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[thestonecuttersguild]

The great Strawberry Bitch.

It's always a gigglefest when the kids are on a field trip, which is every time I've ever been to the Air Force Museum.

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[madnessofmen]

A funky little dude I saw at the WWI exhibit at the NMUSAF. This doll was a pilot's good luck charm that he carried on combat missions.

Old Bill is a fictional character created in 1914–15 by cartoonist Bruce Bairnsfather. Old Bill was depicted as an elderly, pipe-smoking British "tommy" with a walrus moustache. The character achieved a great deal of popularity during World War I where it was considered a major morale booster for the British troops

[2inx4inx8inbrick]

T34 Mentor aircraft at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. Camera info: Nikon d5500, 2100mm, f/5.6, iso 200

[hjmarseille]

According to a caption in the von Buttlar album, these relaxed pilots were photographed at Avelin on what must have been a warm day in late December 1917. From left are Hermann Margot, Rahn, Veltjens and von Beaulieu-Marconnay (Rahn collection, NMUSAF)

Photo and caption featured in Jasta 18 - the Red Noses (Aviation Elite Units) by Greg VanWyngarden

[fcba]

A formation of B-25 Mitchell medium bombers fly over the National Museum of the US Air Force in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Doolittle Raiders’ strike on Japan. (Greg Morehead)

[raframsgate]

[thestonecuttersguild]

KC-97 Stratofreighter

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[thestonecuttersguild]

Grumman X-29.

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