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| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A Beechcraft 18 in the former Air Force hangar at Truax Field. This photograph was taken shortly after Wisconsin Central Airlines moved its headquarters fr... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | The reason for the official name for the Berlin Airlift, "Operation Skytrain," is suggested by this photograph of C-47 transport airplanes unloading at Tem... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Three men of the Air Force Red Horse heavy repair squad make adjustments to the runway at Phan Rang, a South Vietnam airbase. An International pay scraper ... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | A man directs International pay scrapers along a runway at Phan Rang air force base in Vietnam. |
| Date: | 06 1965 |
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| Description: | Side view of a Navy plane marked with "8376" and squadron number "VF-161" on a tarmac at Miramar Naval Air Station. Written on the photograph in grease pen... |
| Date: | 12 22 1953 |
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| Description: | Edward C. Waffle, in charge of the tower for the Air Force, is talking with a pilot from the Truax Field control tower by speaking into a handheld radio tr... |
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| Description: | A pilot in flight suit poses next to an F-86D Sabre jet fighter. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. Truax Airport. Pilot about to climb into a jet fighter." |
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