The strafing of the target areas in Vietnam by the United States Air Force. The USAF strafes the target area during Operation Rolling Thunder. Men are on the flight deck of a carrier deck. An aircraft goes in for a dive on the Than Hoa bridge. The aircraft turns around. A Bullpup Missile streaks down towards the bridge. The aircraft moves towards the bridge for an attack with Bullpups. A Bullpup hits the center of the bridge and explodes. (Vietnam War period).
Operations of the Hurricane Hunters in the Caribbean. Interior of a United States Air Force Lockheed WC-130 Hercules aircraft in flight. A dropsonde operator speaking into a microphone. A pilot, a co-pilot and an engineer in the cockpit of the airplane.
Operations of the Hurricane Hunters at Ramey Air Force Base in Puerto Rico. A duty officer removing a weather report from a teletype machine. He hands the report to Major Stewart. A sign with the insignia of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron on a wall. A pilot in the cockpit of a United States Air Force Lockheed WC-130 Hercules in flight overhead.
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.