United States Air Force (USAF) Forward Air Controllers (FACs) in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. USAF A-1E Skyraider aircraft parked at an air base. Pilots run towards the aircraft and board them. The engines start. They aircraft taxi down a fight line and take off.
United States Air Force (USAF) Forward Air Controllers (FACs) in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. USAF and Vietnam Air Force (VNAF) FACs checking a map. USAF O-1F Bird Dog aircraft parked in the background. FAC Captain Lawrence Reed does preflight checking of the aircraft and smoke rockets. He boards the aircraft.
A film on the importance of photographic reconnaissance in the United States. A U.S. Navy North American F9F aircraft parked at an air base. Two K-17 cameras are loaded in the airplane. A pilot in cockpit. Aerial view of the F9F Panther airplane in flight. The pilot looks at a target area on a map. The aircraft flying over the target area. Aerial view of the target area. The pilot takes photographs of the target area. Officers seated at a desk in an office. They look at pictures. The pilot stands nearby. An officer points out mistakes in the photography. The pilot in the cockpit of the F9F Panther and view of the F9F cockpit controls as the airplane is flying over the target area which is a dam complex. Aerial view of the target area. He takes photographs. An officer looks at the pictures. View of three North American F9F Panther aircraft flying in formation overhead.
USAFE ( United States Air Force in Europe ) Flight Safety film illustrating the kinds of errors that can cause aircraft accidents. A Flight Safety Officer points to photograph of a crashed F-86 airplane and lectures to pilots. He says that most of accidents occur because of minor mistakes. A Captain, pilot, naps during the lecture. The most common pilot errors in USAFE written on a blackboard. After ignoring the lecture, the Captain prepares a flight plan at Base Operations. He fails to check NOTAMS (notices to Airmen)and declines assistance from Base weather officer. He performs perfunctory preflight inspection, initials Form 1, and taxis for takeoff breathing 100% oxygen. After takeoff, he levels at 30 thousand feet and makes position report. Sensing hypoxia, he sees oxygen depleted and must dive to lower safe altitude (where fuel consumption rate is too high). He tunes destination radio beacon, becomes disoriented and calls for steer to destination, which is below minimums for GCA (ground controlled approach). He goes to Alternate, has trouble with landing gear, runs low on fuel, and luckily lands safely, but runs out of fuel and must be towed to parking place. A litany of his mistakes is recounted.
The coverage of the Boeing 1960 Progress Report covering the development and production of U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress G and H models. A B-52 H aircraft parked at an airfield in Kansas, United States. The airplane is equipped with a GAM-77A Hound Dog missile. The aircraft takes off from the airfield. The missile is released from the aircraft.
The coverage of the Boeing 1960 Progress Report covering the development and production of U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress G and H models. A B-52 aircraft parked on an air base. Men work on the aircraft. The engine of the aircraft being worked on. A map of the United States. Men work and install a GAM-77 missile in the aircraft. Ground support equipment developed for the aircraft. A QEC test stand with turbo fan engines on the air base. An engine cowling on the ground as the workmen remove flange. The QEC test stand permits the testing and the calibration of engines and accessories before their installation in the aircraft.
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