Airplanes, Military

President Harry S. Truman, at the rear loading platform of a C-117 transport, calls out to a crew member at the front end of the cargo area. Colonel Dave Schilling (left) and General Robert Landry (right) are behind him. From the Air Progress Demonstration at Andrews Air Force Base. Others are unidentified.

B-36 planes pass over in review at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth, Texas for the 7th Anniversary of the 8th Air Force. All persons standing on the ground are unidentified.

Admiral Dennison (second from the right) at an airfield, presumably Boca Chica, Florida. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negatives.

At the time of the Berlin Airlift, C-47 airplanes are parked on the ramp at Rhein Main Air Base, Frankfurt, Germany. They are being loaded with food and supplies to be flown to Templehof Air Base in Berlin during "Operation Vittles." From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. United States Air Force Photo Number: A-67703 AC.

Unidentified crew of the Anacostia in Key West, Florida. That same day Lieut. W.Q. Damon USN (courier) arrived and delivered four sacks of official mail to Lt. Comdr. Rigdon at 5:40 PM. The same U.S. Mail plane delivered Special Counsel (Charles Murphy) to President Truman to Key West. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negative.

Photo of an aircraft taken during President Truman's ninth Key West trip. On the day this photo was taken, official mail was returned to Washington, D.C. Visible on the nose of the plane are the digits 289. A person waves from the cockpit. From: Negatives sent from the National Archives to the Truman Library. Original is 4x5 black and white negative.

President Harry S. Truman (farthest right) watches an aerial display from the deck of the destroyer Renshaw during Navy Day celebrations in New York City, New York. Behind the President are President Truman's Naval Aide, Commodore James K. Vardaman (left), and Admiral Jonas H. Ingram (center), Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Fleet. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Riverside Park is massed with spectators for the fleet review during Navy Day in New York City, as a formation of planes cuts the skies above the fighting ships, extending far north of the George Washington Bridge. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) stands at the Strategic Air Command at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, with General Thomas Power (center) and three unidentified men.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) shakes hands with an unidentified man next to an airplane at Strategic Air Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.