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| Date: | 05 16 1959 |
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| Description: | A crowd watching a formation flight by military aircraft at a Truax Field air show. |
| Date: | 05 16 1959 |
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| Description: | A crowd waiting to get a glimpse inside a military jet on display at an air show at Truax Field. The air show was part of the Armed Forces Day celebration ... |
| Date: | 03 1945 |
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| Description: | A C-47 bomber returns to North Airfield, Guam. This airfield had been operational only since early February. This image is one of many taken by Milwaukee p... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | The reason for the official name for the Berlin Airlift, "Operation Skytrain," is suggested by this photograph of C-47 transport airplanes unloading at Tem... |
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| Description: | The supersonic Concorde frames "Fi-Fi," the only B-29 then still flying, at the Annual Convention and Fly-in of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA)... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | A Wisconsin Air National Guard F-89 Scorpion at Truax Field. Armaments for this fighter included two air-to-air rockets capable of being armed with nuclear... |
| Date: | 11 08 1956 |
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| Description: | The first F-102 jet arrives at Truax Field. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Scene at Caddo Field during the filming of "Hell's Angels," Howard Hughes' extravagant World War I aviation film. In this scene, the large vintage Gotha b... |
| Date: | 08 03 1946 |
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| Description: | Lieutenant General Eaker at the Madison airport in front of a B-17 bomber. He is shown with State Representative K. Henry (R-Jefferson) and welcoming commi... |
| Date: | 03 1945 |
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| Description: | A B-29 bomber plane landing at North Field in Guam after its first fire raid on Tokyo. A tree is in the center foreground with three men sitting around it ... |
| Date: | 03 1945 |
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| Description: | Men working on a Marine Aircraft Group plane at Ulithi airport. One man is standing near the nose of the plan, looking inside. He is shirtless and wearing ... |
| Date: | 06 1965 |
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| Description: | Side view of a Navy plane marked with "8376" and squadron number "VF-161" on a tarmac at Miramar Naval Air Station. Written on the photograph in grease pen... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Rear view of a Phantom II Naval plane on a tarmac at Miramar Naval Air Station. Two uniformed men stand beside the airplane, and other equipment is in the ... |
| Date: | 10 06 1944 |
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| Description: | General Dwight D. Eisenhower speaks with General George C. Marshall at an airfield in Paris, France. The man behind Marshall's elbow is Senior Advisor to P... |
| Date: | 10 06 1944 |
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| Description: | General Dwight D. Eisenhower speaks with General George C. Marshall at an airfield in Paris, France. On the left are more officers. Several photographers a... |
| Date: | 10 06 1944 |
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| Description: | General Dwight D. Eisenhower (SHAEF commander) poses with (left to right) General George C. Marshall (Army Chief of Staff), Justice James F. Byrnes (Senior... |
| Date: | 10 06 1944 |
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| Description: | Many photographers take photos of a military automobile leaving an airfield in Paris, France. Robert Doyle notes "arrival of first plane US ATC (United Sta... |
| Date: | 05 18 1957 |
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| Description: | Helicopter pilot David Dorsey receives envious looks from some boys during the Armed Forces Day parade preparation at Truax Field. |
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| Description: | A pilot in flight suit poses next to an F-86D Sabre jet fighter. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. Truax Airport. Pilot about to climb into a jet fighter." |
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