Operations of the Hurricane Hunters at Ramey Air Force Base in Puerto Rico. A data sheet being removed from a dropsonde read-out instrument aboard a United States Air Force Lockheed WC-130 Hercules. A sign at the entrance of a building reads: 'Welcome to Ramey Air Force Base, Home of the 72nd Bomb Wing (H), 72nd Combat Support Group'. The Lockheed WC-130 Hercules aircraft taxiing at the air base. Buildings in the background. The airplane in flight overhead. A duty officer removing a weather report from a teletype machine. He hands the report to Major Stewart.
Operations of the Hurricane Hunters in Puerto Rico. A United States Air Force Lockheed WC-130 Hercules aircraft in flight overhead. A dropsonde being ejected from the aircraft. The airplane in flight over the clouds. High altitude view of a target area.
Operations of the Hurricane Hunters in Puerto Rico. A United States Air Force Lockheed WC-130 Hercules aircraft in flight overhead. Interior of the aircraft. High altitude view of Ramey Air Force Base. A pilot and a flight engineer at controls of the airplane. A navigator looking at a radarscope.
United States Air Force (USAF) Forward Air Controllers (FACs) in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. An ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) officer briefs USAF and VNAF (Vietnam Air Force) FACs for a mission. A USAF radio operator talking into a microphone.
United States Air Force (USAF) Forward Air Controllers (FACs) in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A USAF O-1F Bird Dog aircraft in flight overhead. Aerial view of the airplane in flight over a target area. The aircraft circles low over jungle clearings.
United States Air Force (USAF) personnel in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. USAF A-1E Skyraider aircraft parked at an air base. A pilot boards the aircraft. He wears a helmet. Three aircraft in flight overhead.