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Artwork: "Old Reliable". Artist: Michael Hagel, USAF Art Collection

Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of DefenseSeries: Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

This item is a pastel drawing.

Original caption: An early model C-130 engine sitting on a test cell

Rhein-Main AB,

West Germany

December 11, 1984

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We pay to be restricted from public space

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A US B-17 Flying Fortress tries to avoid heavy anti-aircraft fire on a mission over Ludwigshafen, Germany - Sept 1944

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Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing during the public unveiling to the press. It was powered by eight Allison J35-A-15 turbojet engines.

Date: September 29, 1947

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Happy heavenly birthday to Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., the United States’ first Black astronaut! 🚀👨🏾‍🚀

Lawrence was a highly skilled pilot who, at age 31, was assigned to the @usairforce and National Reconnaissance Office’s’ Manned Orbiting Laboratory after graduating from the former’s Test Pilot School in June 1967. 

Just six months after his assignment, Lawrence was killed in a jet crash while training — and he never had the opportunity to launch into space. 

Today we honor Lawrence’s accomplishments and the strides that he made for future generations of Black Americans. 🕊️

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Start the week with F22

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Lieutenant Vernon R Richards of the 361st Fighter Group flies his P-51D Mustang, nicknamed ‘Tika IV’, during a bomber escort mission - location unknown 1944