Historic Military Aviation

A collection of vintage scenes featuring military aircraft, naval operations, and personnel, showcasing historical moments from the 1920s to the 1970s.

1974 - As he pokes around an old N3N aircraft, a retired US Navy pilot reminisces about the immense progress made during his time as a flight student in the early 1950s to his career in the early 1960s (narrated by Rod Serling).

Photograph of a German rocket launcher ready for use. Dated 1941

A confirmed bomb under a Glenn Martin 138-wh at Andir Airport in Bandoeng.

Photograph Taken By the USS South Dakota During the Battle of Santa Cruz"Japanese plane attacking the USS South Dakota (BB-57), in the second Battle of Santa CruzPhotograph taken by South Dakota. Plane starting into attack. Plane has fixed landing gear which makes it appear to have a double tail.

Invasion Fleet Moves Toward Southern France. Under the protecting guns of a Coast Guard combat Cutter, the invasion convoy methodically moves on its grim mission to pierce the "soft underbelly" of Fortress Europe. Barrage balloons dot the horizon over the fleet which smashed at Southern France.

Goat Island, Torpedo Station , Islands. Photographs of the First Naval District

Lieutenant Commander Dudley W. Morton, (foreground) USN, commanding officer of the submarine Wahoo, is shown with another officer in the conning tower of his ship during the battle last January in which the Wahoo sank an entire convoy of four ships including a troop transport carrying several thousand troops to reinforce New Guinea. Commander Morton's submarine also sank a Japanese destroyer in a harbor in Mushu Island off the northern coast of New Guinea. March 08, 1943. (Photo by Official U S Navy Photograph).

PORTAVIONES JAPONES - AVIONES ESPERANDO PARA DESPEGAR - 7/12/1941 - II GUERRA MUNDIAL - ATAQUE JAPONES. Location: PEARL HARBOR. GOLFO ISLA OAHO. HAWAII.

Soldiers of the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) prepare to use an M-88 armored recovery vehicle to lift a power pack for another armored vehicle during the joint U.S./Egyptian exercise Bright Star '85. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '85 Country: Egypt (EGY)

military Australia circa 1940 navy anti-aircraft gunnery drill artillerymen with gas masks on board of HMAS ""Canberra"" exercise in the Jervis Bay,

Paper cable wrapping machine at the Pirelli plant in Milan Bicocca. 1971

Vintage photograph. Tilted three degrees to the north, the US Navy Martin Viking rocket stands on its launching platform at the Army White Sands Proving Ground, Las Cruces, New Mexico

The Royal Air Force Pageant At Hendon. The finale The destruction of "Fort Hendon", by bombers. June 26, 1937. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).

Aerial view of Naval Air Station , Air bases. Photographs of the First Naval District

Vintage Photograph. Three Nike Missiles lined up on launch pad.

The Thunderstreaks of Demoteam Whiskey Four pass by. DemoSeam Whiskey Four

Fuel specialists check for, and find, a Hydrazine leak on an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 429th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, during exercise Coronet Wrangler. Subject Operation/Series: CORONET WRANGLER Base: Raf Bentwaters Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

DA-SC-90-11007. Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Photo collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection Photo collection Government information service own, photo number 156-1049. 1956

San Diego, California: December 11, 1926 Marine parachute jumper W.A. Munktrick leaps from a Navy bomber at 2500 feet over the Coronado Naval Air Station. A second man waits on the wing.

A 40-K loader is used for night off-loading of a C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft. Due to heavy commercial air traffic during the day, the Tactical Airlift Control Squadron started night operations to support this United Nations peacekeeping operation. Subject Operation/Series: ABLE SENTRY Base: Skopje Country: Macedonia (MKD)

Wood protected and palletized containers of supplies and food for the Deep Freeze personnel who spend the winter darkness on Antarctica is extracted out the rear cargo doors of the McChord AFB, WA, 62nd Military Airlift Wing's C-141B Starlifter using parachutes. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: MID-WINTER AIR DROP Country: New Zealand (NZL)

Model of first 8' D.C. , Firearms. Records of U.S. Army Operational

First World War (1917). Fall of a Zeppelin at 6:00 PM (24th March 1917).

Project 26 - Operation Dominic (Johnston Island/Christmas Island/Maui, Hawaii) Test Activities. Filter with radioactive particulates from shot BUMPING is carried from B-57 to lead cave. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Royal Air Force Flying Training Command, 1940-1945. A trainee gunner familiarises himself with the mid-upper turret position of a Bristol Blenheim in a hangar at No. 5 Air Observers School, Jurby, Isle of Man,

Explosion in water , Bodies of water, Explosions Edgar Sutton Dorr Photograph Collection

Cape Canaveral, Florida: April 21, 1962. The new version of the U.S. Army's Pershing ballistic missile is ready for firing at Cape Canaveral, Florida. As deployed in Germany, it will have nuclear capabilities, but will remain under the control of the U.S, Army command, due to restrictions under the German constitution regarding control of nuclear weapons.

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