U.S. Marine, Navy, Air Force and Army Color Guard, carrying American flag and the Alaskan Command flag, walk at Elmendorf Air Force base, Alaska. Scene of flag of Alaskan command.
Military Air Transport Service (MATS) C-118 aircraft taxis at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. "Follow-me" truck drives, followed by MATS C-118. Aircraft taxis and turns to its right then stops. Personnel place chocks under wheels, and wheel out the aero stand. Jeep and trailers drive out to aircraft.
Restrospective of the 1954 search for a suitable site for U.S. Air Force testing of ballistic missiles. Coastal area with ocean in the background. Officials look over charts, maps, photographs as they select the site for Vandenberg Air Force Base. In January, 1958, view of building with a sign that reads ' Headquarters, First Missile Division, Strategic Air Command, Vandenberg Air Force Base' Entrance of the headquarters as Major General David Wade walks out. U.S. Air Force officers and airmen attend missile training classes. Airmen work on assembly of Thor missiles . U.S. Air Force officers and airmen operate missile launch consoles in a launch control center. November, 1958, Thor intermediate range missile on a trailer being delivered to Vandenberg Air Force Base. Trailer backs up to the launch pad. December, 16, 1958, the Thor missile on launch pad venting gases. U.S. Air Forces officers at a launch console. The Thor missile is launched. RAF airmen watch missile in flight.
Woman gets mail out of a box at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska. She goes inside a house. Air police jeep drives.
A sign reads "Elmendorf Air Force Base, Top Cover for America" in Elmendorf, Alaska. Diagrams of missiles and rockets on board.
Men attach a tow bar to the F-94 aircraft in Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Man on a working on snow covered plane's propeller.
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