NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) REFORGER II (Return of Forces to Germany) Operations. Mobile assault bridge vehicles move into position to form bridge over Main River in Germany. Wooded area in the background. Vehicles cross bridge. Men loaded on the vehicles. The vehicles move towards enemy held hill. Men stand in the foreground.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) REFORGER II (Return of Forces to Germany) Operation. U.S. helicopter AH-1G Cobra make strafing run at target. U.S. helicopter AH-1G Cobra lay smoke screen. Formation of UH-1D Huey helicopters toward hill. AH-1G Cobra helicopters provide protective cover. UH-1D helicopters land. The troops get off and run to attack machine gun position. German MG (Machine Gun) nest. Gunners fire at advancing men of 16th Infantry Division. Soldiers aid wounded soldiers walk to safety. APC (Armored Personnel Carrier) cross field.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) REFORGER II (Return of Forces to Germany) Operation. U.S. fighter aircraft F4 Phantom II dive at a hill. Simulated bombs explode as jets dive at target. U.S. helicopter AH-1G Cobra lay smoke screen. Formation of UH-1D Huey helicopters fly toward hill. Troops run to attack machine gun position. German Gunners fire at advancing men of 16th Infantry Division.
Front entrance to Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo, New Mexico. A car entering the base as the guard salutes. F-4D Phantom Flight crew from the USAF 8th Tactical Fighter Squadron of the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing check in at the operations desk. They display the Black Sheep logo patch of the 8th Tactical Fighter Squadron on their flight suits. After signing in, they enter a briefing room where others are assembled. The Squadron Commander, a Lieutenant Colonel, briefs them on the planned "Crested Cap II" deployment route, to their NATO dual base, at Ramstein, Germany. He points out the flight path across the U.S. and across the Atlantic to Europe, on a map that also depicts places where refueling aircraft will be orbiting over the ocean. Views of the air crews putting on anti-exposure suits and equipment.
United States President Richard Nixon departs from West Berlin, Germany, during his official visit to Europe. People wave at President Nixon from apartment windows. President Nixon's motorcade drives on crowded roads in West Berlin and reaches the Charlottenburg Palace (Spandauer Damm 10-22, 14059 Berlin, Germany). Gate of the Charlottenburg palace. Equestrian statue of Frederick Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg, on the grounds of the Charlottenburg Palace. Civilians gathered greet him and raise banner to welcome President Nixon. Sign read as “Richard Nixon Ein wirklich Berliner” (“Richard Nixon a real Berliner” in English). View of the Siemens factory in West Berlin.
Bundeswehr military exercise near Fulda, Germany. Camouflaged trucks loaded with soldiers move over cobblestone streets. Buildings on either side of the streets. German officers discuss the exercise with civilian officials. M-41 tanks loaded with soldiers advance along a road. A camouflaged tank moves through woods. Soldiers haul artillery. They load and fire artillery at edge of woods. Civilian officials observe from position in background. German soldier fires a mortar. German infantry take up positions on a grassy bluff. One fires a machine gun. No national markings of any kind appear on the weapons or equipment.