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Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Margaret Bourke-White in Flight Suit

Margaret Bourke-White in Flight Suit
(Original Caption) 1943-Margaret Bourke-White at the ready standing by airplane propeller and fully garbed in leather fleece lined flight suit, camera in hand. 1943

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Berlin Residents Waving at American Airlift Plane

Berlin Residents Waving at American Airlift Plane
(Original Caption) Berliners Hail Blockade Lifting

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Squadron of RAF B-24 Liberator Bombers

Squadron of RAF B-24 Liberator Bombers

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Enlisted Men Out for a Motorbike Ride

Enlisted Men Out for a Motorbike Ride
(Original Caption) Following some oft quoted advice, three U. S. sailors chug around Rome on motor scooters--which are a popular means of transportation in the city

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Artwork of a black stealth bomber plane

Artwork of a black stealth bomber plane

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Fokker triplane, side view

Fokker triplane, side view

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Flying camel, front view

Flying camel, front view

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: SR-71A Blackbird

SR-71A Blackbird

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Row of Fighter Planes

Row of Fighter Planes
(Original Caption) Taiwan: Squadron of Chiang Kai-Shek's fighting planes assigned to defend the island

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Young Woman Working on Airplane Part

Young Woman Working on Airplane Part
(Original Caption) Bad news for the Axis. New stinger tails for flying fortresses are in mass installation at the Douglas Aircraft Long Beach plant

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: U.S. Navy F9F-8P Gruman Plane Flying above Hurricane

U.S. Navy F9F-8P Gruman Plane Flying above Hurricane
(Original Caption) a U.S

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Ted Williams Wearing Military Flying Uniform and Entering Airplane

Ted Williams Wearing Military Flying Uniform and Entering Airplane
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Portrait of Lindbergh's with Officer

Portrait of Lindbergh's with Officer
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: US Air Force Sabre Jet Flying

US Air Force Sabre Jet Flying
U.S. AIR FORCE SABRE JET.UNDATED PHOTOGRAPH

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Planes Flying in Close Formation

Planes Flying in Close Formation
BRITISH BRISTOL "BEAUFORT" AIRCRAFT.UNDATED PHOTOGRAPH

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: US Air Force's F-16

US Air Force's F-16
(Original Caption) Evolutionary F-16. The first F-16C for the US Air Force is shown on its initial flight over North Texas

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Prototype of the F-16 Air Combat Fighter

Prototype of the F-16 Air Combat Fighter
(Original Caption) Edwards AFB, Ca.: General Dynamics F-16 Air Combat Fighter Prototype shows its classic lines at a recent test flight at Edwards Air Force Base, CA

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Drawing of Japanese Zero Aircrafts

Drawing of Japanese Zero Aircrafts
(Original Caption) Would You Know Them? New York City: From official photos of wrecked Jap Zero fighters, supplied by the war department, Herman R

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: View of Military Plane

View of Military Plane
(Original Caption) Forts lined up, fueled up, bombed up, motors turning, ready

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Military Plane Back from War

Military Plane Back from War
(Original Caption) The flying fortress, or Reluctant Gremlin is pictured at the Miami Airport on its arrival on May 11th, after twenty-two months of duty in England and Italy

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Chart Depicting How Pilotless Planes Will Drop Bikini Bomb

Chart Depicting How Pilotless Planes Will Drop Bikini Bomb
(Original Caption) Chart shows how pilotless, radio-controlled planes and landing craft will be used to gather scientific data during the forthcoming atom bomb test at Bikini

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Map Depicting Desirable Air Bases

Map Depicting Desirable Air Bases
(Original Caption) Map here shows probable location of strategically important air bases in Greenland that the U.S. is reported seeking to lease from Denmark

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Military Aircraft Leaving Launch Pad

Military Aircraft Leaving Launch Pad
(Original Caption) This is a zero-launch take-off of a Republic F-84 "Thunderjet" at Edwards Air Force Base

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Aerial View of Military Aircraft

Aerial View of Military Aircraft
(Original Caption) Looking like toy planes from an R.A.F

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: View of Radar Station

View of Radar Station
(Original Caption) Guarding Canada and the northern approaches to the United States is a chain of radar stations in Eastern Ontario

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Airplane over Landscape

Airplane over Landscape
(Original Caption) Patrick Air Force Base, Florida: This is a new photograph of the Northrop Snark SM-62, intercontinental guided missile just released by the U. S. Air Force

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Smoke Filled Sky Near Airplane

Smoke Filled Sky Near Airplane
(Original Caption) Wreckage of some of the 20 aircraft destroyed in a Communist rocket attack on Da Nang Airbase, is shown still burning on the flight line

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Military Airplane on Runway

Military Airplane on Runway
(Original Caption) The Douglas A-4B "Skyhawk" is America's smallest and lightest jet attack aircraft, designed to operate from all sizes of aircraft carriers

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Preparing a Navy Blimp for Flight

Preparing a Navy Blimp for Flight
(Original Caption) Navy blimp

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Ammunition Truck Exploding on Bridge

Ammunition Truck Exploding on Bridge
(Original Caption) this picture was taken by a USAF RF-80 reconniasance plane of actual strafing attacks by 5th Air Force planes on North Korean targets. Ammunition truck explodes at the end of bridge

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Strafing Attacks in North Korea

Strafing Attacks in North Korea
(Original Caption) This picture was taken by a USAF RF-80 photo reconnaissance plane of actual strafing attcks by 5th Air Force planes on North Korean targets

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Strafing Attacks in North Korea

Strafing Attacks in North Korea
(Original Caption) This picture was taken by a USAF RF-80 photo reconnaissance plane of actual strafing attacks by 5th Air Force planes on North Korean targets

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Demonstration of Wright Plane

Demonstration of Wright Plane
(Original Caption) Wright Brothers, demonstration of Wright plane before representatives of the US Army

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Orville Wright and Lt Lahm in Plane over Fort Myer

Orville Wright and Lt Lahm in Plane over Fort Myer
(Original Caption) Inventor Orville Wright and Lt. Frank Purdy Lahm of the U.S. Signal Corps making the world's record flight at Fort Myer on July 27

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Edward F. Hinkle Standing by Plane

Edward F. Hinkle Standing by Plane
(Original Caption) Corporal Edward F. Hinkle and his Morane-Mouscoque Monoplane

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Military Airplane at Mitchell Field

Military Airplane at Mitchell Field
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Frank Luke

Frank Luke
American World War I fighter ace, Frank Luke Jr (1897 - 1918), with his SPAD S.XIII biplane, France, 18th September 1918

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Handley Page Plane

Handley Page Plane
(Original Caption) The new Handley Page Plane

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: View of Crumbled War Damaged Airplanes

View of Crumbled War Damaged Airplanes

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Handley Page Bomber with Wings Folded

Handley Page Bomber with Wings Folded
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: View of Curtiss JN-6H Jenny training plane

View of Curtiss JN-6H Jenny training plane
(Original Caption) Photo shows, one of the planes flying over the field. This photo was made by a photgrapher in another plane only a few feet from the one shown here

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: German Zeppelin in Hangar

German Zeppelin in Hangar
(Original Caption) LZ72, built by the Germans to bomb N.Y. and after the armistice was signed, taken over by England

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Pilots Beside Aircraft

Pilots Beside Aircraft
The US Army's round-the-world fliers, in flying gear, beside Major Glen W. Martin's Number One plane

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Portrait of Charles Lindbergh with Clarence Marshall Young

Portrait of Charles Lindbergh with Clarence Marshall Young
(Original Caption) Colonel Clarence Marshall Young (R, in 1925 file photo), member of the Aviation Hall of Fame and holder of U.S. civil air license No.2, died 4/10 at the age of 84

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Eric Nelson with Donald Douglas of Douglas Aircraft

Eric Nelson with Donald Douglas of Douglas Aircraft
(Original Caption) Lt

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Distant View of Military Craft and Setup for Race Event

Distant View of Military Craft and Setup for Race Event
(Original Caption) This photo shows a general view of the Army and Navy race for large capacity airplanes, as they flew over the grounds at Mitchell Field

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Seaplanes in Flight

Seaplanes in Flight
(Original Caption) Two of the Navy's giant seaplanes, part of the 28 that left the naval base at Hampton Roads, Va

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Portrait of Lester P. Barlow with Bombs

Portrait of Lester P. Barlow with Bombs
(Original Caption) The above photo shows Lester P. Barlow, the "Bomb Wizard" of the World War with two of his inventions

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Portrait of Lester P. Barlow

Portrait of Lester P. Barlow
(Original Caption) The above photo shows Lester P

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Charles Lindbergh Resigning His Commission

Charles Lindbergh Resigning His Commission
(Original Caption) This was the scene in June, 1927, as Secretary of War Dwight Davis (back to camera) presented a Colonel's commission in the U.S. Army Reserve Air Corps to Charles A. Lindbergh

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Charles Lindbergh Aboard Warship with Crate

Charles Lindbergh Aboard Warship with Crate
Charles Lindbergh stands aboard the USS Memphis (CL-13), alongside the crate containing the Spirit of St. Louis, upon his return to the States following his historic transatlantic flight

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Portrait of Hubert Julian

Portrait of Hubert Julian
(Original Caption) Lt. Hubert Julian, seated in his Bellanca Plane, which he is preparing for his transatlantic flight to Rome, Italy

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Charles Lindbergh and DW Tomlinson in Cockpits

Charles Lindbergh and DW Tomlinson in Cockpits
(Original Caption) Cold ears and red noses will be no more for the Lindberghs, who contribute anew wind protection item to aircraft design

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Plane Releasing Itself From Navy Plane

Plane Releasing Itself From Navy Plane
Small Navy plane detaching itself from the larger Navy aircraft

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Spectators at Army Blimp Initial Flight Ceremony

Spectators at Army Blimp Initial Flight Ceremony
(Original Caption) Akron, Ohio: Leaving Hangar...The Largest Nonrigid Airship Leaves Hangar For First Time. The U. S

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Military Personnel in Cockpit of Army Airship

Military Personnel in Cockpit of Army Airship
(Original Caption) Akron, Ohio: Control Car Interior. A Peek Into The Interior Of Largest Nonrigid Airship. A glimpse into the control car of the U. S

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Early United States Army Airship

Early United States Army Airship
(Original Caption) Akron, Ohio: Control Car Interior. A Peek Into The Interior Of Largest Nonrigid Airship. A glimpse into the control car of the U. S

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Paraguayan Ambulance Plane

Paraguayan Ambulance Plane
(Original Caption) Asuncion, Paraguay: The Paraguayan ambulance plane, American-built, used to convey injured Paraguay troops from the front line trenchees in the Chaco district

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: View of Washington Where Airplanes Flew on Honor Flights

View of Washington Where Airplanes Flew on Honor Flights
(Original Caption) Military planes held a mass flight over Washington, D. C. December 17th, in commemoration of the 31st anniversary of the first airplane flight of the Wright brothers

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: The U.S.S. Macon

The U.S.S. Macon
(Original Caption) The U.S.S. Macon

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Colonel Roscoe Turner with Airplane

Colonel Roscoe Turner with Airplane
(Original Caption) Colonel Roscoe Turner, noted flying ace, is shown standing beside his new plane, "The Ring Free Meteor" with which he expects to capture the Bendix Trophy Race

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: US Navy Plane Squadron Flying in Formation

US Navy Plane Squadron Flying in Formation
(Original Caption) Part of the crowd that watched the Fifth Fighting Squadron, United States Navy, as they swept by in formation in their Grumann planes, at the National Air Races, in Cleveland

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: US Marine Planes Flying in Formation at Air Show

US Marine Planes Flying in Formation at Air Show
(Original Caption) US Marine planes from Quantico, VA, formed this striking spectacle for 65, 000 spectators as they soared over the field at the National Air Races at Cleveland, Ohio on September 5th

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Martin B-10 Bomber Flying

Martin B-10 Bomber Flying
(Original Caption) Old type Bomber B-17, a Boeing, not to be confused with the new Douglas craft

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Officers Standing in Front of B-15 Bomber

Officers Standing in Front of B-15 Bomber
At left is Captain(later General) Curtis LeMay

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Man Loading Bombs into Base of Airplane

Man Loading Bombs into Base of Airplane
(Original Caption) Burgos, Spain: Prelude To Death Harvest

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Men Inflating Balloon

Men Inflating Balloon
(Original Caption) Inflating one of the many captive balloons now being used by the special balloon defense of industrial centers from hostile aircraft

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Defense Balloon

Defense Balloon
(Original Caption

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Defense Balloons

Defense Balloons
(Original Caption) A special balloon defense corps has been formed for the handling of balloons and kites designed to protect industrial centers from hostile aircraft

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: German Air Squadrons in Prague

German Air Squadrons in Prague
(Original Caption) This is the first picture to be received of German air squadrons in Prague since the capital of the former Czechoslovakian Republic was occupied by German troops

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Blimp over Encampment

Blimp over Encampment
(Original Caption) Vierwaldstatter Lake, Switzerland: Switzerland Experiments With Defense Balloons

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Charles Lindbergh Looking Out of Cockpit Window

Charles Lindbergh Looking Out of Cockpit Window
(Original Caption) The Colonel Drops In. San Diego, California: Wearing the uniform of a colonel in the U.S. Army Air Corps, Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, who is conducting a survey of U.S

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Contract Between Wright Brothers and US Army

Contract Between Wright Brothers and US Army
(Original Caption) Picture of original contract between Wright Brothers and US? Army calling for the manufacture of a heavier-than-air flying machine

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Contract Between Wright Brothers and US Army

Contract Between Wright Brothers and US Army
(Original Caption) Picture of original contract between Wright Brothers and US? Army calling for the manufacture of a heavier-than-air flying machine

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Contract Between Wright Brothers and US Army

Contract Between Wright Brothers and US Army
(Original Caption) Picture of original contract between Wright Brothers and US? Army calling for the manufacture of a heavier-than-air flying machine

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: General Francisco Franco Salutes Troops in Parade

General Francisco Franco Salutes Troops in Parade
General Francisco Franco, arm outstretched, salutes troops in Madrid victory parade

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Messerschmitt ME 109 Combat Plane Flying

Messerschmitt ME 109 Combat Plane Flying
1940- ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Messerschmitt ME 109 Combat Plane {in flight}

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Group of Women's Air Service Pilots Walking

Group of Women's Air Service Pilots Walking
(Original Caption) Shirley A. Haugan, Tex A. Brown, Betty J. Hanson, Kathryn K. Humphreys, Mary C. Canavan, Gwendolyn E. Cowart, and Virginia A

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Two Student Women's Air Service Pilots Preparing for Takeoff

Two Student Women's Air Service Pilots Preparing for Takeoff
(Original Caption) Two of a group who have been trained to fly the Fortresses as ferry pilots prepare for takeoff on a solo flight

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Air Force Men Kneeling Below Strategic Air Command Jet

Air Force Men Kneeling Below Strategic Air Command Jet
(Original Caption) Castle AFB

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Airplanes at Dock

Airplanes at Dock
(Original Caption) These planes--one of them is a military aircraft, fly gold from mines around Rouyn Lake, Province of Quebec, to government repositories

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: British Pilot Waving Underneath Airplane

British Pilot Waving Underneath Airplane
(Original Caption) England: British flyer of RAF Fighter station somewhere in England, looking skyward

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Luftwaffe Messerschmitt ME-109E Shot Down during the Battle of Britain

Luftwaffe Messerschmitt ME-109E Shot Down during the Battle of Britain
The Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4 Yellow 10 of Unit 6 Jagdgeschwader 51 (6./JG 51)

Background imageMilitary Aircraft Collection: Luftwaffe Fail to Subdue the R.A.F. 1940

Luftwaffe Fail to Subdue the R.A.F. 1940 | Location: Over Southern England



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