Iran's Airforce consists of 340 planes and 100,000 men. According to the last report of the U.S. military attaché in Tehran, it too is inoperational for lack of spare parts and maintenance. Cobra helicopters at the Isfahan base. There are no more American technicians to maintain them in good condition, November 1977

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Iran's Airforce consists of 340 planes and 100,000 men. According to the last report of the U.S. military attaché in Tehran, it too is inoperational for lack of spare parts and maintenance. Cobra helicopters at the Isfahan base. There are no more American technicians to maintain them in good condition, November 1977
Iran's Airforce consists of 340 planes and 100,000 men. According to the last report of the U.S. military attaché in Tehran, it too is inoperational for lack of spare parts and maintenance. Cobra helicopters at the Isfahan base. There are no more American technicians to maintain them in good condition, November 1977
Artist/Maker (Iranian, 1944 – 2018)
DateNovember, 1977
MediumVintage gelatin silver print resin-coated
DimensionsImage: 6 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (16.5 × 24.1 cm) Sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2025.30.8
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Markings Verso, middle, top (stamp): "gamma, 11, rue des Petites - Ecuries, 75010 PARIS (France) - 770.64.46

Verso, middle, (typewriter):
"12817 - IRAN, Photo d'archives, NOVEMBRE 1977
L'aviation iranienne se compose de 340 avions et 100,00 hommes. Selon le dernier rapport de l'attache militaire americain a Teheran, par manque de pieces detachees et d'entretien, elle est, elle aussi, inoperationnelle.

Iran's airforce consists of 340 planes and 100,000 men. According to the last report of the U.S. military attache in Tehran, it too is inoperational for lack of spare parts and maintenance.

Photo ABBAS - GAMMA (110100)

Les helicopteres COBRA a la base d'ISPAHANA.
Les techniciens americains ne sont plus la pour les maintenir
en etat de parfait fonctionnement.
COBRA helicopters at the ISFAHAN base.
There are no more American technicians to maintain them in good condition."
Inscribed Verso, left middle, sideways (pencil): "JA-600"

Verso, right, bottom (pencil): "2025.30.8"
Iran's Airforce consists of 340 planes and 100,000 men. According to the last report of the U.S. military attache in Tehran, it too is inoperational for lack of spare parts and maintenance, Iran, November 1977.
Iran's Airforce consists of 340 planes and 100,000 men. According to the last report of the U.S. military attache in Tehran, it too is inoperational for lack of spare parts and maintenance, Iran, November 1977.
Abbas
Date: November 1977
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print resin-coated
Object number: 2025.30.6
Iran's Airforce consists of 340 planes and 100,000 men. According to the last report of the U.S. military attache in Tehran, it too is in operational for lack of spare parts and maintenance, Iran, November 1977
Iran's Airforce consists of 340 planes and 100,000 men. According to the last report of the U.S. military attache in Tehran, it too is in operational for lack of spare parts and maintenance, Iran, November 1977
Abbas
Date: November 1977
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print resin-coated
Object number: 2025.30.5
The Iranian Navy: 22,000 men, 3 destroyers, 4 frigates, 4 corvettes, 5 patrol boats, 5 dredgers, 2 landing craft, 14 hovercraft, L submarine. Because of a lack of spare parts, the navy is said to take part certain ships in order to repair others, according to the U.S. military attaché in Tehran, Iran, February 1978
The Iranian Navy: 22,000 men, 3 destroyers, 4 frigates, 4 corvettes, 5 patrol boats, 5 dredgers, 2 landing craft, 14 hovercraft, L submarine. Because of a lack of spare parts, the navy is said to take part certain ships in order to repair others, according to the U.S. military attaché in Tehran, Iran, February 1978
Abbas
Date: February 1978
Medium: Vintage resin-coated gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.4
The Iranian Navy: 22,000 men, 3 destroyers, 4 frigates, 4 corvettes, 5 patrol boats, 5 dredgers, 2 landing craft, 14 hovercraft, 1 submarine. Because of a lack of spare parts, the navy is said to take apart certain ships in order to repair others, according to the U.S. military attaché in Tehran. Portrait of the Palang's crew, February 1978
The Iranian Navy: 22,000 men, 3 destroyers, 4 frigates, 4 corvettes, 5 patrol boats, 5 dredgers, 2 landing craft, 14 hovercraft, 1 submarine. Because of a lack of spare parts, the navy is said to take apart certain ships in order to repair others, according to the U.S. military attaché in Tehran. Portrait of the Palang's crew, February 1978
Abbas
Date: February 1978
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print resin-coated
Object number: 2025.30.11
The Iranian Navy: 22,000 men, 3 destroyers, 4 frigates, 4 corvettes, 5 patrol boats, 5 dredgers, 2 landing craft, 14 hovercraft, 1 submarine. Because of a lack of spare parts, the navy is said to take apart certain ships in order to repair others, according to the U.S. military attaché in Tehran. A hovercraft doing a landing exercise at Kark, February 1978
The Iranian Navy: 22,000 men, 3 destroyers, 4 frigates, 4 corvettes, 5 patrol boats, 5 dredgers, 2 landing craft, 14 hovercraft, 1 submarine. Because of a lack of spare parts, the navy is said to take apart certain ships in order to repair others, according to the U.S. military attaché in Tehran. A hovercraft doing a landing exercise at Kark, February 1978
Abbas
Date: February 1978
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print resin-coated
Object number: 2025.30.12
The Iranian Navy: 22,000 men, 3 destroyers, 4 frigates, 4 corvettes, 5 patrol boats, 5 dredgers, 2 landing craft, 14 hovercraft, 1 submarine. Because of a lack of spare parts, the navy is said to take apart certain ships in order to repair others, according to the U.S. military attaché in Tehran. Bandar Abbas provisions the Palang on the high seas, February 1978
The Iranian Navy: 22,000 men, 3 destroyers, 4 frigates, 4 corvettes, 5 patrol boats, 5 dredgers, 2 landing craft, 14 hovercraft, 1 submarine. Because of a lack of spare parts, the navy is said to take apart certain ships in order to repair others, according to the U.S. military attaché in Tehran. Bandar Abbas provisions the Palang on the high seas, February 1978
Abbas
Date: February 1978
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print resin-coated
Object number: 2025.30.13
The Iranian army has 100,000 men. But its tanks seem in a state of abandon according to the U.S. military attaché in Tehran, February 1978
The Iranian army has 100,000 men. But its tanks seem in a state of abandon according to the U.S. military attaché in Tehran, February 1978
Abbas
Date: February 1978
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print resin-coated
Object number: 2025.30.10
Three technicians examining wires
Three technicians examining wires
Jacques Lowe
Date: c. 1955
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.65
RAAF Helicopter Ambulances in Vietnam Fighting: Among the many operational tasks performed by the versatile RAAF Iroquois helicopters of No. 9 Squadron in Vietnam, a new one-- aerial ambulance for wounded Viet Cong prisoners-- has been added. They were called on to fly two prisoners-- one a stretcher case who needed medical treatment in flight and the other blind-folded walking wounded case-- from the battle area to hospital at Vung Tau. Since their arrival in Vietnam with the Australian Task Force in June, the RAAF Iroquois have been used for carrying troops and wounded, dropping ammunition to hard pressed Australian troops, dropping leaflets and carrying out aerial reconnaissance patrols...
RAAF Helicopter Ambulances in Vietnam Fighting: Among the many operational tasks performed by the versatile RAAF Iroquois helicopters of No. 9 Squadron in Vietnam, a new one-- aerial ambulance for wounded Viet Cong prisoners-- has been added. They were called on to fly two prisoners-- one a stretcher case who needed medical treatment in flight and the other blind-folded walking wounded case-- from the battle area to hospital at Vung Tau. Since their arrival in Vietnam with the Australian Task Force in June, the RAAF Iroquois have been used for carrying troops and wounded, dropping ammunition to hard pressed Australian troops, dropping leaflets and carrying out aerial reconnaissance patrols...
Date: September 6, 1965
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.288
F5's Tested Against Enemy in Vietnam: two US Air Force F5 Freedom Fighters which are among the dozen of the needle-nosed fighters being tested in Vietnam are shown circling the Black Virgin Mountain near Cambodian border in a strike against the enemy. A provisional squadron is carrying out an exhaustive 120-day test of these planes, weighing assets against some obvious drawbacks. Containers under bellies of planes are fuel tanks
F5's Tested Against Enemy in Vietnam: two US Air Force F5 Freedom Fighters which are among the dozen of the needle-nosed fighters being tested in Vietnam are shown circling the Black Virgin Mountain near Cambodian border in a strike against the enemy. A provisional squadron is carrying out an exhaustive 120-day test of these planes, weighing assets against some obvious drawbacks. Containers under bellies of planes are fuel tanks
Horst Faas
Date: December 1, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.132
Police Use Stretcher to Remove Demonstrator: Woman who had climbed atop roof of mobile classroom is removed down ladder by police who have encased her in a canvas stretcher bag. Only her face protrudes. She was identified as Janet Heywood, 20, of Chicago. Many other demonstrators were arrested as pickets continued to protest that the mobile units serve to maintain 'de facto' segregation. Demonstrators claim that Negro students in overcrowded schools should be sent to white schools, Chicago.
Police Use Stretcher to Remove Demonstrator: Woman who had climbed atop roof of mobile classroom is removed down ladder by police who have encased her in a canvas stretcher bag. Only her face protrudes. She was identified as Janet Heywood, 20, of Chicago. Many other demonstrators were arrested as pickets continued to protest that the mobile units serve to maintain 'de facto' segregation. Demonstrators claim that Negro students in overcrowded schools should be sent to white schools, Chicago.
Unknown artist, American
Date: August 13, 1963
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2024.21.240
Ici Lima --The first specialized TV school opened in the Peruvian capital: there are schools for everything in the world and as human knowledge expands, new schools open their doors. Each step of progress generates another, education is the driving force of modern civilization. Television, one of the most attractive inventions of the century, is still in its infancy. The future holds extraordinary possibilities for it, and in all countries we are trying to speed up the training of specialists. Peru deserves the credit for having created the first TV school. The program covers everything related to television, from the construction of a receiver to the production of a program. The courses last two years and the number of students is currently limited to 30. The school director is a TV technician, Isaac Aquise Chavez who is assisted by...
Ici Lima --The first specialized TV school opened in the Peruvian capital: there are schools for everything in the world and as human knowledge expands, new schools open their doors. Each step of progress generates another, education is the driving force of modern civilization. Television, one of the most attractive inventions of the century, is still in its infancy. The future holds extraordinary possibilities for it, and in all countries we are trying to speed up the training of specialists. Peru deserves the credit for having created the first TV school. The program covers everything related to television, from the construction of a receiver to the production of a program. The courses last two years and the number of students is currently limited to 30. The school director is a TV technician, Isaac Aquise Chavez who is assisted by...
Paul Almásy
Date: 1961
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.26