The Snapshots in Time Collection
Swept-Wing Jet Bomber Departing Airfield Runway, Cold War-Era U.S. Air Force Base
This photograph captures a swept-wing jet bomber climbing away from a Cold War-era airfield runway, likely part of the network of Strategic Air Command and transatlantic staging bases that included stops in the Azores, England, and Hickam Field, Hawaii, during the 1950s and 1960s. Project: 218522