Airlift Collection

U. S. Air Force C-17 Globemasters in flight
U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemasters like these provided intra-theater heavy airlift support, helping to sustain operations throughout Afghanistan, Iraq and the Horn of Africa

The front cover of airlift, December 1960, 24, (7). Date: 1960

Avro 695 Lincolnian G-ALPF
The sole UK registered Avro 695 Lincolnian G-ALPF (ex RAF Lincoln B.2 RE290)parked at Southend prior to being scrapped in 1952. Converted by Airflight Ltd

Douglas C-124C Globemaster II O-15199
United States Air Force - Douglas C-124C Globemaster II O-15199 (MSN 43609, 51-5199), of the 63rd Military Airlift Wing. Date: circa 1966

Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 57-2589
United States Air Force - Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 57-2589 (MSN 17725) 13 December 1958: First flight. 21 January 1959: 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Offutt AFB, NE

Convair C-131A Samaritan O-52-5805 (msn 53-25) casualty evacuation aircraft of Miltary Airlift Command somewhere in Germany

Boeing KC-97L Stratofreighter 53-0218
United States Air Force - Boeing KC-97L Stratofreighter 53-0218 (MSN 17000), of the 151st Military Airlift Group, 191st Air Refuelling Squadron, Utah Air National Guard. Date: circa 1962

Gulfstream C-20B 86-0203
United States Air Force - Gulfstream C-20B 86-0203 (msn 475), assigned to the 99th Airlift Squadron, 89th Airlift Wing, Andrews AFB, MD. Date: circa 1987

Vickers Viscount 9Q-CBS
Vickers Viscount 808C 9Q-CBS (msn 423), of Scibe Airlift Zaire, at Castle Donington, prior to delivery in Zaire on 16 November 1976

Beech C-12A Huron 73-1213
United States Air Force - Beech C-12A Huron 73-1213 (MSN BD-009), of the 58th military Airlift Squadron, at RAF Greenham Common, on 23 June 1979 for the International Air Tattoo. Date: 1979

Gulfstream C-20B 86-0201
United States Air Force (USAF) - Gulfstream C-20B 86-0201 (msn 470), assigned to the 99th Airlift Squadron, 89th Airlift Wing, Andrews AFB, MD. at RAF Fairford on 18 July 1987. Date: 1987

Boeing VC-135B-BN Stratolifter 62-4130, of the 89th Military Airlift Wing at Andrews Air force Base in June 1976, for duties as a support aircraft for presidential / VVIP transports

Boeing VC-137B-BN 58-6970
United states Air Force - Boeing VC-137B-BN 58-6970 (msn 17925, model 707-153), of the 89th Military Airlift Wing at Andrews Air force Base in January 1976

Boeing VC-137C 72-7000
United states Air Force - Boeing VC-137C 72-7000 The spirit of 76 (msn 20630, model 707-353B, carried N8459 for flight testing)

Douglas C-133A Cargomaster 56-2010
United States Air Force - Douglas C-133A-25-DL Cargomaster 56-2010 (msn 45247), of the 436th Military Airlift Wing, at RAF Mildenhall in May 1969. Date: 1969

McDonnell Douglas C-9A Nightingale 68-10958
United States Air Force - McDonnell Douglas C-9A Nightingale 68-10958 (msn 47366, DC-9-32CF), of the 375th Aeromedical Airlift Wing, at Edwards Air Force Base. Date: circa 2000

Gates Learjet C-21A 84-0126
United States Air Force - Gates Learjet C-21A 84-0126 (MSN 35A-572, ex N300EU), of the 458th Airlift Squadron, 375th Airlift Wing, Scott AFB, IL Date: circa 2000

Boeing VC-25A 82-8000
United States Air Force - Boeing VC-25A 82-8000 (msn 23824), of the Presidential Airlift Group, 89th Airlift Wing, Andrews AFB, MD

Short C-23A Sherpa 84-0473
United States Air Force - Short C-23A Sherpa 84-0473 (MSN SH.3120), of the 10th Military Airlift Squadron, 608th Military Airlift Group, at RAF Upper Heyford on 6 May 1990. Date: 1990

Short C-23A Sherpa 84-0461
United States Air Force - Short C-23A Sherpa 84-0461 (MSN SH.3107), of the 10th Military Airlift Squadron, 608th Military Airlift Group. Date: circa 1990

Short C-23A Sherpa 84-0459
United States Air Force - Short C-23A Sherpa 84-0459 (MSN SH.3104), of the 10th Military Airlift Squadron, 608th Military Airlift Group. Date: circa 1990

United States Air Force - Boeing NKC-135E Stratotanker 55-3135 (MSN 17251), an instrumented tanker during refuelling trials with an F-16, at Edwards Air Force Base on 3 April 2018

United States Air Force - Short C-23A Sherpa 84-0458 (MSN SH)
United States Air Force - Short C-23A Sherpa 84-0458 (MSN SH.3103, ex G-14-3103), of the 412th Test Wing, at Edwards Air Force Base. Date: circa 1995

United States Army - Beech C-12F Huron 84-0489 (msn BL-123), of Detachment 45, Operational Support Airlift Command (OSACOM), Army NG, Reno/Stead Airport, NV. Date: circa 2000

Douglas DC-4-1009 N31356 (msn 42914), in spurious military markings, (44-42914), for use in a film about the Berlin Airlift. Date: circa 2000

Boeing C-22B 83-4610
United States Air Force - Boeing C-22B 83-4610 (msn 18811, line number 85, ex N4610, 727-35), of the 201st Airlift Squadron DC Air National Guard

Beech C-12F Huron 84-0489
United States Army - Beech C-12F Huron 84-0489 (MSN BL-123), of Detachment 45, Operational Support Airlift Command (OSACOM), Army NG, Reno/Stead Airport, NV Date: circa 2000

North American CT-39A Sabreliner 61-0651
United states Air Force - North American CT-39A-1-NA Sabreliner 61-0651 (msn 265-54), of the 58th Military Airlift Squadron, at RAF Alconbury, on 29 July 1984. Date: 1984

North American Rockwell CT-39 Sabreliner
United States Air Force - North American Rockwell CT-39 Sabreliner of Military Airlift Command Date: circa 2000

McDonnell Douglas C-9C 73-1681
United States Air Force - McDonnell Douglas C-9C 73-1681 (MSN 47668), on approach to RAF Mildenhall, Feb-March 1998

Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker 57-2589
United States Air Force - Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker 57-2589 (MSN 17725), of the 65th Airlift Squadron, Hickham AFB, HI:- the personal aircraft of Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Air Forces

Douglas C-133A Cargomaster 56-2008
(ex United States Air Force) - Douglas C-133A-25-DL Cargomaster 56-2008 (msn 45245), formerly of the 436th Military Airlift Wing

The new uses of the airplane (colour litho)
2809160 The new uses of the airplane (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The new uses of the airplane)

Berlin Air Lift 1948 - June 1948. Staff at Allied Headquarters
Berlin Air Lift 1948 - June 1948

Douglas C-124C Globemaster II O-21061
United States Air Force - Douglas C-124C Globemaster II O-21061 (msn 43970, 52-1061), of the 61st Military Airlift Wing. Date: circa 1960

Douglas TA-4F 152847
United States Navy - Douglas TA-4F 152847 (msn 13493, air show ident 186), at the Paris air Show in June1967, with Military Airlift Command C-141A Starlifter 66-0174

USAF - Boeing KC-97G-24-BO Stratofreighter 52-2632
United States Air Force - Boeing KC-97G-24-BO Stratofreighter 52-2632 (msn 16663) (Note -Douglas F5D-1 Skylancer NASA 212 (BuNo 139208) in background.) number

U. S. Marines conduct a sling load operation with a CH-53E Super Stallion
May 10, 2012 - U.S. Marines conduct a sling load operation with a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey

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A C-17A aircraft coming in to land

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C-17A Globemaster on final approach into RAF Mildenhall

Avro Tudor Mk. V G-AKBZ BOAC Stansted
Avro Tudor 5 G-AKBZ was originally built for British South American Airways and named Star Falcon. Used as a fuel freighter during the Berlin Airlift. It was taken on by BOAC in 1949 but never used

VIETNAM WAR, 1966. Troops from the 173rd Airborne Brigade being airlifted by UH-1D helicopters to their forward base camp in Xuan Loc, Vietnam. Photograph, 1 September 1966

BERLIN AIRLIFT, 1948. Berliners watching the arrival and departure of Allied airlift freighters at Templehof Air Base 3 months after the beginning of the Soviet blockade of Berlin on 1 April 1948

Solution: Inspirational Quote and Motivational Poster
Solution - Inspirational Quote and Motivational Poster. It reads: To every problem there is already a solution whether you know it or not. ~ Grenville Kleiser

A CH-53 Sea Stallion lifts a HU-25 Guardian Coast Guard aircraft
Elizabeth City Air Station, North Carolina - A CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter lifts an unserviceable HU-25 Guardian Coast Guard aircraft

An SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter picks up a pallet from USS Jason Dunham
Mediterranean Sea, September 22

U.s Air Force Airmen parachute into a drop zone from a C-17 Globemaster III
U.S Air Force Airmen parachute into a drop zone from a C-17 Globemaster III at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada

Wessex helicopter in rescue demonstration, Cornwall
Wessex Royal Navy helicopter and Penlee lifeboat in a rescue demonstration, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Aircraft provisioning the allies during the siege of West Berlin by the Russians in the late 1940s, in the so-called Berlin Airlift. Allied Museum. Berlin. Germany

Avro Tudor II G-AGRY
The second Tudor II completed G-AGRY undertook tropical trials for the Ministry of Aircraft production. Afterwards flown during the Berlin Airlift and then by Airflight and Air Charter

Avro Tudor Mk. V G-AKCD William Dempster Ltd. LAP
Avro Tudor 5s were built for BSa but never used as passenger airliners. Refitted as fuel tankers and used on the Berlin Airlift. G-AKCD was sold to William Dempster Ltd

VIETNAM WAR, 1966. Lieutenant Ronald Baker being evacuated by helicopter after being wounded during a fire mission. Photograph, 27 March 1966

VIETNAM WAR, 1966. Troops of the 1st Cavalry Division waiting for a helicopter at the designated landing zone. Photograph, 6 July 1966

BERLIN, 1948. British military police erecting a sign to mark the division of British and Russian sectors of Berlin, Germany. Photograph by Jack Chitham, 1948

Sailors attach cargo legs to an SA330J Puma helicopter
Waters East of Okinawa, July 28, 2014 - Weapons department Sailors aboard the U.S

C-130 Hercules on the flightline at Yokota Air Base, Japan
October 7, 2013 - C-130 Hercules from the 36th Airlift Squadron sit on the flightline at Yokota Air Base, Japan

An MH-60S Knighthawk delivering cargo
Arabian Gulf, March 6, 2004 - An MH-60S Knighthawk delivers cargo to USS George Washington (CVN-73)

An SA330J Puma helicopter conducts vertical replenishement
Arabian Sea, January 24, 2012 - An SA330J Puma helicopter from the Military Sealift Command dry cargo ammunition ship USNS Richard E

An SA-330J Puma helicopter delivers supplies to USS Kearsarge
Gulf of Oman, September 5

Marines hook cargo to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter
Gulf of Oman, August 30

A bundle of donated goods drifts to an island after being dropped out the back of
December 16, 2009 - A bundle of donated goods drifts to an island after being dropped out the back of a C-130 Hercules during Operation Christmas Drop

Airmen assist each other as they hook a sling to an SH-60B Seahawk
March 29, 2004 - Airmen assist each other as they hook a sling to an SH-60B Seahawk aboard USS George Washington

A practice pallet is released from the back of a C-17 Globemaster III
August 13, 2007 - A practice pallet is released from the back of a C-17 Globemaster III during an airdrop training mission

Airman watches a practice bundle fall from a C-17 Globemaster III
July 16, 2007 - Airman watches a practice bundle fall from a C-17 Globemaster III during an airdrop training mission over Hawaii

A box of humanitarian goods travels to the Yap Islands during Operation Christmas Drop
December 14, 2010 - Airmen watch as a parachute deploys and a box of humanitarian goods travels to the Yap Islands below during Operation Christmas Drop

Sailors connect cargo legs and nets to an MH-60S Sea Hawk
Pacific Ocean, September 18

An MH-60S Sea Hawk brings pallets of supplies to USS Mobile Bay
Arabian Sea, November 1

An MH-60R Seahawk helicopter places cargo onto the flight deck of USS Nimitz
July 7, 2012 - An MH-60R Seahawk helicopter places cargo onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz during a vertical replenishment in the Pacific Ocean

Container delivery system bundles drop out of a C-17 Globemaster III over a drop
May 9, 2010 - In less than thirty seconds, 40 container delivery system bundles totaling 70, 000 pounds drop out of a C-17 Globemaster III over a drop zone in Afghanistan

Marines attach cargo to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter
Arabian Gulf, January 29

A C-130J Shimshon of the Israeli Air Force performs a low level supply drop over Israel

Airmen push out a pallet of donated goods over the Island of Yap from a C-130 Hercules
December 19, 2008 - Airmen wait for the right moment to push a boxed pallet of donated supplies from a C-130 Hercules over the remote Island of Yap to be dropped during the 2008 Operation Christmas

U. S. Sailors connect a cargo pendant to an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter
Pacific Ocean, July 21, 2010 - U.S

A MH-60S Knighthawk transfers cargo during a vertical replenishment
October 4, 2012 - A MH-60S of HSC-22 assigned to USNS Supply (T-AOE-6), during a vertical replenishment operation on USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Arabian Sea. In the background is a SH-60J Seahawk

Two SA-330 Puma helicopters deliver pallets
Pacific Ocean, April 9, 2011 - Two SA-330 Puma helicopter deliver pallets from the Military Sealift Command Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Richard E

U. S. Air Force loadmaster preparing to release a container delivery system over Afghanistan
May 27, 2010 - U.S. Air Force loadmaster prepares to release a container delivery system over Afghanistan. The bundles re-supplied the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force in Afghanistan

An AS-332 Super Puma helicopter delivering supplies
Pacific Ocean, April 5

An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter flying in front of USS Gettysburg
Atlantic Ocean, August 2, 2013 - The guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG-64) transits the Atlantic Ocean as an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter approaches the aircraft carrier USS Harry S

Marines attach sling loads to the body of an Army CH-47 Chinook cargo helicopter
Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, December 27, 2005 - Marine landing support specialists attach external loads, or sling loads, to the body of an Army CH-47 Chinook Cargo helicopter

A KC-10 Extender prepares to refuel a C-5 Galaxy
July 23, 2007 - A KC-10 Extender flown by a blended crew from McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, prepares to refuel a C-5 Galaxy

Marines wait to retrieve a pallet during a vertical replenishment
Gulf of Oman, December 23, 2011 - Marines wait to retrieve a pallet on the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan during a vertical replenishment

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"Airlift: The Mighty Wings of the U. S. Air Force" In the vast expanse of the sky, where freedom knows no bounds, a fleet of powerful aircraft soars through the clouds - it's the U. S. Air Force C-17 Globemasters in flight. These magnificent machines are at the forefront operations, carrying out crucial missions that span across continents. As you flip open the front cover of "Airlift, " a world unfolds before your eyes. From historic Vickers Viscount 9Q-CBS to modern Beech C-12A Huron 73-1213, this captivating collection showcases an array of aircraft that have played pivotal roles in delivering aid and support to those in need. Amongst them stands proud the Lockheed LC-130H-LM Hercules 83-0490, its ruggedness and versatility making it an indispensable asset in extreme environments. Alongside is its predecessor, the legendary Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, which has gracefully carried countless troops and cargo throughout its service years. But towering above them all is none other than the mighty Lockheed C-5A Galaxy 69-0022 - a true behemoth capable of transporting massive loads with ease. Its presence alone commands respect as it symbolizes unparalleled strength and unwavering dedication. The pages turn further to reveal another iconic figure - Lockheed C-141B Starlifter 65-0222; its sleek silhouette embodies both gracefulness and power simultaneously. Not far behind follows Lockheed C-5A Galaxy 68-0220, showcasing how innovation continues to push boundaries even within established giants. Amidst these heavyweights lies another workhorse - Lockheed C130-A-LM Hercules 54–1640 – a reliable companion known for its ability to land on short runways and deliver vital supplies into remote areas with precision.