Preparations for reconnaissance activities by Strategic Air Command (SAC) Lockheed U-2 aircraft during the Cuban Missile Crisis. A Lockheed U-2 aircraft in the United States. Airmen work on equipment beneath the aircraft. The equipment is hoisted into the Q-bay ( equipment bay ) of the aircraft. An officer supervises the loading operations. An airman in the cockpit. A close view of the equipment.
Preparations for reconnaissance activities by Strategic Air Command (SAC) Lockheed U-2 aircraft during the Cuban Missile Crisis. A Lockheed U-2 aircraft in the United States. Airmen and an officer beneath the aircraft. They push a dolly loaded with Q -bay ( equipment bay) hatch beneath the aircraft. The Q-bay hatch is held in place and tightened. A bespectacled airman in the cockpit. He looks out of the canopy. He checks equipment in the cockpit.
Preparations for reconnaissance activities by Strategic Air Command (SAC) Lockheed U-2 aircraft during the Cuban Missile Crisis. A Lockheed U-2 aircraft in the United States. A bespectacled airman checks equipment in the cockpit. An officer and airmen push away a dolly from beneath the aircraft. An airman rotates the handle of an equipment. Airmen help a pilot in donning gloves and helmet.
Reconnaissance activities by Strategic Air Command (SAC) Lockheed U-2 aircraft during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Technicians remove equipment from the Q-bay ( equipment bay) of a Lockheed U-2 aircraft in the United States. The equipment is loaded on a dolly and is covered with a sheet. The dolly is pushed away.
Events leading to development of aviation. United States Army aircraft in flight during their first around the world flight. Aircraft parked on a field as a large crowd gather to welcome the Army pilots. Pilots pose with an aircraft in the background after their successful around the world flight in 1925. Lieutenant Commander John Rodgers as he leaves for a flight from San Francisco to Honolulu. Aircraft takes off.
Activities of the U.S. Army Air Corps in the United States. Formation of 18 B-10s in flight. 300 lb bombs are dropped from the aircraft. Train of bombs exploding in the field. Smoke due to explosion. Formation of B-10s in flight over clouds. Two 16 inches railroad guns. One of the railroad guns is fired. Crewmen loading the gun. A major sighting through a range finder.
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