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[usafphantom2]

11 June 1943. Operation Corkscrew ended. The Italian garrison on Pantellaria island surrendered after heavy bombing, first ground captured by air power alone.

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[usafpantom12]

A U.S. Air Force Douglas B-26B Invader with Vietnamese markings in flight over Southeast Asia in the early 1960s. The B-26s operated as B-26B/C or RB-26C/L starting in December 1960 and were withdrawn from service in February 1964 after two accidents related to wing spar fatigue.

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Martin B-26 Marauders from the Free French Air Force on a bombing run.

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[batbaffle]

some things never change </3

[lifejoy-co]

B-26 Marauder dropping it's payload over the target.

The B-26 was mainly used in Europe by the American 9th air army and was mostly used in tactical missions over France and the low countries.

[photoyage]

An impressive lineup of U.S. Air Force aircraft types were on static display at this airshow at Carswell AFB, Fort Worth, Texas, circa 1967. The fighter row (middle) includes three F-105 Thunderchiefs, three Lockheed F-104 Starfighters, an F-101 Voodoo, an F-4 Phantom II, two Convair F-106 Delta Darts, a Convair F-102 Delta Dagger, and a T-38 Talon trainer. At top, a B-52 Stratofortress bomber and a KC-135 Stratotanker refueler are next to a Lockheed C-141A StarLifter transport and the XB-70 Valkyrie triple-sonic research aircraft, whose center fuselage was made at the then-Lockheed-Georgia Company facility in Marietta, Georgia. The eclectic group at the bottom includes (clockwise from left) a Lockheed YF-12 interceptor, an RB-57 high altitude reconnaissance aircraft modified at the General Dynamics (formerly Convair) facility across the runway, a Convair B-58 Hustler bomber, a General Dynamics F-111A fighter-bomber, a B-26K Counter Invader, and a Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady high altitude reconnaissance aircraft. At the far right, either real or mockups, are an X-15 research aircraft and a Thor-Able booster rocket.

[usafphantom2]

B-26 Marauders, with D-Day invasion stripes, strike a road and rail junction behind the front lines to slow down enemy reinforcements.

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[usafphantom2]

1944: Operation OVERLORD. American and Allied aircraft flew approximately 15,000 interdiction, close air support, and airlift sorties in support of the D-Day invasion. Today marks the 82nd anniversary of the D Day Invasion. (B-26 Marauders in D Day stripes interdict enemy positions, USAF Image)

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