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British Army – Military – MOD – Government – Surplus. United States Air Force Presentation Plate. Air Education and Training Command. Approximate Measurements – Diameter 265mm. Please contact if you would like more information or assistance with any of our items. Viewing & Collection is welcome from Skegness Lincolnshire (appointment only).

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Original NASA Dryden Flight Research Center presentation poster featuring the F-16 XL experimental aircraft during landing tests at Edwards Air Force Base. This piece measures approximately 20 x 24 inches and is mounted on thick, rigid cardboard. The border is covered with multiple handwritten notes, signatures, and well-wishes from NASA personnel associated with the Dryden Flight Research Center, making this a one-of-a-kind internal presentation or retirement piece tied to the F-16 XL program. Acquired directly from the estate of a Dryden engineer, adding strong provenance and historical context. A rare and highly collectible piece of NASA, Edwards AFB, and experimental flight test history. Check my other listings for another presentation different angle Keywords: NASA Dryden poster, F-16 XL program, Edwards AFB NASA, flight test memorabilia, NASA signed poster, aviation history collectible, aerospace wall art, experimental aircraft NASA, Dryden Flight Research Center.

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Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. Plane is a 1969 General dynamics F-111E Aardvark, a supersonic medium range multirole combat aircraft – currently at National museum of the United Sates Air Force, Dayton, Ohio. Biegel, Peter Kabelker, Wendy L. Forney, Alejandro Valverde, Butch Sponaax, Terry Glint, Bill ross, Bob White, Thomas R. Finch, Leo Choniere, Bob Yanker, Gary B. Porter and several others.

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United States Air Force Art Program. Celebrates the first 100 years. Centennial of Flight 1903 to 2003 USAF. Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. 3 1/4″ x 2″ x 1/2. The USAF Art Program of the United States Air Force was begun in 1950, with the transfer of 800 works of art from the United States Army. Today the program maintains its headquarters and museum in the NCR. Air Force Art Program. The USAF Art Program and the beginning of its extensive collection of aviation art began in 1950 with the transfer from the U. Army of some 800 works of art documenting the early days of the Army Air Corps. In addition, under General Curtis LeMay, a “portrait” program was initiated. These portraits of senior officers, along with the donated art from the Army Air Corps, the works of noted artists Henri Farre (a French air combat pilot-artist in World War I) and Frank E. Beresford (a British artist and war correspondent in World War II), and captured German art from the Second World War, constituted the nucleus of a collection that serves as a valuable historical record of military aviation through the first half of the twentieth century. In 1951, the Air Force sponsored a tour of USAF installations for 30 cartoonists, and in 1952 the Air Force sponsored 30 artists from the Society of Illustrators (New York). The concept of an official program, designed to record the Air Force story through the medium of art was born. Responsibility for the growing collection of donated art that would document the history of military aviation and the U. Air Force was given to the Secretary of the Air Force, Office of Information Services. It was a natural home at the time because much of the combat art produced in World War I and World War II by the U. And allies was done in support of domestic and foreign propaganda and public information programs. Historians belonged to the Information Services career field at that time as well. More importantly, the central purpose behind the program was to document the “Air Force story”–a job that belonged to Information Services. Telling the story through art–with sponsorship of artists trips to Air Force installations to cover activities and events–was a natural extension of the Air Force public relations program’s effort to tell the young Service’s story through news media representatives, books, magazines, special public exhibits, trips and briefings for important community/opinion leaders. The Art Program became a part of the Civil Liaison Division of the Office of information Services to document the Air Force History. In a major milestone that was to shape the direction and content of the program for the next fifty years, the Air Force met with the prestigious Society of Illustrators of New York, inviting them formally to participate in the USAF Art Program. They enthusiastically accepted the Air Force’s invitation, and the mechanism was established whereby civilian artists, members of the Society of Illustrators, were sent on officially sponsored trips to Air Force installations all over the world. Later, the Societies of Illustrators of Los Angeles, San Francisco, the Midwest Air Force Artists, the Southwest Society of Air Force Artists, and numerous independent artists joined the program. Artworks produced from officially sponsored trips are “donated” to the U. Air Force–usually as outright “gifts to the Government”–accepted on behalf of a grateful nation and Air Force by the Secretary of the Air Force. Societies review works of their members before offering them as gifts. The “formal” presentation of artwork took on all the glamour of a New York society art show, as the Societies (then later the Air Force) hosted a formal “Art Presentation” every even year to unveil and exhibit their works to be donated to the service. While there have been programmatic changes in the Air Force’s Art Program, it has retained the essential characteristics it started with–art in support of Service public relations and Service support of the documentation of art. The Air Force Art Program has its headquarters located in the Pentagon. Today, there are nearly 9,000 works in the Air Force Art Program and the Society of Illustrators has been joined by other organizations and independent artists to continue documenting Air Force personnel, equipment, locations and activities. While they accord the artist all courtesies and privileges as an equivalent grade of GS15/rank or Colonel, the artist’s income and opportunities are suspended during the assignment and creation of the work. Artists of the Air Force Art Program were actually caught in the fighting of Hue, Vietnam, during the Tet Offensive. Every eighteen months, a tuxedo banquet was held in Washington DC, for the participating artists of that period. The event was hosted by the Secretary of the Air Force.

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This sale is for a Republic of China (Taiwan) wooden presentation plaque that features 9 different aircraft including an F16, a C30H, an AT-3, an M-2000 and others as pictured. On the box lid and at the top of the plaque is the symbol for the Republic of China Air Force. This item has a unique panel at the bottom that may indicate a name or date. This piece was made to hang from a hook or to be supported on a surface as pictured.

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Department of the United States Air Force. Andrew’s Air Force Base Maryland. Society of Illustrators, (New York). July 1999 to January 2002. 8″ x 10″ x 1/4. Desktop Plaque or u Can Mount on Wall.

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TITAN IIIC LAST & TITAN 34D FIRST CUT RELICS ARTIFACTS PRESENTATION. SOILD ROCKET MOTOR ENCLOSURE PLATE FRAGMENTS AS STATED. EACH 1 X 1 INCH SQUARE DOCUMENT 8 X 10. GOOGLE KEN’S NAME TO REVIEW HIS CREDENTIALS WITHIN THE SPACE COLLECTORS CIRCLE / HOBBY. IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AS MADE, & READY TO FRAME FOR YOUR HOME OR OFFICE. THIS IS THE EXACT PIECE YOU WILL RECEIVE. REVIEW ALL INFORMATION ON THIS DOCUMENT. / united states only!

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Presentation case for WW2 Officers Dress Dagger. Hard presentation case for 2nd pattern Luftwaffe dress dagger and hanger. Fitted plush velvet interior, hanger storage in inner lid with leather securing straps. Brass hinges and catches, excellent quality. In good overall working order. Constructed of wood, outer finished in printed pressed paper simulating lizard skin. Inner is very clean. A good sturdy heavy duty case. Overall dimensions L 475mm x W 140mm x H 50mm Approx. This sale is for case only. We are committed to the production of quality items and list them in detail on our site. Please take a moment or two to browse through our shop and refer to the description for further information. For available services, please select at checkout. Get Supersized Images & Free Image Hosting. Create your brand with Auctiva’s. Attention Sellers – Get Templates Image Hosting, Scheduling at Auctiva. Track Page Views With. Auctiva’s FREE Counter. The item “WW2 GERMAN LUFTWAFFE OFFICER DRESS DAGGER + HANGERS PRESENTATION CASE BROWN” is in sale since Monday, November 9, 2020. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War II (1939-1945)\Other World War II Militaria”. The seller is “21stlancer” and is located in Walsall. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Type: German dagger case
• Era: 1914-1945
• Conflict: World War II (1939-1945)
• Service: Air Force
• Country/ Organization: Germany
• Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
• Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany

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USAF ATLAS ICBM NOSE CONE BY GENERAL ELECTRIC 1960S PRESENTATION MODEL COLD WAR. Standing 12 tall not including the base, this is an original circa 1960s painted wood model of an ICBM missile. The metal plate reads USAF Atlas I. Nose Cone by General Electric. There is some crazing to the paint from age, and there are a few spots of paint loss here and there mainly on the silver nose cone. It comes off the mount only because the glue holding it has dried out- that doesnt affect it at all. The best I can figure is that this was a model that was given out by GM either to their own managers/ executives or something or maybe they gave it out to certain Air Force personnel. Either way its a great presentation piece from the Cold War era. I could not find one quite like this anywhere. The item “USAF ATLAS ICBM NOSE CONE BY GENERAL ELECTRIC 1960S PRESENTATION MODEL COLD WAR” is in sale since Wednesday, May 27, 2020. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Transportation\Aviation\Military Aircraft\Desk & Shelf Models”. The seller is “darree1″ and is located in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Turks and caicos islands, Bangladesh, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Paraguay, Uruguay.

• Modified Item: No
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

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Presentation case for WW2 Officers Dress Dagger. Hard presentation case for Luft 2nd pattern Luftwaffe dress dagger. Brass hinges and catches, excellent quality. In good overall working order. Outer finished in printed pressed paper simulating morrocan leather. Inner is very clean. Overall dimensions L 490mm x W 130mm x H 55mm Approx. This sale is for case only. Our aim is to list our items realistically with good quality photographs, what you see is the actual product. We are committed to the production of quality items and list them in detail on our site. Please take a moment or two to browse through our shop and refer to the description for further information. For available services, please select at checkout. Get Supersized Images & Free Image Hosting. Create your brand with Auctiva’s. Attention Sellers – Get Templates Image Hosting, Scheduling at Auctiva. Track Page Views With. Auctiva’s FREE Counter. The item “WW2 GERMAN AIR FORCE LUFTWAFFE OFFICER DRESS DAGGER PRESENTATION CASE EICKHORN” is in sale since Thursday, April 23, 2020. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War II (1939-1945)\Other World War II Militaria”. The seller is “21stlancer” and is located in Walsall. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Type: Personal Gear
• Era: 1914-1945
• Conflict: World War II (1939-1945)
• Service: Air Force
• Country/ Organization: Germany
• Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
• Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany

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