U.S. Air Force

President Harry S. Truman signing a proclamation making August 1st Army Air Force Day. L-R: General James H. Doolittle (seated), President of the Air Force Association; Lieutenant General Hoyt S. Vandenberg (standing), Deputy Commander Army Air Force; President Truman (seated); Major General Lauris Norstad (standing), Director of Plans and Operations, War Department, General Staff; W. Stuart Symington (seated), Assistant Secretary of War for Air.

President Harry S. Truman (seated) is signing the National Security Act Amendment of 1949 with guests in the Oval Office. Standing, from left to right: unidentified; Senator Styles Bridges; Congressman Overton Brooks; Congressman Carl T.

Composite photo of the Presidential airplane "Independence" over Washington, D.C.. Original is oversized.

President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben William Barkley leaving Pennsylvania Avenue and entering 15th Street N.W. during the 1949 Presidential Inauguration parade. Original photo is in a photo album of inaugural events.

A truck from the Greek First Army Headquarters crosses temporary bridge across Struma River in northern Greece during Exercise Keystone.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, fourth from left, attends a dinner for the official visit of General Barros of the Chilean Air Force to Quarry Heights military base in Panama. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (front, left) inspects the Orlando Air Force Base during a visit to Orlando, Florida. Also present is Air Force Aide General Robert Landry (sixth from left). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman is standing up in a car, posing for assembled photographers during a trip to Orlando, Florida. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (back seat, left) sits in an automobile as an unidentified military officer gets beside him in the back seat of the car during President Truman's visit to Orlando, Florida. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman leaves his plane, The Independence, upon arrival in Orlando, Florida. All people are unidentified.