A United States Air Force C-47D Skytrain aircraft parked at Brookley Air Force Base in Alabama, United States. Other airplanes parked in the background. A pilot in the cockpit of the airplane. Cars parked in front of a building in the background.
A Strategic Air Command (SAC) bombing competition in Maine, United States . Aircraft parked at Loring Air Force Base. United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortresses and Convair B-36s parked at a flight line. Men working on maintenance and repairing mechanical defects in an airplane. Flight pilots and crews in briefing receiving information about targets. Animation shows the course of airplanes in flight. Views of aircraft taking and in flight aerial views during the competition. They are tracked from the ground with radar. View of ground teams using radar and in control rooms. The aircraft taxiing on the air base.
Stress tests of airplanes in Ohio, United States. Structural test hangar facilities in Ohio. Aircraft enclosed in test equipment and girders with instruments to measure force, stress and strain under normal and adverse conditions. Technicians at control panels examining the aircraft.
The Gatling gun in Florida, United States. Demonstration of a T-171 six-barreled 20 mm Gatling gun. The gun's rate of fire is compared with that of a conventional machine gun. The T-171 Gatling gun being fired.
The Air Force Association (AFA) honors outstanding airmen in Louisiana. Officials seated at a desk. Several dignitaries, officials and celebrities gather for the ceremony. United States Air Force General Nathan Twining, USAF General George C. Kenney, Gill Robb Wilson, USAF Lt. Colonel Frank Everest and other officers present at the ceremony. Officers shaking hands. Other officers discussing.
Evacuation drills for dependents from Castle Air Force Base in California, United States, during the Cold War. Sign at entrance to Castle Air Force Base. An officer telephones and informs a family to vacate the camp. A woman informs other families via a telephone tree or telephone pyramid. Family members including parents and children load essential belongings in cars. View of base housing and suburb housing. People sitting in cars and the cars being drive out of the camp. People get out of the cars and walk on the ground. A young boy is surprised and startled by the motion picture camera and backs up to join his mother. The families gather together at a picnic area or park under palm trees.