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G.H.Q. Chaumont, gelatin silver print

G.H.Q. Chaumont, gelatin silver print

Photograph shows an aerial view of general headquarters of the U.S. Air Service, American E.F., Chaumont, France. Photo by U.S. Air Service, Photographic Section, American E.F. In album: Aerial and ground phot... More

[Miss Mary Fechet, daughter of James E. Fechet, Chief of the Air Corps, half-length portrait, standing by airplane, facing left]

[Miss Mary Fechet, daughter of James E. Fechet, Chief of the Air Corps...

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Billie Mitchell takes stand. General William Mitchell, former head of the U.S. Air Corps, was one of the outstanding witnesses to give testimony at the secret hearing of the House Military Affairs Committee considering the Wilcox Air Base Bill. 2/13/35

Billie Mitchell takes stand. General William Mitchell, former head of ...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Billie Mitchell takes stand. General William Mitchell, former head of the U.S. Air Corps, was one of the outstanding witnesses to give testimony at the secret hearing of the House Military Affairs Committee considering the Wilcox Air Base Bill. 21335

Billie Mitchell takes stand. General William Mitchell, former head of ...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a table with papers, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 19... More

PRESIDENT GREETS STRATO FLYERS. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT GREETS THE ARMY FLIERS WHO PILOTED THE STRATO BALLOON TO A NEW ALTITUDE RECORD OF 74,000 FEET IN SOUTH DAKOTA ON THE U.S. AIR CORP-NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC FLIGHT. FROM THE LEFT: CAPT. ALBERT STEVENS; GEN. MALIN CRAIG, CHIEF OF STAFF; MAJ. GEN. OSCAR WESTOVER, ACTING CHIEF OF THE AIR CORPS; AND CAPT. ORVAL ANDERSON. CAPTAINS STEVENS AND ANDERSON, WHO MADE THE FLIGHT, PREDICT THAT THE EVENTUAL CEILING IS ABOUT 80,000 FEET, AND SAID THAT ANOTHER 1,000 FEET MIGHT HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THEIR RECORD BY USING HYDROGEN

PRESIDENT GREETS STRATO FLYERS. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT GREETS THE ARMY FL...

A group of men standing around a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Flyers win Mackay Award. Washington, D.C., May 8. Nine officers and enlisted men of the U.S. Air Corps were today presented with the Mackay trophy for 1936 as a reward for the heroic flight under unfavorable weather conditions from Langley Field, Virginia, to Allecan, Mich., last August. The trophy, which is awarded annually for the most meritorious air plane flight of the year, was presented to the flyers at Bolling Field, D.C., by Maj. General Malin Craig, U.S. Chief of Staff. In the photograph, left to right: Sergt. Frank B. Connor; Capt. Richard D. Nugent; Lieut. Edwin G. Simenson; Charles F. Horner, President of the National Aeronautic Association; Maj. General Malin Craig; Lieut. Burton W. Armstrong; Lieut. Herbert Morgan, Jr.; and Lieut. William P. Ragsdale, 5/8/1937

U.S. Flyers win Mackay Award. Washington, D.C., May 8. Nine officers a...

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McNutt talks, Woodring listens. Washington, D.C., Feb. 23. Paul V. McNutt, High Commissioner to the Philippines who arrived in Washington today to make an official report, conferred at length with Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring this morning. Following the meeting both declined to comment on the transfer of Lt. Col. Davenport Johnson from Hamilton Field, Calif., to Chanute Field, Ill. Johnson is the flyer who piloted McNutt and his administrative assistant from San Francisco to Denver in an Army plane. Soon after Johnson's transfer to Chanute Field, known to the Air Corps as the Siberia of the Army, was announced, 2/23/38

McNutt talks, Woodring listens. Washington, D.C., Feb. 23. Paul V. McN...

Two men sitting at a table with papers and an american flag in the background. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chief of Army Air Corps congratulates Howard Hughes. Washington, D.C., July 21. General Oscar Westover, Chief of the Army Air Corps, right; Congratulates Howard on his round the world flight, Hughes was a visitor in Washington today, and the chief of the Air Corps was one of the first to congratulate him, 72138

Chief of Army Air Corps congratulates Howard Hughes. Washington, D.C.,...

A black and white photo of two men shaking hands, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955... More

Chief of Army Air Corps congratulates Howard Hughes. Washington, D.C., July 21. General Oscar Westover, Chief of the Army Air Corps, right; Congratulates Howard on his round the world flight, Hughes was a visitor in Washington today, and the chief of the Air Corps was one of the first to congratulate him, 7/21/38

Chief of Army Air Corps congratulates Howard Hughes. Washington, D.C.,...

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Mary Louise Stepan, 21, used to be a waitress. She has a brother in the air corps. She is working on transport parts in the hand mill, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Mary Louise Stepan, 21, used to be a waitress. She has a brother in th...

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Woodring awards distinguished Flying Cross to Commander of Mercy flight. Washington, D.C., Feb. 14. Secretary of War Harry Woodring, today presented Major Calen W. Haynes, Air Corps, with the distinguished Flying Cross for his work in commanding the recent flight of an Army bomber to Chile with a load of medicines and supplies for survivors of the Chilean earthquake. Charge D'Affaires Ad Interim of the Chilean Embassy, Senor Don Sergio Hunees, looks on. Major Haynes brought the bomber to Langley Field, Virginia, this morning, and flew to Washington for the medal presentation this afternoon, 2-14-39

Woodring awards distinguished Flying Cross to Commander of Mercy fligh...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Mary Louise Stepan, 21, used to be a waitress. She has a brother in the air corps. She is working on transport parts in the hand mill, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Mary Louise Stepan, 21, used to be a waitress. She has a brother in th...

12002-19. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Testing one of 12,000 General Electric electrically heated flying suits being made for the U.S. Air Corps, at sixty-three degrees below zero (Fahrenheit) in cold room at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. D. C. Spooner, Jr., head of General Electric pioneer products division, Bridgeport, in suit

Testing one of 12,000 General Electric electrically heated flying suit...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: General Electric Company; G-002 DC, 583650. Title and other information from caption on negative and print in lot. Transfer; United State... More

Testing one of 12,000 General Electric electrically heated flying suits being made for the U.S. Air Corps, at sixty-three degrees below zero (Fahrenheit) in cold room at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. D. C. Spooner, Jr., head of General Electric pioneer products division, Bridgeport, in suit

Testing one of 12,000 General Electric electrically heated flying suit...

Public domain photograph of New Jersey in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Geiger Field, Washington. Sighting the tear gas spouting jeep, these members of the Air Corps quickly don their masks. They never know when the driver is going to pull the cord and release a charge of tear gas in their direction, to ensure their being on the alert

Geiger Field, Washington. Sighting the tear gas spouting jeep, these m...

Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Another machine is skidded into place in a converted auto plant to swell the production of machine guns for the Air Corps. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Another machine is skidded ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Lot catalog card states that the geographic location of images in lot is Akron, Ohio, but per caption is Lansing, Michigan. Title and other information... More

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. The conversion of a big auto manufacturing plant to production of machine guns for the Air Corps continues without letup until the job is done. Electricians extending power lines are often among the first at the new machine locations. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. The conversion of a big aut...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Lot catalog card states that the geographic location of images in lot is Akron, Ohio, but per caption is Lansing, Michigan. Title and other information... More

Conversion. Metal screens to bomber windows. The Orange Screen Company made metal screens for doors and windows and a number of related items before beginning production of equipment for the Air Corps

Conversion. Metal screens to bomber windows. The Orange Screen Company...

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

An American flying squadron in India. A switch in time. Seated in his mahogany bed with mosquito netting overhead and busily sewing is Captain John B. Wilson of Deer Lodge, Montana. He has been in India for more than six months. Prior to joining the Air Corps, he flew for United Airlines as co-pilot on the Seattle-San Francisco run

An American flying squadron in India. A switch in time. Seated in his ...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. The conversion of a big auto manufacturing plant to production of machine guns for the Air Corps continues without letup until the job is done. Electricians extending power lines are often among the first at the new machine locations. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. The conversion of a big aut...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aluminum casting. Hundreds of delicate operations are required before aluminum parts for Uncle Sam's Army and Air Corps can be acquired. Here excess aluminum alloy is poured into a holding pot. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. Hundreds of delicate operations are required before ...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A grinding operation on the breech of a machine gun for the Air Corps. The adaptability of grinding machines to this work helped speed the conversion of the auto factory which is now making these guns. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A grinding operation on the...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Day and night, the conversion of a big auto manufacturing plant to the production of machine guns for the Air Corps continues without letup until the job is done. Electricians extending power lines are often among the first at the new machine locations. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Day and night, the conversi...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Lot catalog card states that the geographic location of images in lot is Akron, Ohio, but per caption is Lansing, Michigan. Title and other information... More

Geiger Field, Washington. Sighting the tear gas spouting jeep, these members of the Air Corps quickly don their masks. They never know when the driver is going to pull the cord and release a charge of tear gas in their direction, to ensure their being on the alert

Geiger Field, Washington. Sighting the tear gas spouting jeep, these m...

Image source: U.S. Army Air Corps, 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

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A former automotive worker in a converted auto plant sights through the precision-made breech of a machine gun for the Air Corps. One of thousands of examples of the way American enterprise threw its technical skill and its tremendous mass production facilities behind the war production drive. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A former automotive worker ...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. He used to make automobile parts. Now the big auto plant in which he works is using his skill to make machine guns for the Air Corps. After each operation, the gun barrels are racked on trucks for removal to succeeding operations. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. He used to make automobile ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Lot catalog card states that the geographic location of images in lot is Akron, Ohio, but per caption is Lansing, Michigan. Title and other information... More

Aluminum castings. Aluminum castings stacked on trucks in a large Midwest aluminum foundry now converted to production of articles for the army and air corps. These cylinders are now ready for heat treatment

Aluminum castings. Aluminum castings stacked on trucks in a large Midw...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. He used to make automobile parts. Now the big auto plant in which he works is using his skill to make machine guns for the Air Corps. After each operation, the gun barrels are racked on trucks for removal to succeeding operations. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. He used to make automobile ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Parachute making. Married only two weeks when her husband went into the air corps, Mary Saverick makes parachute harnesses for him and all the other husbands and brothers in the corps. "He's doing all he can to help win the war," she says, "it's only right that I should, too." Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. Married only two weeks when her husband ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Since the days of early American gunsmiths, our arms manufacturers have taken pride in the quality of their work. Today, a skilled worker in a converted auto plant feels that same pride as he bores a machine gun barrel for Air Corps. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Since the days of early Ame...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Lot catalog card states that the geographic location of images in lot is Akron, Ohio, but per caption is Lansing, Michigan. Title and other information... More

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A big auto plant changes over to the production of machine guns for the Air Corps. Electricians begin running power lines to the new machine locations. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A big auto plant changes ov...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Lot catalog card states that the geographic location of images in lot is Akron, Ohio, but per caption is Lansing, Michigan. Title and other information... More

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Another machine is skidded into place in a converted auto plant to swell the production of machine guns for the Air Corps. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Another machine is skidded ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Lot catalog card states that the geographic location of images in lot is Akron, Ohio, but per caption is Lansing, Michigan. Title and other information... More

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Since the days of early American gunsmiths, our arms manufacturers have taken pride in the quality of their work. Today, a skilled worker in a converted auto plant feels that same pride as he bores a machine gun barrel for Air Corps. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Since the days of early Ame...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

An American flying squadron in India. A switch in time. Seated in his mahogany bed with mosquito netting overhead and busily sewing is Captain John B. Wilson of Deer Lodge, Montana. He has been in India for more than six months. Prior to joining the Air Corps, he flew for United Airlines as co-pilot on the Seattle-San Francisco run

An American flying squadron in India. A switch in time. Seated in his ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. An assembly line in a converted auto plant, now turning out machine guns for the Air Corps, comes through with plenty of these important tools of war. And the tide of American productive power is still far from being reached. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. An assembly line in a conve...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Lot catalog card states that the geographic location of images in lot is Akron, Ohio, but per caption is Lansing, Michigan. Title and other information... More

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A grinding operation on the breech of a machine gun for the Air Corps. The adaptability of grinding machines to this work helped speed the conversion of the auto factory which is now making these guns. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A grinding operation on the...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Lot catalog card states that the geographic location of images in lot is Akron, Ohio, but per caption is Lansing, Michigan. Title and other information... More

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. An assembly line in a converted auto plant, now turning out machine guns for the Air Corps, comes through with plenty of these important tools of war. And the tide of American productive power is still far from being reached. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. An assembly line in a conve...

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[Tuskegee, Ala. Mar. 1942. Members of the first class of Negro pilots in the history of the US Army Air Corps who were graduated at the advanced flying school as second lieutenants by Major General George E. Stratemeyer]

[Tuskegee, Ala. Mar. 1942. Members of the first class of Negro pilot...

Six pilots in front of airplane. Benjamin O. Davis is 3rd from left. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection. No. 21001-AC. U.S> Army Air Forces photo.

Conversion. Metal screens to bomber windows. Aluminum parts for the Air Corps are welded at an Eastern plant that used to make metal screens for windows and doors. Among the items now produced are junction boxes, switch boxes for airplane tow targets and navigator windows for bombers

Conversion. Metal screens to bomber windows. Aluminum parts for the Ai...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Another machine is skidded into place in a converted auto plant to swell the production of machine guns for the Air Corps. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Another machine is skidded ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a machine, worker, factory, industrial equipment, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Parachute making. Married only two weeks when her husband went into the air corps, Mary Saverick makes parachute harnesses for him and all the other husbands and brothers in the corps. "He's doing all he can to help win the war," she says, "it's only right that I should, too." Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. Married only two weeks when her husband ...

Public domain photograph of Connecticut in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

De Land pool. Skilled craftsmen. Sixty-year-old George Lane, former house painter, is a valuable worker in the De Land, Florida pool. He served in the last war with the British Army from Vimy Ridge to the Occupation. Two of his sons are in the American Army, one with the Air Corps in Australia. His daughter volunteered for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corp. Seven of his nephews are in the British Army. Using his old skill with the brush, he is now painting De Land pool products

De Land pool. Skilled craftsmen. Sixty-year-old George Lane, former ho...

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. The muzzle break of a machine gun for the Air Corps must be right. An inspector in a big auto plant now converted to war work examines each piece as it travels down the production line. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. The muzzle break of a machi...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aluminum castings. Aluminum castings stacked on trucks in a large Midwest aluminum foundry now converted to production of articles for the army and air corps. These cylinders are now ready for heat treatment

Aluminum castings. Aluminum castings stacked on trucks in a large Midw...

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

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Day and night, the conversion of a big auto manufacturing plant to the production of machine guns for the Air Corps continues without letup until the job is done. Electricians extending power lines are often among the first at the new machine locations. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Day and night, the conversi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

De Land pool. Skilled craftsmen. Speed, speed, and more speed is the watchword in the De Land, Florida pool, where former shoe clerks, salesmen and farmers, men from every walk of life, are working shoulder to shoulder in the Babcock plant, turning out war work with grim efficiency. L.A. Lutrell, above, is typical of the De Land businessmen who are rolling out motor racks for the Air Corps on a record breaking production schedule

De Land pool. Skilled craftsmen. Speed, speed, and more speed is the w...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A big auto plant changes over to the production of machine guns for the Air Corps. Electricians begin running power lines to the new machine locations. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A big auto plant changes ov...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Another machine is skidded into place in a converted auto plant to swell the production of machine guns for the Air Corps. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Another machine is skidded ...

Public domain photograph of car garage, repair shop, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Artwork: "COL. Noel F. Parrish, commanding officer, Tuskegee Army Flying School, and the First Black Pilots to Receive Wings in The Air Corps - 1942: LT. MAC Ross, LT. George S. Roberts, CAPT. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., LT. Charles DeBow, and LT. Lemuel R. Curtis."- Artist: Roy LaGrone EXACT DATE SHOT UNKNOWN

Artwork: "COL. Noel F. Parrish, commanding officer, Tuskegee Army Flyi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Artwork: "When the Air Corps Carried the Mail" Artist: Nixon Galloway, USAF Art Collection

Artwork: "When the Air Corps Carried the Mail" Artist: Nixon Galloway,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Penni Shanahan, the English Language Training team

Penni Shanahan, the English Language Training team

Penni Shanahan, the English Language Training team leader, talks to students and staff out in the hall of the language training facility at Kabul Air Base. Shanahan works for International Logistics Solutions, ... More

A historic photograph of Staff Sgt. (then Pvt.) Merl

A historic photograph of Staff Sgt. (then Pvt.) Merl

A historic photograph of Staff Sgt. (then Pvt.) Merl W. Skinner, 301st Squadron, U.S. Army Air Forces, in his service uniform. Skinner, a C-47 Skytrain crew chief, died while air evacuating World War II patient... More

Retired Tech. Sgt. George Watson Sr., an original Tuskegee

Retired Tech. Sgt. George Watson Sr., an original Tuskegee

Retired Tech. Sgt. George Watson Sr., an original Tuskegee Airman, shares a laugh on stage with Maj. Gen. Rick Martin, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Vincent Burrell, U.S. ... More

A photo of the Madingley American Cemetery (Cambridge,

A photo of the Madingley American Cemetery (Cambridge,

A photo of the Madingley American Cemetery (Cambridge, England) grave site of 2nd Lt. Gustav D. Kjosness, 572nd Bomb Squadron, U.S. Army Air Forces, who was killed while performing a bombing mission against ene... More

A sign to students in the hall of the language training

A sign to students in the hall of the language training

A sign to students in the hall of the language training facility emphasizes the importance of the English language training course. International Logistics Solutions is contracted to teach English to soldiers o... More

Retired Tech. Sgt. George Watson Sr., an original Tuskegee

Retired Tech. Sgt. George Watson Sr., an original Tuskegee

Retired Tech. Sgt. George Watson Sr., an original Tuskegee Airman, was the guest speaker at the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center Annual Awards ceremony at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Feb. 4, 2015... More

Lt. Col. Anwar Odin, left, and Maj. Sulaiman study

Lt. Col. Anwar Odin, left, and Maj. Sulaiman study

Lt. Col. Anwar Odin, left, and Maj. Sulaiman study English with Paul West at the language training facility on Kabul Air Base. West teaches English to soldiers of the Afghan National Army Air Corps for Internat... More

Maj. Gen. Rick Martin, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary

Maj. Gen. Rick Martin, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary

Maj. Gen. Rick Martin, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center commander, introduces Retired Tech. Sgt. George Watson Sr., an original Tuskegee Airman, at the U.S. Air Force EC Annual Awards Ceremony on Joint Base ... More

A historic photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces Tech.

A historic photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces Tech.

A historic photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. Anthony Fidares, 303rd Bomb Group; and Sgt. Nicholas Fidares, 44th Bomb Group, in their service uniforms. The brothers both died during combat missions i... More

Paul West makes a point to Lt. Col. Anwar Odin, with

Paul West makes a point to Lt. Col. Anwar Odin, with

Paul West makes a point to Lt. Col. Anwar Odin, with pencil, at the language training facility on Kabul Air Base. West teaches English to soldiers of the Afghan national army air corps for International Logisti... More

Retired Tech. Sgt. George Watson Sr., an original Tuskegee

Retired Tech. Sgt. George Watson Sr., an original Tuskegee

Retired Tech. Sgt. George Watson Sr., an original Tuskegee Airman, was the guest speaker at the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center Annual Awards ceremony at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Feb. 4, 2015... More

Penni Shanahan, the English Language Training team

Penni Shanahan, the English Language Training team

Penni Shanahan, the English Language Training team leader, talks with instructor Glen Driggars, center, and student Lt. Jamal Udin of the Afghan national army air corps in the hall of the language training faci... More

Retired Tech. Sgt. George Watson Sr., an original Tuskegee

Retired Tech. Sgt. George Watson Sr., an original Tuskegee

Retired Tech. Sgt. George Watson Sr., an original Tuskegee Airman, was the guest speaker at the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center Annual Awards ceremony at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Feb. 4, 2015... More

Retired U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Maj. Jack Wright, formerly

Retired U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Maj. Jack Wright, formerly

Retired U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Maj. Jack Wright, formerly of the 108th Training Command (IET) (left), joins former U.S. Army Air Corps Staff Sgt. Gene Tabbot - who served in China, Burma and India during World ... More

Instructor Glen Driggars, right, tutors student Lt.

Instructor Glen Driggars, right, tutors student Lt.

Instructor Glen Driggars, right, tutors student Lt. Jamal Udin of the Afghan national army air corps at the language training facility at Kabul Air Base. Driggars works for International Logistics Solutions, wh... More

Former U.S. Army Air Corps Staff Sgt. Gene Tabbot,

Former U.S. Army Air Corps Staff Sgt. Gene Tabbot,

Former U.S. Army Air Corps Staff Sgt. Gene Tabbot, who served in China, Burma and India during World War II, waits among the crowd to welcome home an Honor Flight of WWII and Korean war veterans in the Greenvil... More

“Thank you for your service.” A throng of people welcome

“Thank you for your service.” A throng of people welcome

“Thank you for your service.” A throng of people welcome World War II and Korean War veterans as they return to Greenville, S.C., from an Honor Flight to Washington April 21, 2015. Upstate Honor Flight hosted t... More

Join the Army Air Service, be an American eagle / Charles Livingston Bull ; Alpha Litho. Co., Inc., N.Y.

Join the Army Air Service, be an American eagle / Charles Livingston B...

Poster depicting American eagle fighting a large black German eagle, airplanes in sky. Promotional goal: U.S. J22. 191-.

Join the Army Air Service, be an American eagle / Charles Livingston Bull ; Alpha Litho. Co., Inc., N.Y.

Join the Army Air Service, be an American eagle / Charles Livingston B...

Poster depicting American eagle fighting a large black German eagle, airplanes in sky. Promotional goal: U.S. J22. 191-.

Join the Army Air Service, be an American eagle / Charles Livingston Bull ; Alpha Litho. Co., Inc., N.Y.

Join the Army Air Service, be an American eagle / Charles Livingston B...

Poster depicting American eagle fighting a large black German eagle, airplanes in sky. Promotional goal: U.S. J22. 191-.

Join the Army Air Service, be an American eagle / Charles Livingston Bull ; Alpha Litho. Co., Inc., N.Y.

Join the Army Air Service, be an American eagle / Charles Livingston B...

Poster depicting American eagle fighting a large black German eagle, airplanes in sky. Promotional goal: U.S. J22. 191-.