A documentary titled: 'No Sweat' on accidents of USAFE (United States Air Force in Europe ) aircraft. USAFE precision flying demonstration team, the Skyblazers, perform a formation takeoff in their F-86 F Sabre aircraft. They maneuver in close formation. The airplanes leave smoke trails behind. View of an airplane diving into the ground and crashing. Views of crashed U.S. Air Force aircraft in Europe, involving a variety of airplanes, including F-86, T-33, C-119, C-47, and numerous other aircraft, some completely destroyed so as to be unrecognizable.
USAFE ( United States Air Force in Europe ) Flight Safety film illustrating the kinds of errors that can cause aircraft accidents. A Flight Safety Officer points to photograph of a crashed F-86 airplane and lectures to pilots. He says that most of accidents occur because of minor mistakes. A Captain, pilot, naps during the lecture. The most common pilot errors in USAFE written on a blackboard. After ignoring the lecture, the Captain prepares a flight plan at Base Operations. He fails to check NOTAMS (notices to Airmen)and declines assistance from Base weather officer. He performs perfunctory preflight inspection, initials Form 1, and taxis for takeoff breathing 100% oxygen. After takeoff, he levels at 30 thousand feet and makes position report. Sensing hypoxia, he sees oxygen depleted and must dive to lower safe altitude (where fuel consumption rate is too high). He tunes destination radio beacon, becomes disoriented and calls for steer to destination, which is below minimums for GCA (ground controlled approach). He goes to Alternate, has trouble with landing gear, runs low on fuel, and luckily lands safely, but runs out of fuel and must be towed to parking place. A litany of his mistakes is recounted.
A film titled '1960 B-52 Annual Report' on a progress report covering development and production of United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft. A B-52 Stratofortress aircraft in flight overhead. Aerial view looking down on top of a B-52 aircraft in flight. The aircraft leaves smoke trails. Interior of Wichita plant. A crowd gathered in a building. Models of aircraft. People look at the models. The crowd observes seat ejection and bomb navigation systems. A man working on instruments. Configuration of H-model. A truck carrying parts of aircraft enters a building. Parts of aircraft. Joining of wings and major sections of the aircraft. Completion of the first H model of the aircraft. Contractors development inspection and technical compliance inspection.
A training film on tactical operations of U.S. Air Force UH-1 Iroquois helicopters. A dense jungle in the United States. A helicopter in flight overhead. It lands. An infiltration team comes out of the helicopter and advances across the jungle. The helicopter in flight overhead. Mountains in the background.
A training film titled 'Air Force Helicopter UH-1 Tactical Operations' on tactical operations of U.S. Air Force UH-1 Iroquois helicopter. A helicopter in flight overhead in the United States. One of the primary mission of the helicopter is infiltration and ex filtration of primary forces deep into enemy territory. Helicopters land at an air base. Buildings and trees in the background. Planning factors are to be considered before using helicopters for any mission. The capability of the helicopter must be known. Several helicopters parked at the air base. Men arrive near the helicopters. A man stands nearby. Unarmed helicopters are used to carry troops and cargo. Installations of a number of systems in the helicopter. Weapon systems can be installed in helicopters. Men work and install the systems. An armament panel is located in a cockpit to fire. Guns and rocket systems installed. A helicopter weighs 9000 pounds after being fully loaded. Helicopters parked at the air base. A pilot seated in the cockpit of a helicopter installed with weapon system. The pilot turns switches on the panel. Helicopters parked at the air base.
A training film in the United States on tactical operations of U.S. Air Force UH-1 Iroquois helicopters. Planning of a reconnaissance zone. An officer briefs crew. He explains about reconnaissance of landing zone, surrounding terrain, location of friendly and unfriendly forces and possible enemy ground fire. Features of the landing zone. The landing zone should be easily usable by the helicopters. It should be several kilometer away from population and should be an immediate cover for infiltration team. A UH-1 Iroquois helicopter in flight overhead. An officer locates places on a map and explains to the crew. A pilot and an officer discuss a map. They plan the reconnaissance. They look at aerial photographs and rough sketches. Helicopters in flight overhead. A pilot and a crew seated in a helicopter. Aerial view of the area. Men look at the helicopter. They hold guns.
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