Photos The Cold War

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Members of the Utah Army National Guard, armed with M-16A1 rifles, march through the snow during Exercise Brim Frost '83.

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A left front view of a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter in use during Exercise Brim Frost '83.

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Members of the Utah Army National Guard, armed with M-16A1 rifles, conduct an "air assault" on the Colorado Army National Guard during Exercise Brim Frost '83.

 

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A train carrying the Alaskan Air Command Alternate Command Post (AAC) en route to Fairbanks to be used during Exercise Brim Frost '83.

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A radio communications technician from the 1931st Communication Group operates radio equipment inside the Mobile Command Post during Exercise Brim Frost '83.

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Two members of the Battle Staff work inside the Control Center of the Alternate Command Post during Exercise Brim Frost '83.

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Members of the 43rd Tactical Fighter Squadron fill the hydraulic system on an F-15 Eagle aircraft during Exercise Brim Frost '83.

 

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Right side view of an F-15 Eagle aircraft from the 43rd Tactical Fighter Squadron as it takes off during Exercise Brim Frost '83.

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Left front view of an F-15 Eagle aircraft from the 43rd Tactical Fighter Squadron as it takes off during Exercise Brim Frost '83.

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A P-15 fire truck known as the "Big Dipper" is used on the flight line during Exercise Brim Frost '83.

 

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October 6th, 1977 MiG-29 maiden flight

 

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The Cold War bunker at RAF Holmpton is now a museum. A simple bungalow (top) hides the entrance.

 

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A monitoring post on the East Yorkshire coast in a bunker 14ft (4m) below the ground accessed by an iron ladder.

 

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Dutch marine (right) and British marine commando (left) in the 80’s

 

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Photo taken by LIFE Magazine of USAF Strategic Air Command B-36 Peacemaker bomber flight crew wearing cold weather attires while posing next to their aircraft; somewhere in Alaska, circa 1950s

Boeing B-47 Stratojets during flight from MacDill Air Force Base, 1954

 

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Dutch marine in the Dutch Caribbean in 1981-82, notice that he’s wearing Belgian camouflage uniform

Dutch marine in his free time next to the Rhine 1980

 

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Finnish soldiers of the Uusimaa Brigade training in April 1972. They are wearing M61 gas masks

 

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REFORGER 85

 

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More pics from REFORGER 85

 

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