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USS Harry W Hill (DD-986)
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Taken on the USS Harry W Hill
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New release on Amazon.com-
https://www.amazon.com/John-Tubinis-File-II-1949-1953/dp/1539628744/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1482853173&sr=8-2&keywords=tubinis
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A new book released earlier this year. Looking for veterans to add to the second edition.
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Someone took this picture of me in lab tech class at AMEDD Center and School, Fort Sam Houston 1996. I have yet to finish that book!
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PT AND MORE PT. I often ran 5 to 10 miles after training and did extra push-ups and sit-ups whenever possible. This was in barracks Foxtrot Company 232 Medical Battalion, Fort Sam Houston, TX 1995.
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A good friend of mine from Foxtrot Company 232 Medical Battalion 91B, field medic school taken in 1995.
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Stress relief, weekend with my friends at a hotel in 1996 while going to lab tech school, C Company 187th Medical Battalion.
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While Stationed at Fort Sam Houston, went to the Alamo, the mall was basically right next to it, crazy. Taken in 1996.
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Charlie Company 187th Medical Battalion Fort Sam Houston, 1996. During 91K lab tech school, weekend get together with friends, Singer, Harris and Crow, headed to a good old Texas bar.
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Time to read, hardly, this was taken during 91B field medic school, Foxtrot Company 232 Medical Battalion in 1995.
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Me on far left, with a few of my friends in 91B field medic school in late 1995.
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Taken on leave June 1996 before heading to Walter Reed Army Hospital for on the job training as a lab technician.
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Training as a 91K Lab Tech at Fort Sam Houston, TX. Photo taken approximately March 1996.
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Walter Reed Army Hospital 91K Medical Laboratory Technician on the job training student barracks.
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76th Infantry, Quartermaster Earl McMillan
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76th Infantry cold weather training in Watersmeet, Michigan. Before going to ETO. Earl McMillan 1944. Dad is on the far right.
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My Dad, Earl McMillan, drew this to show a lot of the towns he went through. 76 Infantry Div. ETO
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Tail gunner position in a B-24 H . SSG. John Hahn's position.
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484th Bombardier Squadron (H) Pathfinder going to work.
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This was taken in Africa
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Not sure if this was in Africa or Italy
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After the war was over, my father was sent to Greece to serve out the rest of his time. He served as a cook.
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Lt Herron and his lovely bride Jo Townsend with Don's brother Keith Herron during WWII. From Ohio and a Hump Pilot, Don passed away in 1998 at 80 years old; Keith died in 1977. Jo is alive today at 94!
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All geared-up - Don P. Herron during his first year in the US Army Air Corps
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We KNOW this was the end after 67 Hump missions. All survived, but Lt. Herron was knocked unconscious, jumped out of the window some 20 feet above the ground, broke his back and spent weeks in a full body cast in India - Summer 1944
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Lt. Herron Piloting a C-46 Over The Hump 1944
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1st Lt. Don Pershing Herron (ca 1944)
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These were taken during reception, before we had trained a single day.
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PX ouside Echo Company. Fr. Leonard Wood, MO. 1993
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Taken somewhere in the middle of BF Saudi Arabia, 1994.
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Squad photo taken at Basic Training, Fort Leonard Wood, November 1992.
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Army PLDC graduation at Fort Knox, KY, June 1995.
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Surveying Ethiopia in the summer of 1965
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my dad in Austrlia in 1943
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B-26 G Marauder built by Martin. 5,266 were built during World War 2. The B-26 sustained the lowest loss rate of all allied bombers. The Marauder flew 110,000 sorties mostly in Europe. The range was 1,100 miles with 4,000 lbs of bombs.
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SR-71 Blackbird built by Lockheed. Entered service in January 1966 and still maintains speed and altitude records. It served for 24 years while most missions are still classified, just imagine what kind of planes they have now because it was well over a decade before the public knew anything about this plane. It could survey 100,000 square miles per hour back in the 1960s.
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P-51 Merlin engine (Packard V-1650). This engine is liquid cooled and created by the British. The United States created its own Merlin engine for mass production in Detroit where over 16,000 were built. The Merlin engine was most known for its unique sound in the P-51 Mustang but also provided power to the Spitfire, Mosquito, Lancaster and even the P-40 in later models.
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Calvin mccarver at Ft Lewis Washington 1968 3rd armored cav. regiment
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This is c battery 1st battalion 27th field artillery king of battle assigned to 23rd artillery group at fire support base Washington. I was there April 69 until nov 69 then we moved to DauTieng where i stayed until Jan 10,70. Had i known how my future was going to be i would have reenlisted and stayed right there. My wife and i were divorced less than a year after i got home.
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There must have been a change of command before i arrived. The battery commander was Cpt. Tulley when i was there in 69. I know that name very well because he busted me 3 wks before my deros date. c btry 1/27.
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This looks like the very office where Cpt busted me to private 3rd class. C btry 1/27.
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Command headquarters i think. c btry 1/27
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I don't know what this office is. C btry 1/27
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The fire direction center,I know the faces but can't remember the names. c btry 1/27
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These guys in fdc are responsable for where the round impacts. If it is a short round friendly's could end up on the receiving end resulting in friendly fire casualties. c btry 1/27
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taken in VietNam November,1969 at fire base croke (Calvin Mccarver @Dave Van Der sluis) A BTRY 7TH BN 11TH ARTY
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Get it right dude lives are depending on you C btry 1/27th arty fire direction center.
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Fire direction center relaying info to guns for fire mission c btry 1/27th arty
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All photos of 1st bn. 27th arty were taken from the 1968 vietnam year book. Look at the g.i. at the corner of the table. Just a young boy forced to become a man. In the end this would all be for nothing.
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Getting a hair cut. This guy could cut a flattop with a comb and scissors. When he came out with that straight razor one didn't know if he was going to shave your neck or slit your throat.
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waiting for fire mission Taken at Dau Tieng Dec. 1969 C btry 1/27 arty.
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c btry 1st bn 27 arty mess hall. gota say they had some good chow for what they had to work with.
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c btry 1/27 mess hall had some good cooks. This one got in some trouble and they treated him like cool hand luke. Dig me a hole, not there over here now fill that one up.
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C btry 1/27th mess hall 1968. Ican't tell who this is one of our cooks.
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These guys are supposed to be verifying the ammo count but idon't see any ammo to verify.
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It just wouldn't do for one of these babys to be out of working order during a fire mission. Untelling where that round might land.
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C btry 1/27th XO checking the lay of the btry. The XO here looks like the XO that David Bowen assaulted one after with his m16. He was then transfered to b btry. Now i know that this is not the XO that i thought he was. this is LT. Craig norman from Charlotte NC.
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1st section c btry 1st bn 27 arty. My section. The man bent over right is Sgt. Larry Jones from Dallas,Texas. I gave him a hard time but i really did like him i just didn't let him know that. Sgt. Jones was a good man and a good SGT.
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Picture taken in Viet Nam fire base croke October 1969
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Haven't got a clue what these two are doing.
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Receiving a fire mission. ( 5 section b btry 1/27)
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Keeping the fuses tight. ( 5th section b btry 1/27)
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Always ready to shoot at a moments notice. Lives are depending on you and time lost is lives lost. ( 4th section b btry 1/27 arty)
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A fire support base is always in need of repairs. The back blast from the mussel reaps havik on sandbags. (4th section b btry 1/27)
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4th section b btry 1/27 ammo resupply ( 4 section b btry 1/27)
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B-24 Liberator Strawberry Bitch. The B-24 does not get the recognition that the B-17 does but it was a very formidable bomber. Its extended range made it will suited for all theaters during World War II. The B-24 was meant to be a major upgrade over the previous B-17 bomber. The B-24 was the most mass produced plane of the war, 18,190 were manufactured.
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PBY Catalina was a flying boat built by Consolidated. During World War II the PBY would become infamous serving in every role the military could throw at her. Some of its duties included maritime patrol, anti-submarine warfare, search and rescue to name a few. Around 4,000 were built and many still fly today as firefighting. The PBY was prominently featured in the movie Midway were it spots the Japanese carriers.
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B btry 1/27 battery commander
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B BTRY 1/27 FIRST SERGEANT
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The 1sg and battery clerk
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B btry 1/27 battery clerk
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B btry 1/27 commo section
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B btry 1/27 fire direction center m577 command track was a mobile home for FDC for over a year.
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Clearing the m-60
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B btry 1/27 FDC receiving a fire mission
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B btry 1/27 FDC plotting the grid
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B btry 1/27 FDC operating the fadac
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B btry 1/27 FDC maintaining the on track generator
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B btry 1/27 FDC compiling the met data.
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Supply section b btry 1/27 keeping supplies flowing to a btry which is completely out of the area requires a gigantic effort.
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the armorer maintains and controls the individual weapons.
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The XO Post b btry 1/27 checking the lay.
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The lay must be checked daily.
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verifying the data
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order to fire.
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1st section b btry 1/27 removing the muzzle brake.
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1ST SECTION B btry 1/27 reinforcing the ammo bunker sometimes is a daily task.
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2nd section b btry 1/27 daily maintenance
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2nd section b btry war is hell
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2nd section b btry 1/27 i don't have a clue
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2nd section b btry 1/27 individual training records showed three hrs. of pt.
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3rd section b btry 1/27 preparing to fuze.
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3rd section b btry 1/27 posing for the camera.
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3rd section b btry Ramming the round using a hydraulic rammer. when lives are on the line you use your fist.
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uss colhoun
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SPAD VII World War I airplane. American volunteers flew this plane with the French. The SPAD was also flown by British and French sqadrons on the front from 1916 through 1918.
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Nieuport 28 was the first plane flown by American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) during World War I. The plane did not service long as the SPAD XIII replaced it but even World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker flew the French built Nieuport for a short period.
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B-10 Martin bomber is known as the first modern bomber. As post World War I aviation redefined warfare the United States was re-defining bombers in the early 1930's. Although this plane did not server in World War II it was an prototype for future generations of bombers like the B-17. Hap Arnold said this plane was a wonder when it was produced.
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The legend of Kilroy Was Here. No one knows where it started, some say that a ship builder named Kilroy used it to mark rivets, some say it was used by inspectors to mark that work that was completed, and so the story continues. All that is really known is that the graffiti Kilroy Was Here because a huge part of pop culture from World War II into the 1950’s. Soldiers most likely picked it up during ship transports to overseas then started writing it to signify semblance of home as they marched through the horrors of war.
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I think these guys were doing some cleaning or maybe getting ready for a road trip. That's Mike from LA. at the rear of the gun and the guy on top i can;t remember his name but i know he had a bad case of sun poison
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155 s.p.(death at rest) This photo was taken late one evening at fire base Washington.
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I dropped a projectile on my foot. was thinking how bad that sucker hurt. Shit happens in war but its the little things that hurt the most. Taken at F.B.Washington 1969.
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my grandfather Robert Joseph Wilder Jr.
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Robert J Wilder Jr
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B-25 getting ready to take off in Urbana, Ohio. This B-25 participated in the Doolittle Raider Reunion in Dayton, Ohio earlier in the day.
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17 B-25 Mitchell bombers flew into Wright Patterson Air Force base to honor the four reminaing Doolittle Tokyo Raiders at their 68th reunion.
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Lt. Col. Richard E. Cole; Major Thomas C. Griffin; Lt. Col. Robert L. Hite, and Master Sgt. David J. Thatcher reunite for their 68th Doolittle Tokyo Raid Reunion at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
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taken on graduation day at ft. sill OK. artillery training
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taken during a support mission with the 25th inf. to the base of the black virgin mountain.
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picture of black virgin mountain taken from fire base Washington 1968
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This is a picture of Larry Hobbs from Indiana the son-n-law of Lou Williams (deceased) taken in early 60s or late 50s.
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myself and tehern @ Ft.Lewis Washington
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B-25 Mitchell being checked out for flight in Urbana, Ohio.
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Beech C-45H used by Grimes Aircraft Lighting.
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1911 Wright Model B airplane.
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Myself and Larry Wade at Fort Sill OK
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Taken @ Malmady by the press-evidence of Nazi ttrocities
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Young Shoultz Boy WWII
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roger
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Brandon while in Iraq
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great graffiti on the wall
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Brandon while over-seas
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Hum-V
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Brandon being welcomed home by his father.
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More WWII Pix
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Taken in Germany 1945
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May 07,1944 Austria
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B-2 Spirit stealth bomber.
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F-22 Raptor. Truly the most advanced aircraft in the world. Air superiority figher.
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Bombing Run.
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P-40 Warhawk. Made famous by the Flying Tigers, it was a air supremacy fighter, bomber escort and fighter.
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Nearly 100 P-51 Flying Mustangs at Rickenbacker Airport.
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F-16 Fighting Falcon. Multirole aircraft servicing 24 countries with a thrust to weight ratio greater than one.
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B17 and B25 take off at the same time.
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T-6 Texan. World War II advanced trainer aircraft.
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P-38 Lighting. Known as part of the Lost Squadron which landed on a snow capped glacier in 1942. Crews were rescued but the planes were left only to be salvaged over 50 years later under a 100 foot of ice. This is a picture of the actuall Glacier Girl which flies today.
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F-15 Eagle. Highly maneuverabe which enable it to turn tightly. It can climb to 30,000 feet in around 60 seconds. The thrust output of the dual engines is greater than the aircraft's weight, thus giving it the ability to accelerate in a vertical climb.
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B-52 Stratofortress. First flew in 1952 and continues to fly today. Superior performance at high subsonic speeds and relatively low operating costs could keep the B-52 in service for decades to come.
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B-17 Flying Fortress. Dropped 600,000+ long tons of bombs on European targets which is about 1/3 dropped by all other U.S. aircraft. About 1/3 built were lost in combat.
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Armored vehicle.
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P-51 Mustang Crazy Horse.
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P-51 Mustang's cockpit.
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Tail pipe of a F22, notice the thrust vectoring capability.
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Lancaster a British's primary bomber used in World War 2.
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P51 formation at the Gathering of Mustangs and Legends (Final Roundup).
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C47 Skytrain. It was the military's version of the DC3. Main all purpose deployment aircraft used in World War 2. Many are still used today.
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Fat Man, the bomb used over Nagasaki, Japan. It was an implosion-type weapon made of plutonium. The Little Boy bomb first dropped on Japan was made out of enriched uranium.
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B-29 Superfortress. Bockscar is the bomber that dropped the "Fat Man" second atomic bomb over Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.
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B25 Mitchell. The bomber used in the April 1942 Doolittle Raid, in which B-25s, led by Jimmy Doolittle, took off from the carrier USS Hornet and successfully bombed Tokyo.
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