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    • Aerial View of Thunderbird Field I

    • Aerial View of Thunderbird Field I

    • Swope, John

    • Thunderbird Field I; Air Forces; Air bases; World War II; Arizona--Glendale; Sheets, Millard;

    • Thunderbird Field I was a World War II air training base initially built with private funds by Southwest Airways. Planning began in November 1940, construction started Jan. 2, 1941, and operations began on March 22. Well-known artist Millard...
    • Thunderbird Field Aircraft and Air Control Tower

    • Thunderbird Field Aircraft and Air Control Tower

    • Swope, John

    • Thunderibird Field I; Stearman airplanes; air control tower;

    • John Swope, one of the founders of Southwest Airways, was a well-known Life Magazine photographer and also a pilot. His photographer's eye is responsible for many of the dramatic images of Thunderbird Field and its pilots, such as this view of a...
    • Thunderbird Field Aircraft Hangar

    • Thunderbird Field Aircraft Hangar

    • Swope, John

    • Hangars 1930-1950; Thunderbird Field I; American Institute for Foreign Trade; American Graduate School of International Management; Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management; U. S. Army Air Forces

    • One of the aircraft hangars at Thunderbird Field is shown here reflected in a pool of water, another stellar John Swope photo. The biwing aircraft are Stearman trainers. At the top center of the hangar is the logo of the four airbases of the Army...
    • The Thunderbird Air Forces Logo

    • The Thunderbird Air Forces Logo

    • Swope, John

    • Hangars 1930-1950; World War II; Thunderbirds--U.S. Air Force;

    • In 1953, the former hangars still had the old Air Force Thunderbird logo on the rooftop. At that time, the Air Force was looking for a name for its new air demonstration flight team. As the team flew over those hangars toward their home at Luke...
    • John Swope

    • John Swope

    • Swope, John

    • Swope, John; aircraft; photography; World War II;

    • A rare photograph of John Swope practicing his art from the hood of a car. Swope was a widely published photographer for Life Magazine who photographed many of the images of Thunderbird Field I. He was also an aviator and, along with Leland...
    • Hot Air Balloon over the Thunderbird Tower

    • Hot Air Balloon over the Thunderbird Tower

    • Lee Stickland

    • Aircraft tower; balloons, hot air; Thunderbird Field; American Graduate School of International Management; ballooning

    • 1987 A hot air balloon is shown drifting over the Thunderbird Tower building during one of the last Thunderbird Balloon Classics held on campus. The event was moved off campus to the Glendale Airport in 1989 and in 1991 to WestWorld in Scottsdale.
    • Tower Dedicated as Student Center

    • Tower Dedicated as Student Center

    • Unknown

    • Aircraft tower; Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management

    • The Tower Building was rededicated on June 15, 1992 as a Student Center following the construction of a new building for the World Business Department faculty and the Academic Affairs office. The remodeled Tower Building contained a student...
    • Pilots Reunion

    • Pilots Reunion

    • Tim Rogers

    • pilots; World War II; Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management

    • On October 14, 2000, many of the pilots who flew out of Thunderbird Field during WWII gathered for a reunion on the Thunderbird Campus. In this photo, they are standing beside one of the Swope photos of the airbase.
    • Thunderbird Activity Center

    • Thunderbird Activity Center

    • Unknown

    • American Graduate School of International Management; buildings; hangars; Thunderbird Field; Thunderbird School of Global Management

    • One former Thunderbird Field hangar was transformed in 1982 to become the Thunderbird Activity Center (TAC) on the Thunderbird School of Global Management Campus. The building that once housed the famous Stearman aircraft was used as a parking...
    • Thunderbird Air Control Tower, Modern Version

    • Thunderbird Air Control Tower, Modern Version

    • Unknown

    • Aircraft control tower; American Graduate School of International Management; Thunderbird; Thunderbird Field;

    • The Thunderbird Tower Building remains the centerpiece of the Thunderbird Campus long after the airbase had been converted to a school. This photo is taken from the garden in front of the Tower Building and features a wrought iron Thunderbird art...
    • John Swope

    • John Swope

    • Markow, Robert

    • Swope, John

    • Portrait of John Swope, a partner in Southwest Airways, the company that developed Thunderbird Field for training pilots during World War II. Swope was an accomplished pilot and photographer for Life Magazine and was married to the well-known...
    • Aircraft Maintenance Workers

    • Aircraft Maintenance Workers

    • Markow, Robert

    • Thunderbird Field I; Aircraft; World War II;

    • In the tradition of Tillie the Toiler, a female figure representing the women who worked in American industry while the men served in World War II, a number of women worked alongside the men in maintaining the aircraft at Thunderbird Field.
    • Chinese pilots at Thunderbird Field

    • Chinese pilots at Thunderbird Field

    • Markow, Robert

    • Thunderbird Field I;Pilots and pilotage--Chinese;World War II;

    • Shown here with an American officer are three Chinese officers who were among the many Chinese, known as "free Chinese," who were trained at Thunderbird Field.
    • Dinah Shore visits Thunderbird Field

    • Dinah Shore visits Thunderbird Field

    • Markow, Robert

    • Shore, Dinah; World War II; Thunderbird Field I;

    • American and Free Chinese cadets at Thunderbird Field I show the queen songstress, Dinah Shore, their custom tailoring arrangements possible in the modern parachute. The photo and caption are taken from photographer Robert Markow's book on...
    • Falcon Field

    • Falcon Field

    • Markow, Robert

    • World War II; Falcon Field; Southwest Airways; Pilots and pilotage--British; Thunderbird Field II

    • Falcon Field in Mesa, Arizona, developed and operated by Southwest Airways, was briefly known as Thunderbird Field II, but was named Falcon Field because it trained most of the British pilots of World War II
    • Chinese pilot in aircraft

    • Chinese pilot in aircraft

    • Markow, Robert

    • Pilots and pilotage--Chinese;Thunderbird Field I;World War II;

    • A pilot is shown in one of the training planes at Thunderbird Field I. Hundreds of Chinese pilots who served under Chang Kai-shek's army, were trained at Thunderbird Field.
    • Tower Silhouette

    • Tower Silhouette

    • Markow, Robert

    • World War II; Thunderbird Field I; Markow, Robert

    • In an outstanding example of Markow photography, the aircraft control tower at Thunderbird Field I stands silent under ominous gathering storm clouds.
    • Flag Parade

    • Flag Parade

    • Robert Markow

    • World War II; Thunderbird Field I; Flags--1940-1950

    • Flags line the road to the administration building of Thunderbird Field I while cadets stand at attention. The flags symbolize the 26 countries from which cadets came to Thunderbird Field I to train.

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