U.S. Congressmen and high ranking officers arrive at the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) in Wiesbaden, Germany. Senator Richard B. Russell accompanied by Lt. Colonel Capers Holmes of USAFE operations walk from a staff car to the headquarters. On the steps of the headquarter building the Senator talks to W.B. Tomberlin and N.W. Howington. Senator Russell and others enter the headquarters.
The U.S. Air Force 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Fire guard stands by as United States aircraft RB-57 B photo reconnaissance aircraft starts engines. Smoke comes out of the aircraft. A pilot and a navigator step from an aircraft after a night photo reconnaissance flight. The aircraft RB-57 B bomber parked on a ramp. A truck is driven towards the aircraft.
A training mission of the United States Air Force 305th Bombardment Wing on aircraft B-47 Stratojet at Brize Norton Air Force Base in Oxfordshire, England. Interiors of a briefing room. The crew of the B-47 Stratojet bombardment group is being briefed. They mark notes upon maps and folders. Men make notations on a map and a folder. Officers stand at large wall map tracing aerial root pattern. The first officer passes a pointer over to the second officer who places another map labeled 'Prog Valid 02/1600' upon the wall. Crew members write information on pads during the briefing.
A training mission of the United States Air Force 305th Bombardment Wing on aircraft B-47 Stratojet at Brize Norton Air Force Base in Oxfordshire, England. The crew members of a B-47 Stratojet stand in the shade of the fuselage of the plane. An airfield hangar building and a control tower in the background. Men wear Turkish type hats. Three men climb inside the plane. The ground crew chief replaces a ladder inside the plane and closes the hatch.
A training mission of the United States Air Force 305th Bombardment Wing on aircraft B-47 Stratojet at Brize Norton Air Force Base in Oxfordshire, England. A B-47 Stratojet takes off. Smoke trails come out of the plane. Trees in the background.
Four B-50 Superfortress, USAF Strategic Air Command (SAC) bombers, escorted by four straight wing F-84 thunderjets, flying immediately overhead. The B-50s belong to the 43rd Bomb Wing and display "circle K" tail codes. F-84s peel off to left and leave the formation. Desert terrain and mountains in background (probably in vicinity of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona).
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