U.S. Air force officers and NCOs attend a briefing session at SAC Headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska. Commander of SAC (Strategic Air Command), General Curtis LeMay, addresses the group. General LeMay is standing near a large wall map.
Platt-LePage Aircraft Company of Eddystone, Pennsylvania. A boy poses by a cockpit mockup of the XR-1 helicopter. Pilot Lou Leavitt sits in the mockup with his arm around the boy. The boy poses with four employees of the Platt-LePage Aircraft Company. Scene shifts to flight testing of the U.S. Army Air Corps XR-1 helicopter, which moves about in a variety of maneuvers, demonstrating considerable stability and control, although confined to a relatively low altitude of approximately fifty feet.
U.S. Air Forces General Curtis LeMay retires from service in United States. Officials gather in a hall at the retirement. U.S. President Lyndon Johnson at podium, addresses people and states about the achievements of the General. He awards the Distinguished Service Medal to the General. General LeMay receives the award and shakes hands with the President. He meets his family members and other officials present in the hall. People gather at the retirement ceremony for the General. Troops march in respect of the General and Army Air Forces planes flies in formation.
U.S. General Curtis LeMay in Vietnam during Vietnam War. Boeing VC-135A taxis on field. U.S. General Curtis LeMay emerges from Boeing VC-135A and being greeted by U.S. General Paul Harkins and U.S. Brigadier General Rollen Anthis. U.S. officers walk accompanied by South Vietnamese officers. U.S. officers leave in car.
United States Army Air Force (USAAF) XR-1 helicopter in flight tests at the Platt-LePage Aircraft Company of Eddystone, Pennsylvania. The helicopter hovers several feet above ground for a while and then goes through a series of touch downs and takeoffs, all confined to only several feet above ground.
U.S. Joint Strategic Target Planning staff at SAC (Strategic Air Command) headquarters in Nebraska, United States. Chairman Joint Chief of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer, USAF Chief of Staff General Curtis LeMay, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral George W Anderson, Jr., U.S. Marine Corps Commandant David M Shoup alight from a U.S. Air Forces VC-135 aircraft at Offutt Air Force Base. The officers being greeted by Commander of SAC General Thomas S Power and Vice Commander Lieutenant General John P McConell. The officers talk and shake hands. The officers leave the air force base in staff cars as SAC elite guards salute.
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