggia. So accurate was the bombardment by ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bombs away. U.S. B-26 medium bombers drop their eggs on ports, bridges, and railroad yards in central Italy. Practically every type of combat aircraft in the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces, from the heavy Flying Fortresses to the light fighter escorts, participated in "Operation Strangle"

Bombs away. U.S. B-26 medium bombers drop their eggs on ports, bridges...

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Landing Craft, Air Cushion 81 (LCAC-81), from Assault Unit Craft Five (ACU-5), US Fleet Activities, Sasebo, Japan, glides onto a Gogu beach for the D-Day Mobile Fuel Distribution System (DMFDS) concept demonstration in support of FOAL EAGLE 2000. The DMFDS is a Force Warfighting Lab (FWL) sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) funded project which demonstrates new techniques in the first ever transfer of fuel from the sea to land. Foal Eagle is the largest Joint and Combined field training drill conducted annually in South Korea, running from Oct. 25th to Nov. 3rd. About 25,000 US troops will take part in the drill, including active duty, Reserve and National Guard troops from ...

Landing Craft, Air Cushion 81 (LCAC-81), from Assault Unit Craft Five ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Landing Craft, Air Cushion 81 (LCAC-81), from Assault Unit Craft Five (ACU-5), US Fleet Activities, Sasebo, Japan, glides onto ... More

US Navy (USN) Lieutenant (LT) Adam Klein (foreground), a F/A-18C Hornet aircraft Pilot assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Nine Two (VFA-192), explains the cockpit instrumentation panel to Mr. Darrell Powers (middle ground) a World War II (WW II) veteran and Actor Peter Youngblood Hills, from the television movie Band of Brothers, inside an aircraft hangar at Atsugi, Japan. Mr. Powers, an original member of the Army Air Corps, Easy Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, met with military and base community members and signed autographs, as part of a United Service Organization (USO) / Armed Forces Entertainment tour of the Pacific

US Navy (USN) Lieutenant (LT) Adam Klein (foreground), a F/A-18C Horne...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Atsugi State: Kanagawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Matthew Schwarz, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More

US Navy (USN) Captain (CAPT) Larry Rice (left), Commanding Officer of the USN Aircraft Carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) meets Mr. Georgious Kopasis (right), the most highly decorated World War Two (WWII) veteran of the Battle of Crete, during an official wreath-laying ceremony at the Souda Bay WWII Veterans Cemetery in Crete, Greece, to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of Crete. The ENTERPRISE and embarked Carrier Air Wing One (CVW 1) are currently conducting training and theater security cooperation engagements with countries from the Naval Forces Europe during their six-month deployment in gthe Atlantic Ocean

US Navy (USN) Captain (CAPT) Larry Rice (left), Commanding Officer of ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Souda Harbor State: Crete Country: Greece (GRC) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Milosz Reterski, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

Bombs away. U.S. B-26 medium bombers drop their eggs on ports, bridges, and railroad yards in central Italy. Practically every type of combat aircraft in the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces, from the heavy Flying Fortresses to the light fighter escorts, participated in "Operation Strangle"

Bombs away. U.S. B-26 medium bombers drop their eggs on ports, bridges...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

World War II veteran and US Navy (USN) Reservist Ralls Clotfelter shakes hands with Vice Commander (VC), Naval Reserve Forces Command (NRFCOM) Rear Admiral (RDML) (lower half) Robert O. Passmore, after receiving both a Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal onboard Naval Submarine Base (NSB) Bangor, Washington (WA)

World War II veteran and US Navy (USN) Reservist Ralls Clotfelter shak...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bangor State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Lawrence D. Harnden, USN Release Status: Releas... More

A tribute to the fallen men and women of the Armed Forces stands in Heritage Park on Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK). The park, dedicated on July 20, 2000, includes five static aircraft, a POW/MIA memorial, a World War II (WWII) era replica of a hangar, a memorial to Carl Ben Eielson, and a new AIRMAN's Memorial, due to open later this year

A tribute to the fallen men and women of the Armed Forces stands in He...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Joshua Strang, USAF Release Status:... More

Landing Craft, Air Cushion 81 (LCAC-81), from Assault Unit Craft Five (ACU-5), US Fleet Activities, Sasebo, Japan, glides onto a Gogu beach for the D-Day Mobile Fuel Distribution System (DMFDS) concept demonstration in support of Exercise FOAL EAGLE 2000. The DMFDS is a Force Warfighting Lab (FWL) sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) funded project which demonstrates new techniques in the first ever transfer of fuel from the sea to land. Foal Eagle is the largest Joint and Combined field training drill conducted annually in South Korea, running from Oct. 25th to Nov. 3rd. About 25,000 US troops will take part in the drill, including active duty, Reserve and National Guard ...

Landing Craft, Air Cushion 81 (LCAC-81), from Assault Unit Craft Five ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Landing Craft, Air Cushion 81 (LCAC-81), from Assault Unit Craft Five (ACU-5), US Fleet Activities, Sasebo, Japan, glides onto ... More

Aluminum casting. One of the many operations essential to production of aluminum articles for the Army and Air Forces: lowering basket into quench tank from high temperature heat treating solution furnace. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. One of the many operations essential to production o...

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Major General Carl Spaatz, commanding general Air Forces, Etousa, of Earlville, Pennsylvania, and Brigadier General Ira C. Eaker of Lane County, Texas, as they awarded decorations to airmen in Britain

Major General Carl Spaatz, commanding general Air Forces, Etousa, of E...

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Major General Carl Spaatz, commanding general Air Forces, Etousa, of Earlville, Pennsylvania, and Brigadier General Ira C. Eaker of Lane County, Texas, as they awarded decorations to airmen in Britain

Major General Carl Spaatz, commanding general Air Forces, Etousa, of E...

Image source: U.S. Army Signal Corps. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ab... More

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Cylinder heads for R-1340 Wasp planes are inspected in a large Eastern plant now producing a huge number of fine American engines for our fighting air forces. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Cylinder heads for R-1...

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Men marching forward to receive a Distinguished Flying Cross and an order of the Purple Heart from Major General Carl Spaatz, Commanding General of the Air Forces, Etousa, of Earlesville, Pennsylvania

Men marching forward to receive a Distinguished Flying Cross and an or...

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Two men working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

Two men working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information P...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Ground crews of the Allied air forces dismantle a wrecked Heinkel III on a landing field between Daba and Fuka in Egypt

Ground crews of the Allied air forces dismantle a wrecked Heinkel III ...

Image source: U.S. Army Signal Corps. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ab... More

Production. Airplane propellers. Ed Dimlow, makes a final inspection of a two-blade airplane propeller in the vertical position. The Hartford, Connecticut, plant that produces these blades supplies them to our air forces in combinations with two, three or four blades, and with hydromatic mechanisms that permit adjusting blade pitch while planes are in action

Production. Airplane propellers. Ed Dimlow, makes a final inspection o...

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Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Cylinders are installed on power section assemblies of a new Pratt and Whitney airplane engine produced in a large Eastern plant now engaged exclusively in supplying the planes of our air forces with excellent American power installations. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Cylinders are installe...

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Ground crews of the Allied air forces dismantle a wrecked Heinkel III on a landing field between Daba and Fuka in Egypt

Ground crews of the Allied air forces dismantle a wrecked Heinkel III ...

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Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Two good reasons why our air forces will be unpopular with the Axis. These corporals operating side machine guns in a mighty YB-17 bomber have developed into fast, accurate gunners

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Two good reasons ...

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Men marching forward to receive a Distinguished Flying Cross and an order of the Purple Heart from Major General Carl Spaatz, Commanding General of the Air Forces, Etousa, of Earlesville, Pennsylvania

Men marching forward to receive a Distinguished Flying Cross and an or...

Image source: U.S. Army Signal Corps. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ab... More

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Two good reasons why our air forces will be unpopular with the Axis. These corporals operating side machine guns in a mighty YB-17 bomber have developed into fast, accurate gunners

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Two good reasons ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Completing the power section assembly of a Pratt and Whitney airplane engine in a large Eastern plant producing at a high rate for the air forces of our Army and Navy. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Completing the power s...

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Aluminum casting. One of the many operations essential to production of aluminum articles for the Army and Air Forces: lowering basket into quench tank from high temperature heat treating solution furnace. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. One of the many operations essential to production o...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Operations in North Africa by Allied air forces. A light bomber of the South African air force comes in to bomb a large enemy barracks in Mareth village. Low clouds are above the target area. In the right foreground, bombs dropped by the previous aircraft can be seen exploding on the target

Operations in North Africa by Allied air forces. A light bomber of the...

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Operations in North Africa by Allied air forces. A Royal Air Force high speed launch being directed by a low-flying Hurricane to the spot where a United States pilot is down off the North African Coast

Operations in North Africa by Allied air forces. A Royal Air Force hig...

Image source: U.S. Army Air Forces, from Royal Air Force, Washington, D.C. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washingto... More

Operations in North Africa by Allied air forces. A formation of Spitfires on interception patrol over De Djerba Island, off Gabes, on their way to the Mareth Line area

Operations in North Africa by Allied air forces. A formation of Spitfi...

Image source: U.S. Army Air Forces, from Royal Air Force, Washington, D.C. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washingto... More

Tripoli, Libya. Daylight raid by Allied air forces on the Castel Benito airdrome, resulting in great damage to machine shops shown at the scene of the airdrome and other installations

Tripoli, Libya. Daylight raid by Allied air forces on the Castel Benit...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Tripoli, Libya. Daylight raid by Allied air forces on the Castel Benito airdrome, resulting in great damage to machine shops shown at the scene of the airdrome and other installations

Tripoli, Libya. Daylight raid by Allied air forces on the Castel Benit...

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A black and white photo of three people sitting at a table. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of three people sitting at a table. Office of ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: Official British photo. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Pictu... More

Major-General James Doolittle, United States Army Aair Forces, Major-General Bergeret of the Fighting French high command, who accepted 13 P-40 Warhawks form the Americans on behalf of the Fighting French, and Major General Carl Spaatz, United States Air Force commmander in North Africa, who made the presentation. General Spaatz is in command of Allied air forces in the North African theater of operations

Major-General James Doolittle, United States Army Aair Forces, Major-G...

Image source: U.S. Army Air Forces, Washington, D.C. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More... More

United States Army ground and air generals confer with their Chief, Lieutenant General Millard F. Harmon, commanding Army forces in the South Pacific area, at the close of a successful Guadalcanal campaign. Major General Alexander M. Patch, Jr., left, who commanded the Guadalcanal ground action; General Harmon and Major General Nathan F. Twining, commanding the Army's Air Forces in the South Pacific; three soldiers cut from the same tough fiber

United States Army ground and air generals confer with their Chief, Li...

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Presiding American and French officers who delivered and received 13 P-40 Warhawks. Left to right: Lieutenant General Mendigal, commander-in-chief of the French air forces in Africa; Major General Carl Spaatz, commander of the Allied air forces in North Africa; Major General Bergeret, assistant French high commissioner, and Major General James Doolittle, commander of United States Air Forces

Presiding American and French officers who delivered and received 13 P...

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Operations in North Africa by Allied air forces. Mitchell B026 bombers of the United States Army Air Forces and Baltimore bombers of the South African air forces flying together in formation on their way to attack Rommel's position in North Africa

Operations in North Africa by Allied air forces. Mitchell B026 bombers...

Image source: U.S. Army Air Forces, from Royal Air Force, Washington, D.C. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washingto... More

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