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Title: Jets await 'active duty' call
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued: 1957
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Photograph caption dated December 28, 1957 reads, "Lined up with their noses aimed into wind, these Lockheed built ultrasonic Starfighter jets will be turned over to Air Force defense commands within next few weeks, marking first Valley aviation highlight of 1958. Planes are in ground formation at Lockheed's Palmdale plant. Starfighter is favorite to take Thompson speed trophy this year."
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00115369
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d017_f2_i15
CARL0005313010
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/49238
Subject: Lockheed Corporation
United States.--Air Force
Starfighter (Fighter plane)
Aircraft industry--California--Palmdale
Airports--California--Palmdale
Palmdale (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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