Refueling from Kitty Hawk class supercarrier USS America in the Mediterranean Sea. Port beam view of USS America (CVA-66). Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyer USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23) along the port quarter refueling from USS America. The stern of the supercarrier. Stern view of USS America refueling USS Richard E. Byrd. Gearing-class destroyer USS William R. Rush (DD-714) off the starboard beam. The starboard quarter of USS America during the underway refueling. U.S. Navy A- 3B Skywarrior, Douglas A-4C Skyhawk and F-4B Phantom aircraft seen on the flight deck. USS Richard F. Byrd underway off the port quarter. Crewmen aboard USS William R. Rush during the refueling. A refueling hose is secured and men are in life jackets. The port side of the bow of USS Rush. The fuel line over to the forward station. Crewmen on the fantail. Wake of USS Rush in the background. A U.S. Navy UH-2A Seasprite helicopter on the flight deck. Nose of a RA-5C Vigilante aircraft in the foreground. Tail section of an F-4B Phantom aircraft. Hospital corpsmen around a helicopter with stretchers. Sailors wounded in the Israeli attacks on the USS Liberty (AGTR-5) are offloaded. Two crewmen rush up to the hatch of the helicopter with an empty stretcher. Flight deck personnel look on.
U.S. Army Air Corps test XC-32 flying headquarters at Selfridge Air National Guard Base near Mount Clemens in Michigan, United States. U.S. Army Air Corps XC-32 flying headquarters in flight. U.S. Army General Frank Andrews and staff aboard the aircraft. A radio man contacting ground units. A radio room as personnel receives command messages from the XC-32. Airmen wearing heavy flight clothing and carry a heater. The airmen walk through snow. An aircraft parked in the background. U.S. Army Air Corps Martin B-10 bombers on snow covered flight line. Airmen covering aircraft engines, turning turrets, installing bombs on aircraft, pulling down propellers and cranking up engines. U.S. Army Air Corps Martin B-10 bomber taxis and takes off. The B-10 in flight.
Allied bombing in northwest Germany during World War II. Several U.S. aircraft on an airfield in Britain. A United States Army Air Force heavy bomber B-17 Flying Fortress taxis and takes off from a runway. Several bomber aircraft in flight. USAAF fighter aircraft P-38 Lightnings taking off from the airfield. Allied soldiers looking at the aircraft. The P-38s in flight. A USAAF fighter aircraft P-47 Thunderbolt takes off from the runway. Four P-47s in a formation flight. View of the P-38s and the B-17s in flight over target areas in northwest Germany. British bomber aircraft in flight. A pilot in a cockpit. View of the naval base which is a major target area. A large explosion on the ship building center at the naval base. Thick smoke rises from the explosions. Several aircraft in flight. B-17s in flight. Officers standing at the railing of a ship. A pilot getting out of a damaged U.S. aircraft which managed to land on an airfield. Soldiers standing beside the aircraft.
United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) B-25 Mitchell aircraft crew members in France during the Battle of France of World War II. The crew members sitting on a bench. Tents in the background. USAAF pilots leaving the door of a briefing room. The crew members getting into army vehicles. The vehicles moving on a path. The crew members inspect a map standing in front of a USAAF B-25 Mitchell medium bomber. A soldier walks holding the leash of a dog. View of a B-25 Mitchell aircraft in flight.
The barrel of a 120mm M1 anti-aircraft gun is seen with a white ring and the name "Buddy Bill" painted on it. Another shown is named "Bashful-Baby." A soldier is in the process of painting a name on his gun barrel. View of the M51 Skysweeper anti-aircraft gun. Closeup of the radar dish atop the gun. View of the numerous controls of the gun. A Skysweeper gun set up in a desert setting, test site. An officer approaches the gun crew and gives an order. A gun crew member lowers the gun barrel, while two others retrieve shells for it. Hand of operator seen adjusting settings on gun controls. An aircraft (drone) is seen in flight overhead. The gun begins to automatically track it. A gunner presses a firing switch and the gun begins to fire shells. Black flak clouds form as shells explode in the air. several rounds are fired, the drone is struck and fall, burning, from the sky. Change of scene shows a Nike surface to air missile in a launch position. A soldier stands near a sign at a test site, reading "Launch Area." Soldiers slide a Nike missile across a set of rails, hook it up to a launch stand, turn on various control switches, and quickly leave the area. Aerial view of several Nike missiles laid horizontal on similar rails. Closeup on the ground of a Nike missile being raised to an uptight firing position. A rotating radar antenna. An Army technician at a battery of controls in a Nike operation center. Soldiers at a plotting table in th operation center. One wears a headset and announces countdown to firing. A visiting Allied military officer observes the activities. A clock on the wall records the countdown. A field grade Army officer with a headset stands near the soldier during the countdown. A hand actuates the firing switch and the Nike missile is seen launching. Men track it with elaborate camera equipment. The Army controller then announces time to intercept, as a dial in the control room shows the countdown progressing. . View of a B-17 target drone aircraft in flight at high altitude. As intercept is announced, the Nike strikes the B-17 which explodes and falls. Views of Nike test launch. View of the B-17 drone leaving contrails as it flies at high altitude, and then exploding and burning after being struck by the Nike missile. Pieces of the aircraft fall off as it burns, including two of its engines. Army Master Sergeant Stuart Queen, host of the "Big Picture" television program, wraps up the presentation.
Aviation activities in France during World War I. A French Spad 11 aircraft parked at an airfield near Viefvillers in Oise, France. A group of American and French officers of the First Division standing and sitting beside the aircraft. A second Spad 11 parked in the background. A group of American officers of the 42nd Division, observers and photographers with the 1st Division stand beside the aircraft. These include Lieutenant R. T. Maddock, 17th Field Artillery; Lt. S. B. Nash, 151st Field Artillery; Lt. T. E. Hibbon, Captain H. B. Parker, Capt. W. B. Wynn, Lt. John S. Beekley, and Lt. J. P. Harmon of the 149th Field Artillery.
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