Captain Benjamin Cloud was a U.S. Navy pilot who worked in reconnaissance at various stages of his long career, including on the cusp of the Vietnam War. Eventually he would be assigned command of that unit making him one of the first African-American officers to command a squadron. This collection focuses on photos taken by Cloud or his reconnaissance squadrons. This Collection includes numerous photos taken by Cloud.

82 Photographic Prints that have been digitized and placed on the DAMS and Flickr. They have been assigned a 09 Series Number 3357-3438. Images showing Craven's career in the US Navy.

Edward Henry Heinemann, (14 March 1908 – 26 November 1991) was a noted military aircraft designer for Douglas Aircraft.

Charles “Cap” Pinney graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1964. He served in the Marine Corps, flying over 400 combat missions. After his service, he was a commercial pilot for Western, Aircal and American Airlines. He is also a practicing attorney. This collection contains 74 digital files highlighting his career in aviation.

This collection of over 90 color slides was accumulated during the career of an unknown U.S. Navy officer. The slides span roughly twenty years, from pilot’s training at NAS Pensacola in 1945 to an assignment to weather squadron VW-3 in the early sixties. While in port in San Diego in 1955 the officer visited the Torrey Pines Glider Port and photographed a number of interesting gliders there.