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Balloons - In the Theatre of Operations - The gun crew of an American transport is watching a French dirigible flying highi n the air. This photo was taken while the transport was passing through the danger zone

Balloons - In the Theatre of Operations - American dirigible in France. This photograph shows the nose of an American dirigible somewhere in France on which is mounted a Lewis Machine Gun used against enemy aviators

Airplanes - Flight - On guard against U-boats from air and sea. Now that there is no need of hushing any longer, we are able to produce vivid proof for the surrender of the German fleet rather than "come out" and face the Allied navies. This remarkable photograph shows a British aeroplane leaving its rendezvous aboard battleship in search of undersea craft

Balloons - In the Theatre of Operations - A U-Boat spotter. Will it go under the bridge? A balloon of type that helped greatly in defeat of German U-Boats is in tow of a British warship at Forth Bridge

Balloons - In the Theatre of Operations - Dirigibles. Stabling a Dirigible on a windy day is no easy task. When the French had the station one was destroyed by being blown against the steel framework of the great canvas hangar. The hangar is seven hundred feet long and ninety feet high. It will accomodate two large ships or three small ones. A second hangar is in couse of construction. When complete, this unit of the American Naval Aviation Service will fly four dirigibles and keep up constant patrols

Balloons - In the Theatre of Operations - This balloon was set a drift by the French. Attached to it are quantities of president Wilson's reply to the Pope's Peace Plea. The balloon reached the German Lines without mishap

Balloons - Flights with Ships in View - Dirigible Balloon above Battleship Pennsylvania lying at anchor in Hudson River. One of the balloons that patrolled the coast over the Flagship Pennsylvania now at anchor in the Hudson River. These balloons at sea to detect submarines and other enemy craft

Balloons - Flights - Returning from a U-boat scouting party. Aerial naval observer coming down from a "Blimp" type balloon after a scouting tour somewhereo n the Atlantic Coast

Balloons - In the Theatre of Operations - Battle of Menin Road. A British observation balloon was seen to be in difficulty during the early phase of the battle but the observer cleverly extricated himself from an awkward position by means of his parachute

Balloons - In the Theatre of Operations - French dirigible on hunt for U-boats. French dirigible flying over water in search of German submarines; photographed from the deck of an American transport on its way to France. This is probably the first photo to reach this side picturing such an incident

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Date Taken: 1917

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Members of Btry. B, 1ST Bn., 12th Marines, unload a M-923 5-ton truck for the joint Korean-U.S. Exercise Bear Hunt '88 off of a ship

Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Co-Pilot of the RCAF CP-140 Aurora (P-3 Orion) aircraft, 407th Maritime Patrol Squadron, 19th Wing, Comax, British Columbia, looks for signs of submarines after taking off from Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam. The CP-140 Aurora (P-3 Orion) aircraft are used on long distance surveillance, interdiction missions and submarine warfare. The aircraft and crew are participating in the Joint exercise TANDEM THRUST 2003. The exercise is a joint endeavor including forces from the US, Canada, and Australia

Crew members stand at parade rest aboard the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine USS MARIANO G. VALLEJO (SSBN 658) as a flag officer addresses guests attending a ceremony commemorating the completion of the 2,500th deterrent patrol by fleet ballistic missile submarines of the US Navy. The 2,500th patrol was completed by the VALLEJO

U.S. Army, Dutch and Belgium paratroopers conduct jump

Marietta, GA, August 16, 2007 -- FEMA Federal Incident Response Support Team (FIRST) backs one of their trucks into a U.S. Coast Guard C130J cargo plane at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in preparation of flying to Puerto Rico to respond to impacts from Hurricane Dean. The FIRST Team leads FEMA's initial response to disasters. Mark Wolfe/FEMA

Balloons - R - Type R, Army Kite Balloon. Four of this type in the air at the Flying Field, Akron, Ohio. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co

A joint service casket team carries the flag draped casket of Leamon R. Hunt from a VC-135 aircraft upon its arrival. Mr. Hunt was the director of the Multi-National Force and Observers headquarters in Rome, Italy

Photograph of the Nose of the USS Akron being Attached, ca. 1933

On board AF-1/ Gov. Hunt of NC - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Balloons - Miscellaneous - Dirigiblees. This Dirigible with an American crew is seen starting out on a patrol from the Naval Aviation stations. It is these air birds that are doing suc wonderful work in hunting out U-Boats

A starboard side stern view of the US Navy (USN) OHIO CLASS: Strategic Missile Submarine, USS FLORIDA (SSBN 728), showing Sailors on deck as the ship is underway off the coast of the Bahamas, during Giant Shadow, a Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)/Naval Submarine Forces Experiment, designed to test the Sea Trial initiative of the CHIEF of Naval Operations (CNO) Sea Power 21 vision, and the first in a series of experiments before converting and overhauling four SSBN class submarines to conventional weapons SSGN class

A happy US Air Force F-15 pilot gives the thumbs up after he receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker (Not shown) during a mission in the European Theatre supporting Operation Allied Force

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