WARTIME ARCHIVEOriginal photographs, maps and documents of the World Wars

Us Official Photographs

Mobile Range-Station of AACS

1946-11-15

MOBILE RANGE-STATION OF AACS. Pictured is one of the mobile range-stations of the Army Air Forces Airways and Air Communications Service used to broadcast radio beams which serve as highways in the air for AAF planes. Such units as this was used during the war to enable the armadas of Boeing B-29s striking Japan to return to bases on pinpoint islands in the Pacific in instrument weather. The Airways and Air Communications Service, celebrating its eight anniversary November 15, 1946, recently took over the job from the Civil Aeronautics Authority of handling Army craft flying the airways.

Mobile Range-Station of AACS Click to see it larger Preview · licensed file is unmarked

Image details

$12.99 Personal Use

Tax is calculated at checkout. Instant download, full resolution, no watermark.

1. What will you use it for?

2. Which licence?

Public domain original. Copyright in the photograph has expired. What you buy is our reproduction and the research attached to it.

Keywords

Lightbox