"Ready 4 Duty” arrives at Maxwell AFB to kick off WWII Allied victory 80th Anniversary tour
Butch Cole, Commemorative Air Force PT-17 Stearman pilot, exits a P-17 after landing at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, April 17, 2025. Cole flew up from Alabama’s Gulf Coast to accompany a CAF “Ready 4 Duty” Douglas R4D-6S for the R4D’s first official stop of its 12-week, 12,000-mile transatlantic “Navy to Victory Tour”. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nelvis Sera.)
PHOTO BY:
Airman 1st Class Nelvis Sera
VIRIN:
250417-F-MU520-1007.JPG
FULL SIZE:
4.1 MB
CAMERA
NIKON Z 6_2
LENS
NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S
APERTURE
13
SHUTTERSPEED
1/250
ISO
100
No camera details available.
IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN
Read More
This photograph is considered public domain and has been cleared for release.
If you would like to republish please give the photographer appropriate credit.
Further, any commercial or non-commercial use of this photograph or any other
DoD image must be made in compliance with guidance found at
https://www.dimoc.mil/resources/limitations,
which pertains to intellectual property restrictions (e.g., copyright and
trademark, including the use of official emblems, insignia, names and slogans), warnings
regarding use of images of identifiable personnel, appearance of endorsement, and related matters.