Leaving a fiery trail,.50 caliber bullets streak through the night as maintenance men of the 49th Fighter Bomber Wing in Korea, test fire a Republic F-84 "Thunderjet." Wing guns will be checked and put in perfect firing order before the plane takes off in the morning on a bombing and strafing missi
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- c. 1952
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"Leaving a fiery trail,.50 caliber bullets streak through the night as maintenance men of the 49th Fighter Bomber Wing in Korea, test fire a Republic F-84 "Thunderjet." Wing guns will be checked and put in perfect firing order before the plane takes off in the morning on a bombing and strafing missi" (c. 1952). U.S. National Archives, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leaving_a_fiery_trail,_.50_caliber_bullets_streak_through_the_night_as_maintenance_men_of_the_49th_Fighter_Bomber..._-_NARA_-_542257.tifNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 52049.
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