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  • Recipes from the Siege of Sarajevo

    During the siege of Sarajevo, people had to hand carry their water in plastic containers and find ways to cook warm meals. Since the Bosnian Serbs had cut off electric, gas and other fuel supplies, the people of Sarajevo adapted to the situation. They responded to the scarcity of wood and coal by

  • Mines: A Legacy of War

    Three Bosnian children died when they strayed into a minefield on April 10, 2000. The death of these innocent children reminded the world that Bosnia and Herzegovina still suffered from a war that had ended almost five years earlier. Approximately 18,000 known minefields remained after the war, and

  • USAF Humanitarian Efforts in Bosnia-Herzegovina

    "Throughout this bloody conflict, Sarajevo remained a symbolic reminder of UN resolve to achieve peace in the region thanks to the efforts of professional flight crews and ground crews of the U.S. Air Force."- Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman, Chief of Staff, USAF, March 1996As communism collapsed and the

  • Operation Desert Storm Artifacts

    These artifacts were collected by members of the 907th Tactical Airlift Group, Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Ohio, during their tour of duty in support of Operation Desert Storm. They were presented to the National Museum of the United States Air Force on Jan. 17, 1992.Click here to return

  • Casualty of the War on Drugs

    Counterdrug efforts in the 1990s included gathering intelligence information on drug traffickers. On April 24, 1992, a C-130H flown by the 310th Airlift Squadron at Howard Air Force Base, Panama, was on such a mission when it was intercepted 60 miles off the coast of Peru by two Peruvian Air Force

  • General Electric AN/ASQ-145 Low Light Level Television Sensor System

    The Low Light Level Television Sensor (LLLTV) installed on AC-130 gunships enabled the aircrew to illuminate targets covertly during night operations. Located just in front of the 20mm guns, the LLLTV could amplify the existing light 60,000 times to produce television images as clearly as if it were

  • HEXAGON: Mapping Camera

    HEXAGON KH-9 reconnaissance satellites carried mapping cameras like this one on several missions. The Defense Mapping Agency used images from these cameras for war planning. These cameras improved mapping and charting accuracy with precise measurement data.To accurately measure sizes of objects and

  • Cold War in Space: Top Secret Reconnaissance Satellites Revealed

    During the Cold War, the U.S. relied on photo reconnaissance satellites to track adversaries' weapons development, especially in the Soviet Union and China. From the early 1960s to mid-1980s, photography from space was often the only way to get critical data about nuclear threats.The National

  • U-2 Aircraft Carrier Tail Hook and "Q-tip"

    Aircraft Carrier Tail HookIn the 1960s, U-2s could not reach certain remote targets because political difficulties prevented basing the aircraft in some foreign nations. The CIA and U.S. Navy, therefore, studied the idea of launching U-2s from aircraft carriers.Project Whale Tale fitted a few U-2s

  • Powerful New Cameras for the U-2

    Model A-2 Camera Set This system of three high-altitude aerial reconnaissance cameras was developed for the U-2 in the late 1950s. These Hycon model 732 cameras created much more detailed images than earlier cameras. For example, their lenses could "see" and record objects as small as two feet