Mechanics of the U.S. Army Air Forces 80th Fighter Squadron ("Headhunters") perform maintenance on a P-38 Lightning aircraft in New Guinea, during World War 2. A small dog stands on the wing next to men as they work on an engine. Two flights of four P-38s fly in in formation. A squadron of P-38s seen in flight. Several different views of the P-38s in formation with clouds behind. One scene shows P-38s illuminated by sunlight from above against contrasting dark water below. View from cockpit of a P-38 with pilot visible and another P-38 seen through cockpit window. Pilot waves at the other P-38 which rocks its wings. A P-38 passes in opposite direction.
Gun camera footage of Japanses aircraft being shot down by U.S. fighters and bombers over Wewak airfield in New Guinea Australia. Gun firing and blasting sounds in background. (World War II period).
Film 'Journey to the Pacific' shows U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson's visit to the Pacific during the Manila Summit Conference. President Lyndon B. Johnson and the First lady board a U.S. aircraft. The honor guard in uniform as they salute the President. President aboard the aircraft with other officials. President Johnson discusses issues with officials over a meal. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife being welcomed in New Zealand. They stand as they hold umbrellas. He gives a brief speech. Men, women and children cheer and welcome the U.S. President.
American and Australian soldiers during the Buna-Gona Campaign in Papua New Guinea. A map of the conflict area. Soldiers amidst firing in the fields and forests. A tank moves through the forest area. Planes in the sky. Soldiers under heavy camouflage among the bushes. A military storage facility. Soldiers and natives pack and prepare to deliver biscuits to troops. Papuan natives put a box into a sack. Soldiers at tables make requisitions for a supply of blankets. Blankets are transferred from a truck to a warehouse. A soldier calculates the supply of European and native ration supplies to the troops during the Buna Campaign in October - November 1942. A plane in the sky, and then lands. A U.S. Airman explains the process of, and dangers involved in the dropping of supplies from airplanes. Soldiers fight the enemy in the forest. Wounded Japanese soldiers are carried on stretchers. A dead soldier on the ground. Australian and American soldiers celebrate their victory. The soldiers sit and rest, smiling and smoking cigarettes. Soldiers pay their respects at graves of comrades in a makeshift cemetery. (World War II period).
United States aircraft guns, at aiming point, destroy various Japanese planes at Papua New Guinea . Japanese aircraft being hit.
Front entrance to Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo, New Mexico. A car entering the base as the guard salutes. F-4D Phantom Flight crew from the USAF 8th Tactical Fighter Squadron of the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing check in at the operations desk. They display the Black Sheep logo patch of the 8th Tactical Fighter Squadron on their flight suits. After signing in, they enter a briefing room where others are assembled. The Squadron Commander, a Lieutenant Colonel, briefs them on the planned "Crested Cap II" deployment route, to their NATO dual base, at Ramstein, Germany. He points out the flight path across the U.S. and across the Atlantic to Europe, on a map that also depicts places where refueling aircraft will be orbiting over the ocean. Views of the air crews putting on anti-exposure suits and equipment.
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