Airplanes, Military

A military aircraft stands ready at an unidentified airfield.

An aerial view of an unidentified river, town and surrounding land. Aircraft wing can be seen in lower right side of photograph.

Unidentified United States Army and Air Force officers at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. They are preparing to see off Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (not pictured) and General J. Lawton Collins, who visited the base. A military airplane is visible in the background.

Unidentified United States Army and Air Force officers at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. They are preparing to see off Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (not pictured) and General J. Lawton Collins, who visited the base. A military airplane is visible in the background. General Collins may be the man second from the left in the foreground.

Unidentified United States Army and Air Force officers at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. They are preparing to see off Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (not pictured) and General J. Lawton Collins, who visited the base. A military airplane is visible in the background.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (top of steps) and General J. Lawton Collins (second from top) boarding a Military Air Transport Service airplane and departing Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. The other armed forces officers at the foot of the steps are unidentified.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (foreground, right) and General J. Lawton Collins (foreground, left) at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Airplanes are visible in the background. All other armed forces officers are unidentified.

Unidentified United States Army and Air Force officers at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. They are preparing to see off Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (not pictured) and General J. Lawton Collins, who visited the base. A military airplane is visible in the background.

Unidentified United States Army and Air Force officers at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. They are preparing to see off Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (not pictured) and General J. Lawton Collins, who visited the base. A military airplane is visible in the background. General Collins may be the man second from the left in the foreground.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (black suit) exits an airplane and is greeted on his arrival at Sherman Air Force Base by Major General H. I. Hodes (left). Secretary Pace delivered the address at graduation exercises for the Command and General Staff College on June 17, 1952. Other gentleman is unidentified.