![File:Three American pilots of No. 71 (Eagle) Squadron RAF, Pilot Officers A Mamedoff, V C 'Shorty' Keough and G Tobin, show off their new squadron badge at Church Fenton, Yorkshire, October 1940. File:Three American pilots of No. 71 (Eagle) Squadron RAF, Pilot Officers A Mamedoff, V C 'Shorty' Keough and G Tobin, show off their new squadron badge at Church Fenton, Yorkshire, October 1940.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Three_American_pilots_of_No._71_%28Eagle%29_Squadron_RAF%2C_Pilot_Officers_A_Mamedoff%2C_V_C_%27Shorty%27_Keough_and_G_Tobin%2C_show_off_their_new_squadron_badge_at_Church_Fenton%2C_Yorkshire%2C_October_1940._CH1442.jpg/800px-thumbnail.jpg)
File:Three American pilots of No. 71 (Eagle) Squadron RAF, Pilot Officers A Mamedoff, V C 'Shorty' Keough and G Tobin, show off their new squadron badge at Church Fenton, Yorkshire, October 1940.
Air Force Research Laboratory - AFRL - On this day in 1920, Major Rudolph W. “Shorty” Schroeder set an altitude record of 36,000 feet, one in a series of records during that
![Shorty Air force does it again. Captures an amazing image of 1000s of bricked, dusty cars in the California desert. : r/RealTesla Shorty Air force does it again. Captures an amazing image of 1000s of bricked, dusty cars in the California desert. : r/RealTesla](https://i.imgur.com/SBfojQU.jpg)
Shorty Air force does it again. Captures an amazing image of 1000s of bricked, dusty cars in the California desert. : r/RealTesla
![Monterey Jazz Festival: Air Force Thunderbirds a dramatic stage setter for Trombone Shorty – The Mercury News Monterey Jazz Festival: Air Force Thunderbirds a dramatic stage setter for Trombone Shorty – The Mercury News](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/20120922_075955_ssjm0923montlive13.jpg?w=620)
Monterey Jazz Festival: Air Force Thunderbirds a dramatic stage setter for Trombone Shorty – The Mercury News
![World War II turret gunner William 'Shorty' Burhans: 'It was dangerous stuff ... I almost didn't make it' World War II turret gunner William 'Shorty' Burhans: 'It was dangerous stuff ... I almost didn't make it'](https://www.ydr.com/gcdn/-mm-/c522d8f6e6997c459e470ce4ecb46a98e4c504a1/c=0-23-500-304/local/-/media/2015/08/13/YorkDailyRecord/wp-PPYR-YorkTownSquare-2306-9235252a.jpg?width=1200&disable=upscale&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
World War II turret gunner William 'Shorty' Burhans: 'It was dangerous stuff ... I almost didn't make it'
![Air Force Col. John A. "Shorty" Powers, right, stands close to astronaut John Glenn, center, after Glenn's arrival after his orbital flight at Grand Turk Island, Turks and Caicos, Feb. 22, 1962. Air Force Col. John A. "Shorty" Powers, right, stands close to astronaut John Glenn, center, after Glenn's arrival after his orbital flight at Grand Turk Island, Turks and Caicos, Feb. 22, 1962.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2NFAR44/air-force-col-john-a-shorty-powers-right-stands-close-to-astronaut-john-glenn-center-after-glenns-arrival-after-his-orbital-flight-at-grand-turk-island-turks-and-caicos-feb-22-1962-powers-on-loan-to-project-mercury-from-the-air-force-is-the-spokesman-for-the-seven-astronauts-others-are-unidentified-ap-photopool-2NFAR44.jpg)
Air Force Col. John A. "Shorty" Powers, right, stands close to astronaut John Glenn, center, after Glenn's arrival after his orbital flight at Grand Turk Island, Turks and Caicos, Feb. 22, 1962.
![U.S. Air Force Capt. Zach “Shorty” Charlton holds up a "Cave Putorium" hand sign during exercise Cope West 21 at Roesmin Nurjadin Air Force Base in Pekanbaru, Riau, Indonesia, June 15, 2021. U.S. Air Force Capt. Zach “Shorty” Charlton holds up a "Cave Putorium" hand sign during exercise Cope West 21 at Roesmin Nurjadin Air Force Base in Pekanbaru, Riau, Indonesia, June 15, 2021.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2GKPPRG/us-air-force-capt-zach-shorty-charlton-holds-up-a-cave-putorium-hand-sign-during-exercise-cope-west-21-at-roesmin-nurjadin-air-force-base-in-pekanbaru-riau-indonesia-june-15-2021-cope-west-21-is-part-of-us-operations-that-aim-to-deepen-cooperation-across-the-indo-pacific-region-to-confront-common-threats-and-protect-shared-resources-2GKPPRG.jpg)