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Archive photo of the day

From the Stars and Stripes archives: First lady Michelle Obama serves ice cream to children of service members during an event in support of military families, offering up some caramel sauce as a topping, Vicenza, Italy, June 19, 2015.

Liftoff, 2000

From the Stars and Stripes archives: A U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter lifts out a KFOR Explosive Ordanceman in an air medevac extraction training at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, Oct. 30, 2000.

Acid drop at the skatepark, 2000

From the Stars and Stripes archives: a student at Iwakuni Marine Corps Air Station in Japan flies high in the air after jumping off a ramp — performing what skaters call an acid drop — at the base’s skateboard park, Dec. 12, 2000.



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The Motor City Madman, 1976

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Guitarist Ted Nugent, also known as “The Motor City Madman,” strikes a pose backstage with his signature Gibson Byrdland guitar during the Rottweil Rock Circus music festival in Rottweil, Germany, 1976:

Constellation search, 1962

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Crew members and volunteer “scanners” talk over the six-hour search and rescue mission searching for the Flying Tiger Airline Super Constellation that disappeared over the Western Pacific Ocean March 16, 1962.

Fireworks for the Fourth, 2002

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Soldiers from Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 15th Field Artillery fire 75mm ceremonial cannons during 4th of July celebrations held at Camp Casey, Korea, July 4, 2002.

Rolling into Fourth of July weekend, 2005

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Party-goers of the Fourth of July festivities at Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy, flocked to Carney Park to celebrate America’s independence and had a blast on a number of carnival-style rides, July 1, 2005.

Just don’t drop the real thing, 1961

From the Stars and Stripes archives: carpenter shop supervisor Chi Jung Kim (right) and Sgt. Dell E. Carter finish the build of a grenade mock-up at Yongsan Garrison, South Korea, December 1961.

Heading home, 1949

From the Stars and Stripes archives: About half of the total of 72 airmen mug and smile for the photographer after they boarded their flight back to the U.S. for redeployment, in Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, Aug. 11, 1949.

Beast of burden, 2005

From the Stars and Stripes archives: An Abrams tank from Apache Troop, First Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment takes position during a cordon and search operation Dec. 2, 2005 in the town of Bi’aj in northwestern Iraq.

USAFE Air Weapons Meet, 1955

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Pilots gather around the scoreboard during the first annual U.S. Air Forces in Europe gunnery meet, Wheelus Field, Libya, August 1995.

Question, wrong answer, 1951

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Dwight D. Eisenhower discusses maneuvers with some French troops during Operation Jupiter, a French-led multi-nation NATO exercise in the Rhine river area.

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