The Snapshots in Time Collection
Twin-Engine USAAF Aircraft (Douglas A-26 Invader type) on Airfield Ramp, Kessler Field, 1946
A twin-engine U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft sits parked on the ramp at Kessler Field in 1946. Photographs like this one document the continuing role of Army Air Forces training bases in the immediate postwar period, as the service transitioned from wartime footing toward the independent U.S. Air Force established the following year. Project: 218397