Crew members seen at duty stations in a B-52. View from the cockpit as the B-52 approaches a KC-135 tanker aircraft in flight. Refueling boom of the tanker comes close to the B-52 windshield and then disappears from view above and behind. B-52 breaks off and pilot smiles.
U.S. Strategic Air Command B-52 crew members performing preflight checks at their stations aboard the aircraft, on the ground at Kadena Airbase, Okinawa, Japan. Navigator uses an E6-B circular slide rule computer to calculate flight parameters and checks his mission chart using a pair of compasses. Flight engineer goes through preflight checks at his panel.