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A camera picks up the action as LT Flower, seated in the ejection seat, pushes the ejection button at the U.S. Air Force Navigation School

A camera picks up the action as LT Flower, seated in the ejection seat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Gregory Merritt Release Status:... More

An electronic training center is used to present navigational problems to a student at the Air Training Command undergraduate navigator school

An electronic training center is used to present navigational problems...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Walt Weible Release Status: Released... More

First Lieutenant (1LT) Timothy Shields, 323rd Flying Training Wing (right), and 2nd Lieutenant (2LT) Jack Swonson, a navigation student, prepare for a training flight aboard a T-37B Tweet aircraft

First Lieutenant (1LT) Timothy Shields, 323rd Flying Training Wing (ri...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Don Sutherland Release Status:... More

MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Bettini, 1ST Combat Evaluation Group, inspects the work of STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Sam Samuel, gunner 596th Bombardment Squadron, as Samuel works on the .50-caliber tail turret guns of a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft during Exercise PR

MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Bettini, 1ST Combat Evaluation Group, inspects ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Rose S. Reynolds Release Status... More

Pilot 1ST LT. Timothy Shields, left, and 2nd LT. Jack Swonson, student navigator, check their log after a training mission in a T-37 Tweet aircraft

Pilot 1ST LT. Timothy Shields, left, and 2nd LT. Jack Swonson, student...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT. Don Sutherland Release Status... More

Personnel wearing breathing equipment, are ready for "takeoff" in the pressure chamber at the U.S. Air Force Navigation

Personnel wearing breathing equipment, are ready for "takeoff" in the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Gregory Merritt Release Status:... More

Members of the 596th Bombardment Squadron prepare to refuel a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft during Exercise PROUD SHIELD 87, the Strategic Air Command bombing and navigation competition

Members of the 596th Bombardment Squadron prepare to refuel a B-52 Str...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Rose S. Reynolds Release Status... More

Members of the 596th Bombardment Squadron position a maintenance ladder beside a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft during Exercise PROUD SHIELD 87, the Strategic Air Command bombing and navigation competition

Members of the 596th Bombardment Squadron position a maintenance ladde...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Rose S. Reynolds Release Status... More

Captain (CPT) Robert E. Millay, an F-111A radar navigation instructor, checks his arrival time from the cockpit of his 528th Bombardment Squadron FB-111A aircraft during Exercise PROUD SHIELD '87, the Strategic Air Command bombing and navigation competiti

Captain (CPT) Robert E. Millay, an F-111A radar navigation instructor,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROUD SHIELD '87 Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

Control Operator TSGT Ernest Bergmann and Instructor Navigator MAJ Robert Woodrow, left to right, operate the controls of T-45 navigator simulators during training

Control Operator TSGT Ernest Bergmann and Instructor Navigator MAJ Rob...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to ... More

A left front view of a B-52 Stratofortress as it takes off for the first launch of a Harpoon missile from this type of aircraft

A left front view of a B-52 Stratofortress as it takes off for the fir...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to ... More

An air crewman services the engine of a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft during Exercise PROUD SHIELD 87, the Strategic Air Command bombing and navigation competition

An air crewman services the engine of a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft d...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steve Mcgill, USAF Release Stat... More

Electronics Warfare Officer First Lieutenant (1LT) John F. Myslinski, 69th bombardment Squadron, hooks a power cart to a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft during Exercise PROUD SHIELD 87, the Strategic Air Command bombing and navigation competition

Electronics Warfare Officer First Lieutenant (1LT) John F. Myslinski, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Rose S. Reynolds Release Status... More

A student enrolled in the Air Training Command undergraduate navigator course is seated in the cockpit of a T-37 training aircraft prior to making a flight

A student enrolled in the Air Training Command undergraduate navigator...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Walt Weible Release Status: Released... More

Second Lieutenant (2LT) Gerald Lincoln, a navigation student, studies for a training flight

Second Lieutenant (2LT) Gerald Lincoln, a navigation student, studies ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Don Sutherland Release Status:... More

MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Bettini, 1ST Combat Evaluation Group, inspects the work of AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Frank R. Bernal and Captain (CPT) Cleophas S. Hockaday, both members of the 325th Bombardment Squadron, as they work on the 20 mm tail turret guns o

MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Bettini, 1ST Combat Evaluation Group, inspects ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steve Mcgill, USAF Release Stat... More

A T-37 Tweet aircraft and a T-43 aircraft stand on the flight line. The T-37 exhibits its new paint scheme

A T-37 Tweet aircraft and a T-43 aircraft stand on the flight line. Th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Mchugh Release Status: Released ... More

Retired CAPT James R. Boling, USNR, and CAPT Floyd W. Carter, commander, Naval Air Training Unit, Mather Air Force Base, pose with ENS Mary A. Crawford following her June 1981 graduation from Interservice Undergraduate Navigator Training (IUNT). Crawford, whose first assignment is to Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6), is the U.S. Navy's first woman naval flight officer (NFO)

Retired CAPT James R. Boling, USNR, and CAPT Floyd W. Carter, commande...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to ... More

A student and instructor at the Air Training Command undergraduate navigator school climb into the cockpit of a T-37 training aircraft prior to making a flight

A student and instructor at the Air Training Command undergraduate nav...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Walt Weible Release Status: Released... More

United States Air Force officers train on T-45 navigator simulators as Instructor Navigator MAJ Robert Woodrow and Control Operator TSGT Ernest Gergmann, left to right, operate the controls of the complex

United States Air Force officers train on T-45 navigator simulators as...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to ... More

Students enrolled in the Air Training Command undergraduate navigator course use a T45 navigational simulator system during a class. The T45 uses high-speed computers to provide a realistic ground-based simulation of a wide variety of navigational situations

Students enrolled in the Air Training Command undergraduate navigator ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Walt Weible Release Status: Released... More

A student enrolled in the Air Training Command Undergraduate Navigator Course uses a T45 navigational simulator system during a class. The T45 uses high-speed computers to provide a realistic ground-based simulation of a wide variety of navigational situations

A student enrolled in the Air Training Command Undergraduate Navigator...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Walt Weible Release Status: Released... More

Captain (CPT) Robert E. Millay, an F-111A radar navigation instructor, checks his arrival time from the cockpit of his 528th Bombardment Squadron FB-111A aircraft during Exercise PROUD SHIELD '87, the Strategic Air Command bombing and navigation competiti

Captain (CPT) Robert E. Millay, an F-111A radar navigation instructor,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROUD SHIELD '87 Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

An air crewman from the 43rd Bombardment Wing stands by during exercise Proud Shield '87, the Strategic Air Command bombing and navigation competition

An air crewman from the 43rd Bombardment Wing stands by during exercis...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROUD SHIELD '87 Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

A member of the 940th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron works on the TF-33 engine of a 940th Air Refueling Group KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft. Stratotankers from the unit are being deployed to RAF Mildenhall, England to provide aerial refueling

A member of the 940th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron works...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Joe Davila Release Status: Rele... More

MAJ. John Wadsworth stands in front of the celestial simulator he uses to teach navigation in the planetarium

MAJ. John Wadsworth stands in front of the celestial simulator he uses...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT. Don Sutherland Release Status... More

A view of an unaccompanied enlisted quarters (UEQ) under construction. The additional accommodations are being built in anticipation of the movement of units from Mather Air Force Base, California to Beale

A view of an unaccompanied enlisted quarters (UEQ) under construction....

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Beale Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Chris Haylett Release Status: Rel... More

ENS Mary A. Crawford plots a navigational course during training aboard the Interservice Undergraduate Navigator Training (IUNT) program's T-43 jet trainer aircraft (Boeing 737). Crawford, who graduated from IUNT in June 1981, is the U.S. Navy's first woman naval flight officer (NFO). Her first assignment is to Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6)

ENS Mary A. Crawford plots a navigational course during training aboar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ed Nightingale Release Status: ... More

A right front view of a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft with a Harpoon (AGM-84A) missile on its wing, as it is prepared for takeoff. This is the first launch of a Harpoon from a B-52

A right front view of a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft with a Harpoon (A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to ... More

Second Lieutenant (2LT) Steven Ferra, a navigation student, plots a course in a flight simulator

Second Lieutenant (2LT) Steven Ferra, a navigation student, plots a co...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Don Sutherland Release Status:... More

A ground crewman guides the pilot of an F-111 aircraft as it arrives on base for participation in Exercise PROUD SHIELD 87, the Strategic Air Command bombing and navigation competition

A ground crewman guides the pilot of an F-111 aircraft as it arrives o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Rose S. Reynolds Release Status... More

At the deactivation of the 563rd Flying Training Squadron, LT. COL. Holloway covers the unit's guidon. The 453rd Electronic Warfare School and Systems Squadron came from Mather Air Force Base, Calif. Both schools were combined and formed the 563rd here at Randolph Air Force Base. The 563rd's mission was flying instruction and graduate level electronic warfare

At the deactivation of the 563rd Flying Training Squadron, LT. COL. Ho...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Randolph Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Javier Garcia Release Status: Released ... More

Instructor Navigator CPT Joseph Carnaroli explains the use of a radio navigation chart to 2LT Charles Fahie during T-45 navigator simulator training

Instructor Navigator CPT Joseph Carnaroli explains the use of a radio ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to ... More

ENS Mary A. Crawford, the U.S. Navy's first woman naval flight officer (NFO), boards a ski-equipped C-130 Hercules aircraft from Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6). Crawford's first assignment, following her June 1981 graduation from Interservice Undergraduate Navigator Training (IUNT), is to (VXE-6)

ENS Mary A. Crawford, the U.S. Navy's first woman naval flight officer...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ed Nightingale Release Status: ... More

A left rear view of a B-52 Stratofortress as it takes off for the first launch of a Harpoon missile from this type of aircraft

A left rear view of a B-52 Stratofortress as it takes off for the firs...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to ... More

A close-up of STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Sam Samuel, gunner, 596th Bombardment Squadron, during Exercise PROUD SHIELD 87, the Strategic Air Command bombing and navigation competition.  Samuel is taking a break from refueling a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft

A close-up of STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Sam Samuel, gunner, 596th Bombardm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Rose S. Reynolds Release Status... More

Pilot and navigator refuel an F-111 aircraft as part of the competition requirements during exercise Proud Shield '87, the Strategic Air Command bombing and navigation competition

Pilot and navigator refuel an F-111 aircraft as part of the competitio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steve Mcgill Release Status: Re... More

Undergraduate navigator training students plot their course before a mission

Undergraduate navigator training students plot their course before a m...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT. Don Sutherland Release Status... More

Two students use a model radio magnetic indicator during undergraduate navigator training

Two students use a model radio magnetic indicator during undergraduate...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT. Don Sutherland Release Status... More

A view of an unaccompanied enlisted quarters (UEQ) under construction. The additional accommodations are being built in anticipation of the movement of units from Mather Air Force Base, California to Beale

A view of an unaccompanied enlisted quarters (UEQ) under construction....

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Beale Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Chris Haylett Release Status: Rel... More

2LT Charles Fahie checks a navigation log during T-45 navigator simulator training

2LT Charles Fahie checks a navigation log during T-45 navigator simula...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to ... More

A student enrolled in the Air Training Command undergraduate navigator course works out a navigational problem at one of the training stations aboard a T-43A undergraduate navigator training aircraft

A student enrolled in the Air Training Command undergraduate navigator...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Walt Weible Release Status: Released... More

A student enrolled in the Air Training Command Undergraduate Navigator Course uses a T45 navigational simulator system during a class. The T45 uses high-speed computers to provide a realistic ground-based simulation of a wide variety of navigational situations

A student enrolled in the Air Training Command Undergraduate Navigator...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Walt Weible Release Status: Released... More

The new base control tower - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

The new base control tower - U.S. National Archives Public Domain phot...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don Lewis Release Status: Released t... More

Crew members from the 596th bombardment Squadron move a power cart into place before servicing a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft during Exercise PROUD SHIELD 87, the Strategic Air Command bombing and navigation competition

Crew members from the 596th bombardment Squadron move a power cart int...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Rose S. Reynolds Release Status... More

MSGT Dennis Duane Madsen, 940th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, installs the rendezvous radar beacon in a 940th Aerial Refueling Group KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft. Stratotankers from the unit are being deployed to RAF Mildenhall, England to

MSGT Dennis Duane Madsen, 940th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Joseph G. Fallon Release Status... More

Second LT. Anthony Hingle plots the course of a T-43 navigator training aircraft while in-flight

Second LT. Anthony Hingle plots the course of a T-43 navigator trainin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT. Don Sutherland Release Status... More

A T-43 navigator training aircraft sits on the flightline awaiting another mission

A T-43 navigator training aircraft sits on the flightline awaiting ano...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT. Don Sutherland Release Status... More

An artist works on "Icarus," a painting that will be displayed at the Silver Wings Museum

An artist works on "Icarus," a painting that will be displayed at the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Mark D. Winkelman Release Status... More

ENS Mary Crawford stands between her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Crawford, following her graduation from Interservice Undergraduate Navigator Training (IUNT). Crawford, whose first assignment is to Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6), is the U.S. Navy's first woman naval flight officer (NFO)

ENS Mary Crawford stands between her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Cra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to ... More

An air-to-air left rear view of a T-43A training aircraft. The T-43A has 12 stations for students, four for proficiency training, and three for instructors. The student training compartment is equipped with advance avionics gear identical to that of Air Force operational aircraft

An air-to-air left rear view of a T-43A training aircraft. The T-43A h...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Walt Weible Release Status: Released... More

Mr. and Mrs. William Crawford pin naval flight officer (NFO) wings on their daughter, ENS Mary Crawford, following her graduation from the Interservice Undergraduate Navigator Training (IUNT) program. Crawford, whose first assignment is to Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6), is the U.S. Navy's first woman NFO

Mr. and Mrs. William Crawford pin naval flight officer (NFO) wings on ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to ... More

An old style aircraft sextant on display at the Air Training Command undergraduate navigator school

An old style aircraft sextant on display at the Air Training Command u...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Walt Weible Release Status: Released... More

Students enrolled in the Air Training Command undergraduate navigator course use a T45 navigational simulator system during a class. The T45 uses high-speed computers to provide a realistic ground-based simulation of a wide variety of navigational situations

Students enrolled in the Air Training Command undergraduate navigator ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Walt Weible Release Status: Released... More

Students enrolled in the Air Training Command undergraduate navigator course work on navigational problems at a training station aboard a T-43A undergraduate navigator training aircraft

Students enrolled in the Air Training Command undergraduate navigator ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Walt Weible Release Status: Released... More

Navigation students practice parachute landing positions

Navigation students practice parachute landing positions

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Don Sutherland Release Status:... More

Members of the 69th Bombardment Squadron work on the .50-caliber guns in the tail turret of a B-52G Stratofortress aircraft during Exercise PROUD SHIELD 87, the Strategic Air Command bombing and navigation competition

Members of the 69th Bombardment Squadron work on the .50-caliber guns ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Rose S. Reynolds Release Status... More

An undergraduate navigator training student plots a course during training

An undergraduate navigator training student plots a course during trai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT. Don Sutherland Release Status... More

CAPT. Timothy Kregel, instructor of undergraduate navigator training, assists a student with a navigation problem

CAPT. Timothy Kregel, instructor of undergraduate navigator training, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT. Don Sutherland Release Status... More

A view of the chart table and simulator instrument panel used by undergraduate navigator training students in the classroom

A view of the chart table and simulator instrument panel used by under...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT. Don Sutherland Release Status... More

One of many engines on loan to the Silver Wings Museum. This engine is displayed in the World War I area

One of many engines on loan to the Silver Wings Museum. This engine is...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Mark D. Winkelman Release Status... More

ENS Mary A. Crawford is shown training aboard the Interservice Undergraduate Navigator Training (IUNT) program's T-43 jet trainer aircraft (Boeing 737). Crawford, who graduated from IUNT in June 1981, is the U.S. Navy's first woman naval flight officer (NFO). Her first assignment is to Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6)

ENS Mary A. Crawford is shown training aboard the Interservice Undergr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ed Nightingale Release Status: ... More

A left side view of a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft with an AGM-84A Harpoon missile on its wing, as the aircraft is preparing to takeoff. This is the first launch of a Harpoon missile from a B-52

A left side view of a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft with an AGM-84A Har...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to ... More

A student at the Air Training Command undergraduate navigator school takes a reading through a simulated sextant port mounted on the ceiling

A student at the Air Training Command undergraduate navigator school t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Walt Weible Release Status: Released... More

First Lieutenant (1LT) Timothy Shields, 323rd Flying Training Wing (right), and 2nd Lieutenant (2LT) Jack Swonson, a navigation student, prepare for a training flight aboard a T-37B Tweet aircraft

First Lieutenant (1LT) Timothy Shields, 323rd Flying Training Wing (ri...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Don Sutherland Release Status:... More

A navigation student and his instructor, a member of the 323rd Flying Training Wing, prebrief for a training flight.  A magnetic radio indicator trainer is in the foreground

A navigation student and his instructor, a member of the 323rd Flying ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Don Sutherland Release Status:... More

A T-43A aircraft parked on the flight line

A T-43A aircraft parked on the flight line

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CHIEF MASTER SGT. Don Sutherland Rel... More

Undergraduate navigator training students use simulators to chart their missions in the classroom

Undergraduate navigator training students use simulators to chart thei...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT. Don Sutherland Release Status... More

Operations officer LT. COL. Thomas N. Trotta kneels in front of a T-29 Flying Classroom navigator training aircraft. Trotta was in the class to train in this model of aircraft

Operations officer LT. COL. Thomas N. Trotta kneels in front of a T-29...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT. Don Sutherland Release Status... More

A view of an unaccompanied enlisted quarters (UEQ) under construction. The additional accommodations are being built in anticipation of the movement of units from Mather Air Force Base, California to Beale

A view of an unaccompanied enlisted quarters (UEQ) under construction....

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Beale Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Chris Haylett Release Status: Rel... More

Teene Jeanie, a small one-seat aircraft built by Janet and Larry Lombard, on display at the Silver Wings Museum

Teene Jeanie, a small one-seat aircraft built by Janet and Larry Lomba...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Mark D. Winkelman Release Status... More

A student enrolled in the Air Training Command Undergraduate Navigator Course uses a T45 navigational simulator system during a class. The T45 uses high-speed computers to provide a realistic ground-based simulation of a wide variety of navigational situations

A student enrolled in the Air Training Command Undergraduate Navigator...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Walt Weible Release Status: Released... More

Two types of aircraft sextants are displayed on a map of France at the Air Training Command undergraduate navigator training school

Two types of aircraft sextants are displayed on a map of France at the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Walt Weible Release Status: Released... More

Student navigators listen to instruction at the Spitz Planetarium

Student navigators listen to instruction at the Spitz Planetarium

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Bill Boardman Release Status: R... More

Navigation students and their instructors discuss a training flight

Navigation students and their instructors discuss a training flight

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Don Sutherland Release Status:... More

First Lieutenant Timothy Shields, 323rd Flying Training Wing (left), briefs 2nd Lieutenant Jack Swonson, a navigation student, before their training flight aboard a T-37B Tweet aircraft

First Lieutenant Timothy Shields, 323rd Flying Training Wing (left), b...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT. Don Sutherland Release Status... More

First Lieutenant (1LT) Timothy Shields, 323rd Flying Training Wing (right), and 2nd Lieutenant (2LT) Jack Swonson, a navigation student, prepare for a training flight aboard a T-37B Tweet aircraft

First Lieutenant (1LT) Timothy Shields, 323rd Flying Training Wing (ri...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Don Sutherland Release Status:... More

Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Thomas N. Trotta, assistant deputy commander for operations, 323rd Flying Training Wing, poses in front of a T-29 Flying Classroom aircraft.  The T-29 was used to train navigators until 1974, when it was replaced by the T-43A

Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Thomas N. Trotta, assistant deputy commander ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Don Sutherland Release Status:... More

Major (MAJ) John Wadsworth, 323rd Flying Training Wing, teaches celestial navigation at the Mather Air Force Base planetarium

Major (MAJ) John Wadsworth, 323rd Flying Training Wing, teaches celest...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Don Sutherland Release Status:... More

MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Bettini, 1ST Combat Evaluation Group, discusses arming procedures with AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Frank R. Bernal, gunner, during Exercise PROUD SHIELD 87, the Strategic Air Command bombing and navigation competition

MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Bettini, 1ST Combat Evaluation Group, discusses...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steve Mcgill, USAF Release Stat... More

A view of an unaccompanied enlisted quarters (UEQ) under construction. The additional accommodations are being built in anticipation of the movement of units from Mather Air Force Base, California, to Beale

A view of an unaccompanied enlisted quarters (UEQ) under construction....

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Beale Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Chris Haylett Release Status: Rel... More

A U-2 Dragon Lady and T-38 Talons fly in formation

A U-2 Dragon Lady and T-38 Talons fly in formation

A U-2 Dragon Lady and T-38 Talons fly in formation during the Capitol City Airshow at Mather Airfield, California, Sept. 22, 2018. The T-38s are used in a companion program with the U-2 designed to allow U-2 pi... More

Students at the Air Training Command undergraduate navigator school receive classroom instruction in the fundamentals of navigation

Students at the Air Training Command undergraduate navigator school re...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Walt Weible Release Status: Released... More

A U-2 Dragon Lady flies during the Capitol City Airshow

A U-2 Dragon Lady flies during the Capitol City Airshow

A U-2 Dragon Lady flies during the Capitol City Airshow at Mather Airfield, California, Sept. 22, 2018. U-2s are capable of flying at altitudes exceeding 70,000 feet and are used to provide high-altitude reconn... More

First Lieutenant (1LT) Timothy Shields, 323rd Flying Training Wing (left), briefs 2nd Lieutenant (2LT) Jack Swonson, a navigation student, before their training flight aboard a T-37B Tweet aircraft

First Lieutenant (1LT) Timothy Shields, 323rd Flying Training Wing (le...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Don Sutherland Release Status:... More

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