Development progress report of U.S. Air Force F-105 Thunderchief fighter bomber. A modified RF-84F Thunderflash being used in flight testing the F-105 fire control system. The modified RF-84F with a pointed random nose. The aircraft taxis out on flight line past U.S. Air Force B-29 Superfortress, F-84 Thunderjet and C-47 Skytrain at Eglin Air Force Base. RF-84F takes off from one of the air strips at Eglin Air Force Base. YF-105A performs a wing over and drops away. The data reduction equipment being utilized in the armament system testing at Eglin AFB. A General Electric digital computer in operation. Two technicians test a laboratory model of the AFW-10 automatic flight control system. A civilian points out the AFW-10 automatic flight control system installed in the modified RF-84F. An F-84F in flight. The aircraft does a wingover and drops several hundred feet, then starts a level climb. An Air Force pilot climbs into a cockpit of F-105B. F-105B taxis on the ramp at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Republic personnel grouped around a combination radio telemetry truck and look up in the sky. F-105B takes off and climbs rapidly. F-105B in flight high above a cloud layer. A fuselage of F-105B. F-105B lands on a dry lake bed at Edwards AFB and drag parachute deployed.
American troops under concentrated enemy artillery fire from North Vietnamese during Vietnam War. U.S. Army soldiers run and jump into a trench, taking cover in the trench as artillery strikes nearby. Dramatic explosions, fire and smoke as American troop position is bombed by Vietcong. U.S. troops firing artillery at the enemy. View from inside cargo compartment of a U.S. Air Force C-130 transport aircraft, as supplies are pushed out for airdrop to U.S. forces. View from ground of supplies descending by paracute from C-133.
A model of earth rotates. Dramatic view of Military Airlift Command C-141 transport aircraft taking off into the camera. Flight crew inside the cockpit of the C-141. View from the cockpit of the aircraft on final approach to runway. C-141 seen during aerial refueling.
U.S. Air Force C-130 airdrop operations in 1968, during Vietnam War. C-130 aircraft in flight. View of supplies being airdropped. View from inside cabin of a C-130, as South Vietnamese paratroopers jump from the aircraft. A heavy pallet of supplies being pulled onto a runway by parachutes, from the rear of a low-flying C-130. Scene shifts to October 14, 1973,at Lod International Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel, where a U.S. Air Force Military Airlift Command C-5 aircraft is unloading 186,200 pounds of military assistance cargo, at the start of the U.S. "Nickel Grass" airlift operation during the Yom Kippur war or Arab-Israeli War of 1973. Pallets of ammunition are seen being offloaded, followed by a 175mm self-propelled gun, covered with wooden cargo boxes. Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir and other observers watch stand on the airport ramp. Golda Meir meets and greets members of the U.S. Air Force crew.
Earthquake in Peru, June, 1970. View from aircraft flying low over a beach. A U.S. Air Force Military Airlift Command C-141 aircraft taxiing to park at an airfield, after landing. UH-1 helicopters being offloaded from the aircraft. A column of porters, carrying blue bags of relief supplies on their heads, proceed toward a helicopter. Helicopter taking off and dropping the supplies to people below. View of helicopter with its shadow below where a man is seen walking through a flooded field. Scene shifts to injured person being carried from helicopter on a stretcher. Scenes of destruction. Houses flattened and rubble in streets of Peruvian village.
U.S. Air Force Military Airlift Command (MAC) employs C-5 aircraft in relief missions to Soviet Republic of Armenia,following earthquake that struck city of Spitak. Forklift unloads relief supplies from rear cargo ramp of a C-5 aircraft. View of refugee camp being set up near the airport. Women and chilren near a tent in the camp. C-130 aircraft parked on the ramp. Relief cargo boxes stacked on the ramp. Snow on the ground and in mountains surrounding the area. U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant explains setting up of tent to local men. Armenian woman followed by a girl, carries a kettle towards a tent, as a man looks at the camera. Relief supplies on ramp as a C-130 taxiis in background. A USAF C-5 coming in to land.
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