Truck mounted crane with hook lowered over wing of a Matador B-61 A missile in Tripoli, Libya. A launch crewman is preparing to fasten the chains around the wings to the hook of the crane. A Matador transport trailer is backed next to the truck mounted crane. Two men placing the crain which is around the matador wings onto the hook of the truck mounted crane. The wing of the Matador being lifted, positioned and secured to the fuselage of a Matador. A tech sergeant adjusting one of two small cylindrical protrusions underneath the belly of the Matador on zero length launcher. Launch crewmen working on the Matador during the pre launch phase.
CAPT. B.E. ELLINGTON. 25 DECEMBER 44. 360TH SQ. 356TH FG. 8th Air Force engages a German FW-190, his gunfire hits German aircraft fuel tank, which bursts into flames and out of control.
Operations of the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) 56th Fighter Group stationed at RAF Halesworth, Southwold, Suffolk, England, during World War 2. A Lieutenant pilot of 56th Fighter Group, writes notes on back of his hamd during briefing by Group Commander about "ramrod" (escort) mission to accompany B-17 bombers to Bremen, Germany. Intelligence officer briefs on enemy flak and fighters, and tells aircrews to watch out for German twin engine rocket planes from below. Weather officer briefs on anticipated conditions. Aircrews synchronize watches. (Narrator remarks about "Ramrod to Emden, suggesting that footage may contain mix of scenes from different missions.) Pilots board jeep ankle deep in mud, piling their chutes on the hood. Jeep stops near a P-47 abd oilot climbs into its cockpit. Propeller seen rotating. P-47C, 41-6271 “Rat Racer” of the 61st Fighter Squadron is seen. Planes taxiing.
USS Midway CVA-41 at sea in Vietnam. A-4C takes off from the flight deck of USS Midway. Officer seated in a chair on a bridge, looks through window watching aircraft catapult. Pilot seated in the cockpit of F-8E on the deck. Officer reads from a type written sheet of paper. UH-2B lands on flight deck. Crewman sleeps on tool boxes next to Island.
A-3B Aircraft lands aboard USS Midway. USS Midway underway in South China Sea. A-4C Aircraft makes an arrested landing on the flight deck of USS Midway. Various aircraft parked on the deck.
A helicopter lands on the lawn of White House as Vice President Hubert Humphrey returns from a 14 day Asian trip in Washington DC. He steps down and greeted on the White house lawn by President Lyndon B Johnson. President Johnson goes to New York where he receives an award from Freedom House. A bronze sculpture of President Johnson. President addresses the gathering.
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