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World War II (WWII) area photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) Major (MAJ), Gregory J. Weissenberger, taken at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, June 1943. MAJ Weissenberger is an Ace Pilot credited with 5 kills

Aviation Machinist Mate 2nd class Tyner Shawn, from DeBary, Fla., disassembles a tail rotor on a SH-60 helicopter aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).

180425-N-EX853-024 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 25, 2018)

F6 Karlsborg 1941. Vinterövning i Luleå. Service på B4. Till höger furir Jones. Albumet är en del av en donation från Karl-Axel Hansson, Karlsborg. Förteckning över hela donationen finns i albumet samt som Word-dokument.

Bosses of Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) employees,

Dick Marsch, left, and his brother Gary walk up a staircase

Production. P-51 "Mustang" fighter planes. A North American Aviation woman employee at Inglewood, California, sits astride a "Mustang" fighter for Royal Air Force (RAF), as she places a bag of chemicals in the plane to prevent the accumulation of moisture. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Families view a twice recovered Falcon-9 booster during

[First European Assembly/Schuman Plan/Strasbourg]

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USS Ranger (CV-4) insignia, 1939 (80-G-464912)

80-CF-8005-1 USS Ranger (CV-4)

USS Ranger (CV-4) underway on 6 July 1944 (80-G-236719)

USS Chevalier (DD-451) in 1942 (80-G-43647)

Landing Signal Officer aboard USS Ranger (CV-4), circa in November 1942 (80-G-30358)

USS Ranger (CVA-61) insignia, 1967 (NH 65402-KN)

USS Charger (AVG-30) underway in 1942 (80-G-13143)

USS Ranger (CV-4) at Pearl Harbor, in 1944 (NNAM.1996.488.013.029)

80-G-K-1069 USS RANGER (CV-4)

USS Ranger (CV-4) WWII - 80-G-30338 (35103226856)

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80-G-30338: Operation Torch, November 1942. Planes of USS Ranger (CV-4) en-route to invade French North Africa, November 1942. A “Piper Cub” preparing to take off from Ranger. Brought across the Atlantic on the carrier, these planes were landed on the first available landing spots seized by Amphibious Force units in their invasion of Morocco. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/06/06).

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1942
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Latest addition to aircraft collection at Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C., April 6 -Scott Lucas and ...Harold Butt(?), inspect the latest addition to the aircraft collection at the Smithsonian Institution, model of the small biplane which Lincoln Beachey flew over Washington twenty-five years ago to thrill the Nation's lawmakers. He gave an exhibition of air maneuvers such as never seen before to impress members of Congress with the need of Military Preparedness. 4-6-39

A GERMAN FRIEDRICHSHAFEN FF33L FIGHTER PATROL FLOAT PLANE BEING DRAWN ASHORE ON THE SEA OF GALILEE BY LOCAL ARAB LABOURERS. (DONOR S. CLEREHAN). P01034.069

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Hawkeye start up, US Navy Photogrpah

A three-quarter portside aerial view of an RA-5C Vigilante aircraft, Reconnaissance Attack Squadron 7 (RVAH-7) known as the "Peacemakers of the Fleet" and was assigned to the USS RANGER (CV 61) from February 21 to September 22, 1979. This photograph may show the Vigilante's last flight, since all Vigilante aircraft were officially retired in September 1979 and the RVAH-7 was officially decommissioned in October 1979. The exact date photo taken is unknown

The Service of Dr M C (monty) Shwayder With the United States 8th Army Air Force at Duxford, 1943-44. HU57978

Large harbor tugs encircle the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61) as they spin the vessel around in preparation for backing it into a berth. The RANGER is visiting Japan for the last time while on its final deployment prior to decommissioning

A flight deck crew member signals to the pilot of a Ka-27 Helix helicopter as it approaches the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61) in preparation for landing aboard the vessel. The Helix is from the guided missile destroyer Admiral Vinogradov (BPD-554) which, along with the RANGER, is part of a multinational naval force participating in exercises in the region

Making the sparks fly. The welding machine glows brightly as a worker in an eastern arsenal attacks a fabricated structure for the 90 mm gun anti-aircraft carriage

Allied invasion into Algeria during Operation Torch

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A15727

A Fleet Logistic Support Squadron 30 (VRC-30) C-2A Greyhound aircraft folds its wings after landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61).

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