In-flight testing of a ramjet mounted on a Northrop P-61 Black Widow at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory (AERL) of NACA. The AERL is now part of NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Ohio. (NASA Photograph.)
Archive - October 2014
U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Saint Louis (CL-49) photographed at Tulagi, Solomon Islands in 1943. For her role during the attack on Pearl Harbor, the USS Saint Louis was nicknamed the “Lucky Lou.” (U.S. Navy...
U.S. trucks wind along the Ledo supply road from India to Burma. (National Archives Photograph.)
Grumman F6F Hellcat on Peleliu with a radar pod on the front of the starboard wing, 1944. (U.S. Marine Corps Photograph.)
Maintenance work is performed on Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Yankee Doodle” commanded by Brig. Gen. Ira C. Eaker on the first B-17 bombing mission against Europe, August 1942. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
The nose cone of the B-17G Flying Fortress named Sentimental Journey on display at the War Eagles Air Museum at the Doña Ana County Airport, Oct. 2. (U.S. Dept. of Defense Photo by Sgt. Jonathan Thomas.)
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.)