An airborne life boat experiment in the United States. Airmen wheeling a life boat to the under side of a United States Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bomber on an airfield. Fumes rising from a boat at sea during an experiment. The B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, with the life boat underside the fuselage, in flight over the sea. The bomber releases the life boat after spotting the boat in trouble. The life boat equipped with medicines and other emergency supplies is lowered by means of three parachutes attached to it. The life boat reaches the men waiting for rescue.
U.S. Air Force X-15A rocket powered aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. An X-15A aircraft backs up at the air base. Wheel of a tug being positioned. Technicians work on USAF NB-52B Stratofortress aircraft at the air base. Technicians work under the wing of the aircraft as they attach the X-15A to the NB-52B aircraft. A ramjet engine being attached to the X-15A aircraft.
U.S. Air Force X-15A rocket powered aircraft in the United States. A USAF NB-52B Stratofortress aircraft with an X-15A aircraft under its wing in flight. Smoke emits from the tail section of the X-15A aircraft. The X-15A aircraft detaches from the NB-52B aircraft. The X-15A aircraft in flight leaves behind a smoky trail.
Accidents and incidents at the Air Force flight test center at the Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. The United States Air Force YB-52 lands and deploys a drag chute normally. In distance another YB-52 lands in dirt off a runway and turns on the ground as the rear landing gear collapses. A B-52C Stratofortress landing. View inside the cockpit as the landing gear lever jumps out of position and the copilot holds it down. The B-52C aircraft lands with the rear gear collapsed. Another view of the same event from outside.
The U.S. army launches its operation in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The U.S. soldiers march past the UH-1B Iroquois helicopters at the Bien Hoa Air Base. The soldiers stand as they hold guns. The UH-1Bs Iroquois on field. The U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team soldiers board the UH-1B Iroquois.
United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft and crew in the Mariana Islands during World War II. A B-29 Superfortress in flight. The engines of the aircraft start. The bomb bay doors of the aircraft are opened. The aircraft banks and turns. View of cumulus clouds.
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