Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. OPERATION NEWS FLASH (GENERAL FOULOIS FILM)

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. OPERATION NEWS FLASH (GENERAL FOULOIS FILM)

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Stock footage coverage of Gen. Foulois' career with scenes of 1908 and 1909 Wright Flyer flights at Fort Myers; Foulois in France inspecting DH-4; P-12s. LB-6s, and O-2s at air maneuvers; Lt. Col. H. H. Arnold being greeted by Gen. Foulois at Bolling Field after Alaska flight in B-10s; Army Airmail P-12s, O-11s, and B-6s taking off and in flight during snowstorm; scenes of army aircraft wrecked during airmail runs; Gen. Foulois talking on radio; Gen. Foulois (Ret.) visiting Kelly Field and making address at a dinner; and Gen. Foulois visiting Randolph Field watching taxi by of training aircraft in following order: Curtiss Pusher, PT-13, PT-22, AT-6, T-34, T-28, T-37, T-33, and T-38.

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Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950

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Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold (June 25, 1886 – January 15, 1950) was an American general officer holding the ranks of General of the Army and General of the Air Force. Arnold was an aviation pioneer, Chief of the Air Corps (1938–1941), Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces, the only U.S. Air Force general to hold five-star rank, and the only officer to hold a five-star rank in two different U.S. military services. Arnold was also the founder of Project RAND, which evolved into one of the wo...

Foulois, Benjamin Delahauf, 1879-1967

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Benjamin "Benny" Delahauf Foulois (December 9, 1879 – April 25, 1967) was a United States Army general who learned to fly the first military planes purchased from the Wright Brothers. He became the first military aviator as an airship pilot, and achieved numerous other military aviation "firsts". He led strategic development of the Air Force in the United States. Foulois was born in Washington, Connecticut to a Franco-American pipe-fitter and a Boston-born nurse. At age 18, he used his older...