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| Keywords: Lockheed F-94B-5-LO Starfire 51-5416.tiff Scope and content A huge jet of flame shoots from the tail pipe of the sleek interceptor and splits the blackness of the Korean night as the pilot tests his after-burner before take-off The long finger of flame resembles a giant blowtorch The after-burner used to give aircraft additional thrust on take-off is not actually brought into use until the take-off run has started It is also used during air operations to increase air speed The interceptors fly nightly combat missions protecting B-29 Superforts from enemy night fighter attacks patrol deep into enemy territory and remain ever on the alert to intercept any enemy aircraft that might attempt to reach friendly territory General notes 542276 Local identifier 342-AF-84771AC Department of Defense Department of the Air Force 09/26/1947 - Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 1953-07-27 Record group Record Group 342 Records of U S Air Force Commands Activities and Organizations 1900 - 2003 Record group ARC 654 Black and White Photographs of U S Air Force and Predecessors' Activities Facilities and Personnel Domestic and Foreign compiled 1930 - 1975 documenting the period 1863 - 1975 Series ARC 542185 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers Agency-Assigned Identifier NASM 4A 26145<br /> NAIL Control Number NWDNS-342-AF-84771AC yes Other versions NARA-cooperation PD-USGov F-94B Starfire United States Air Force in the Korean War 319th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron | ||||