U.S. Air Force

Former President Harry S. Truman and Airman First Class Gerald L. Ingram hold on to a Certificate naming Ingram as Airman of the Year for 1963 at Richards-Gebaur Air Base, during a visit to the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence. Ingram and his party met with the former President and were taken on a tour by Milton Perry, Curator. Donor: Col. John A. Riffle.

Former President Harry S. Truman (second from left) shakes hands with Airman First Class Gerald L. Ingram, each holding on to the Certificate naming Ingram as Airman of the Year for 1963 at Richards-Gebaur Air Base (Belton, Missouri), as Mrs. Beverly Ingram and an unidentified man look on. The Ingram's and their party met with the former President at the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, and were taken on a tour by Milton Perry, Curator (not pictured). From: Col. John A. Riffle.

Former President Harry S. Truman (second from left) shakes hands with Airman First Class Gerald L. Ingram, each holding on to the Certificate naming Ingram as Airman of the Year for 1963 at Richards-Gebaur Air Base (in Belton, Missouri), as Mrs. Beverly Ingram and an unidentified man look on. The Ingram's and their party met with the former President at the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, and were taken on a tour by Milton Perry, Curator. From: Col. John A. Riffle.

Far East Air Forces Combat Cargo Command Airlift Airbase, Japan. Rolling across the world's only airlifted pontoon bridge, are these veteran U. S. Eighth Army Troops. Airlifted from Japan by huge troop carrier aircraft of Feafs Combat Cargo Command, this bridge has become the key crossing point on the Han River where United Nations Forces are driving north in pursuit of North Korean Reds. Three bridges which had previously spanned the Han, were completely destroyed by Air Force, Navy and Marine Fighter Bombers.

View of President Harry S. Truman's arrival at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida for Joint Orientation Conference. He arrived on his airplane, the Independence. From: The album, The U. S. Air Force presents Aerial Firepower Demonstration.

View of Joint Orientation Conference grandstand at Air Proving Ground Bombing Range 52, taken by helicopter during full scale firepower demonstration at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. (APG Photo). From: The album, The U. S. Air Force presents Aerial Firepower Demonstration.

Suspended on a plume-like pinnacle of smoke, a giant B-47 soars steeply into the sky using Jet Assisted Take-off. This was during a demonstration for President Truman at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. From: The album, The U. S. Air Force presents Aerial Firepower Demonstration.

A giant B-47 soars into the sky during a demonstration at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. From: The album, The U. S. Air Force presents Aerial Firepower Demonstration.

A tiny JB-2 (Jet Bomb *2) is set airborne by its mother, a B-50 superfortress bomber. From: The album, The U. S. Air Force presents Aerial Firepower Demonstration.

Climbing rapidly into the sky, an SA-16 takes full advantage of its newly adopted Jet Assisted Take-off aid. This demonstration for President Truman was at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. From: The album, The U. S. Air Force presents Aerial Firepower Demonstration.