Military aircraft

C-47 airplanes used in the Berlin Airlift task force at the Wiesbaden air base being loaded with food and supplies for the people of the Russian blockaded city of Berlin. People in photo are unidentified.

ATC-C54E 49066 at Atsugi Field, Tokyo, Japan. Taken during the Pauley Reparations Tour. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

The staff of the Pauley Reparations tour before take off at the National Airport, Washington, D.C. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

A Navy Corsair leaves the flight deck of the U. S. S. Philippine Sea as the tempo of the air offensive increased. This was taken during the Korean War.

Kimpo's runways were in excellent condition and Air Force transport planes began bringing in men and supplies during the Korean War.

Looking for possible snipers, a Marine cautiously inspects a Yak fighter which was destroyed by previous aerial attacks during the Korean War battle in which Kimpo was retaken.

Air Forces C-82 packets passing over the Capitol on inauguration day. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

Aerial view of the Capitol with airplanes flying over on inauguration day. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

Aerial view of two unidentified U S. Army planes in the air. The photo was included in a group of eighteen photographs of U.S. Air Force planes, helicopters, and paratroop demonstrations provided at the time of President Truman's visit of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in October of 1949. This photo is likely an example of the kind of planes that President Truman viewed during the demonstration.

Photograph of the interior of a Fairchild Packet C-82, showing a car being loaded into the plane. The C-82 is one of the planes viewed by President Truman during his visit to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in October of 1949 to review airborne maneuvers as well as to review 20,000 troops and inspect new artillery weapons.