Color photograph of a lineup of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 347th Fighter Squadron, 350th Fighter Group on the airfield in Italy. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
The Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress “Thumper” of the 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group photographed after a belly landing in January 1943. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Vought F4U-4 Corsair of U.S. Navy Bombing Fighter Squadron 82 (VBF-82) “Checkmates” on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Randolph (CV-15) in 1946. (U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation Photograph.)
On the crowded flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3), Grumman F6F-3 Hellcats, Grumman TBF-1 Avengers, and Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless prepare for a strike in November 1943. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
Original Caption: Defenders of Liberty 2011 Air Show — Replica Japanese aircraft from the Commemorative Air Force’s “Tora, Tora, Tora” performance, recreate the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor at the 2011...
Color photograph of a U.S. Air Force Lockheed P-80A Shooting Star in flight over the mountains. The P-80 Shooting Star was the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Pilots and P-40 Warhawk aircraft of the 11th Fighter Squadron at Fort Glenn Army Air Base, Alaska, June 1942. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
A group of North American P-51 Mustang fighters from the 332nd Fighter Group take off from an airfield in Italy to escort heavy bombers. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
F-51D Mustang at Rogers Dry Lake at the NACA High-Speed Flight Station in 1955. (NASA Photograph.)
A P-47 Thunderbolt takes off for a bomber escort mission during World War II. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
