Looking stern from one of the triple turrets of the USN light cruiser USS Portsmouth, you can see the catapults loaded with Curtiss SC Seahawk scout seaplanes. Summer 1945.
Sailors on USS Enterprise (CV-6) lend a hand to help extricate a Curtiss SBC-3 Helldiver after a minor landing mishap. LIFE photo by Carl Mydans, 1940.
M4A2 Sherman without wheels and suspension mounted on a float and used as a patrol boat on the Rhine by the French Forces maritimes du Rhin. Built in 1954 and in service until the organisation was disbanded in 1966
A StuG III #Ps.531-10 at the 1952 Finnish Defence Forces Flag Day parade in Helsinki. This particular StuG had 11 confirmed kills during the summer of 1944, and today sits in the Finnish Armoured Brigade's garrison in Parola.
USAF Douglas F-15C/D Eagle aircraft of the 21st Tactical Fighter Wing escort two Soviet MiG-29 aircraft to Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska (USA), where they were refueled before continuing their flight to an air show in British Columbia (Canada). Camera Operator: SGT Gregory A.Suhay.
The Chief of the Air Force, Lieutenant General Stig Norén (Swedish), tests a MiG-21 aircraft during the Royal Uppland Air Force Wing's visit to the MiG-21 base at the Soviet Air Force on 16 March 1972.