Military Aviation

Navy crew playing basketball on the USS Monterey, the jumper on the left is future President Gerald Ford, 1944 .. #history #viralnetics #maritime #military #ussmonterey #potus #geraldford

American army and navy nurses take in the sights of Melbourne during WWII, c1943 .. #ozhistory #melbourne #war #military #FairfaxArchives

U.S. Marines in front of the burning Burgan oil fields, Kuwait, 1991 .. #history #viralnetics #war #military #iraq #stupidwar

The Freikorps prepares to execute a young communist in Munich, Germany, 1919. Likely a staged photograph for the purpose of propaganda .. #history #viralnetics #war #military #munich #germany

An ex USAF B747 towed by Coast Guard tug "Island Trader" from Quonset State Airport, Rhode Island, to National Harbor on the Potomac by way of Cape Henry, Virginia. The aircraft left on September 27th and will arrive October 1st as part of AirForceOneExperience.com .. #flight

HRH Princess Elizabeth watching parachutists during a visit to airborne forces at Netheravon Airfield, Salisbury, Wiltshire in England, in the run up to D-Day, 19th May 1944 .. #history #viralnetics #royalty #queenelizabeth #war #england #military

HMAS Torrens in Circular Quay, 1973 .. #sydney #ozhistory #hmastorrens #maritime #military #circularquay #sydneyharbour

VJ Day, Atlanta, August 14, 1945 .. #history #viralnetics #atlanta #war #military

Members of ABC broadcast section disembarking on Crete, c1941 .. #ozhistory #war #abc #military #crete

On the 30th of August, 1982, the F-20A Tigershark made its maiden flight. During the 40-minute test flight, the prototype climbed to 40,000 ft and a speed of Mach 1.04 .. #history #aviationhistory #tigershark #military

John McCain (front right) with his squadron and T-2 Buckeye trainer, 1965 .. #history #viralnetics #military #aviationhistory #aviation #politics #johnmccain

John Mccain is welcomed by U.S. President Richard Nixon upon Mccain's release from five and one half years as a POW during the Vietnam War, Washington, D.C., May 24, 1973 .. #history #viralnetics #aviationhistory #johnmccain #richardnixon #potus #military

"Gas Mask Girls". Women from the Wardens Auxiliary running through a drill in Wartime Sydney, 1943 .. #sydney #ozhistory #military

U.S. soldiers on Harley-Davidson WLA motorcycles, equipped with unloaded Thompson submachine guns, World War II .. #history #viralnetics #war #military #harleydavidson #military

On this day in 1944 (6th June), Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy. Now known as D-Day. Pictures: Men of the 16th Infantry Regiment, U.S. 1st Infantry Division wade ashore on Omaha Beach. Photo: Robert Capa .. #history #ozhistory #dday #war #military #normandy #viraln

Sailor and girl at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Washington, D.C., May 1943 .. #history #viralnetics #war #military #washingtondc #usa

A few days after wrapping up on the set of Mission Impossible, TC starts on the new Top Gun flick .. #enternetics #viralnetics #military #aviation #tomcruise

World's first nuclear-powered task force travelling in the Mediterranean, USS enterprise has E=MC^2 on its flight deck, 18th June, 1964 .. #history #viralnetics #military #war #navy #ussenterprise

Actress Veronica Lake demonstrates what might happen to female factory workers that don’t tie their hair back, 1943 .. #history #enternetics #viralnetics #veronicalake #military

Philadelphians looking at a new map of Europe after WWI, 1918 .. #history #viralnetics #war #military #europe