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  • ? lockheed corporation 6

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  • ? united states of america 309
  • ? ↳ united states air force 38

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  • ? lockheed f-80 shooting star 3
  • ? lockheed p-80 shooting star (family) 3

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  • ? airplane 24
  • ? anti aircraft fire 1
  • ? aviation 119
  • ? bomb 10
  • ? bombing 4
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  • ? destruction 3
  • ? fighter 43
  • ? fighter-bomber 2
  • ? jet aircraft 45
  • ? napalm 1
  • ? north korea 2
  • ? plane 65
  • ? suan 1

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  • ID: 1175
  • Uploader: TalkingFish »
  • Date: 2 days ago
  • Size: 1.8 MB .jpg (2441x3000) »
  • Source: catalog.archives.gov/id/542241?objectPage=3 »
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lockheed p-80 shooting star and lockheed f-80 shooting star (united states of america and 2 more) drawn by lockheed_corporation

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  • U.S. Air Force F-80 Shooting Star

    "This dramatic photo of a U.S. Air Force F-80 Shooting Star fighter-bomber has captured the action which occurred May 8 when day-long flights of Fifth Air Force warplanes blasted the Communist two-square mile supply center at Suan in the largest single air strike of the Korean conflict. The storage area, 35 miles southeast of Pyongyang, was smothered with more than 12,000 gallons of napalm dropped by the attacking planes. In this photo a tank of napalm can be seen just after being released. It is below the left wing of the jet. Target for the napalm is a supply building (below plane) and court-yard filled with loaded supply vehicles. Low-level attacks such as these (notice relationship of F-80 to smoke stack at right) makes for accuracy. It also makes it easier for enemy ground fire. Anti-aircraft fire, leaving a faint smoke trail, can be seen flying upward from a Communist sandbagged gun position on the small ridge in the turn of the road. F-86 Sabre jets, flying protective cover for the devastatin...."

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