Buildings on the sides of Kimpo airfield in Korea. Airfield in the background. U.S. aircraft F4U Corsair taxis with two auxiliary tanks. F4U Corsair parked. Pilot prepares to get out of the cockpit. Men stand on wing of F4U. Group of Marine officers including a two star General. General shakes hands with pilot.
United States fighter aircraft F4U Corsair comes in for a landing at Kimpo airfield in Korea. Mountains in the far background. F4U Corsair taxis. Men at a ground direct it into position. Pilot in cockpit of F4U Corsair unbuckles harness and gets out of plane. Pilot talks to other U.S. Marines. Writing on fuselage of plane reads 'VMF-214'.
Sir Alan Brooke gets off plane accompanied by Lt Gen Gairdener and several other British officers at Kimpo Airfield, Korea. 'KP230' written on the plane. Lt Gen John R Hodge greets Brooke and party. Brooke gets into the car and leaves.
F-86 in action against a MIG-15 in Korea. F-86 Sabre, jet fighter aircraft, with wing tanks taking off from airfield in Korea. Two F-86s taking off. Air-to-air combat with Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15, jet fighter aircraft. Fighter kill against MIG-15 showing hits on aircraft. Pilot's face-he is equipped with crash helmet and oxygen mask. The pilot operates controls and fires guns. Formation of four F-86s flying overhead, then they peel off. F-86s landing at airfield in Korea. Animated diagram of F-86 showing engines, guns and component parts of the aircraft. F-86s in row, fuel truck is parked near lead plane at airfield in Korea. Ground crew personnel at the airfield. Mechanic checks gun, another checks cockpit while plane is being refueled. Two F-86s take off. F-86 stationary at Wright Field, other aircraft in hangars in the background.
Ground crewmen check aircraft at airfield in Korea. Newspaper-headline, "Reds Invade South Korea". Heavy explosion of demolition bomb in area hidden by woods. Formation of Fairchild C-119s Flying Boxcar, American military transport, dropping paratroops. Formation of C-119s dropping supplies by parachute. At airfield in Korea, ground crewmen check and refuel one of several USAF F-86 Sabrejet aircraft parked on a ramp. Scene shifts to F-59 jet aircraft in flight tests at a desert location in the U.S.A. Four F-59A aircraft approach and fly low over a runway. (Korean War)
Focuses on Korean War (1950-1953). U.S. 11th Airborne units arrive at Ashiya Air Base to carry out Seoul operations in Korea. Soldiers unload equipment from truck at air base. Sign on building reads 'Ashiya Air Base, Base Operations'. Paratroopers board planes. Plane takes off from runway. Road sign reads 'Kimpo Airdrome Stop Military Police Check Point'. Plane taxis at Kimpo air base in Korea. Men disembark from plane. Wounded soldiers on stretcher taken into plane. Boats are carried out of cargo planes at air base. Air University Commanding General George C Kenney, and Commanding General of Far East Forces (former commander of U.S. forces) Carl Spaatz, arrive at Kimpo air base for inspection. Captured IL-10 plane parked in the background in hangar. Men manning Grumman F7F Tigercat aircraft. F7Fs in flight line.
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