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U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Lauris Norstad meets Italian flyers at Wiesbaden Air Force Base, West Germany, during Exercise Cirrus
Lieutenant General Lauris Norstad, commander in chief, of USAFE (United states Air force in Europe) is seen mingling with Italian officers as Italian fliers stand in formation in front of their de Havilland Vampire jet fighter aircraft on a flight line at Wiesbaden Air Force Base, West Germany, during Exercise Cirrus, an air exercise for the Allied air forces in Central Europe. General Norstad and the officers move to another group of Italian fliers in front of their jet planes. The fliers are in relaxed formation and attentive to the conversations between General Norstad and their commanders.
Lieutenant General Lauris Norstad inspects Italian and Amerian camp areas in Wiesbaden, Germany, during Exercise Cirrus.
Film opens with glimpse of an American 1950 Buick sedan and two cars behind it, parked on a flight line near a line of Italian de Havilland Vampire jet fighter planes. Scene changes to General Lauris Norstad, commander in chief, of USAFE (United states Air force in Europe) making a brief inspection of a tent camp of the Italian Air Force fliers who are participating in Exercise Cirrus, an air exercise for the Allied air forces in Central Europe. He and Italian Air Force officers walk back to his 1950 Buick sedan staff car, parked on the flight line. The officers and General Norstad exchange salutes and hand shakes, and Norstad enters the back seat of his car. The Italian officers enter another 1950 Buick sedan, that displays 4 stars on its bumper. Change of scene shows General Norstad and others near some large olive drab tents where American fliers in flight gear are standing about conversing. General Norstad enters one of the tents followed by a photographer. He is followed by an unidentified U.S. Air Force Major General Who exits soon after and walks away. As Norstad emerges from the tent, the U.S. fliers move out of his way and exchange salutes with him as he passes. Shift in scene shows Norstad exiting another tent and then being surrounded by American and Italian officers. A field ambulance is seen in the background. General Norstad moves to the head of the group, accompanied by a U.S. Air Force colonel. Others in the group follow.
General Lauris Norstad visits ground crews of F-84 thunder jet aircraft at Wiesbaden Air Force Base, during Exercise Cirrus.
As film starts, three U.S. Air Force ground crewmen are seen standing at attention in front of their Republic F-84 Thunderjet aircraft at Wiesbaden Air Force Base, Germany during Exercise Cirrus. The aircraft are parked on pierced steel planking (Marsden matting). They are approached by Lieutenant General Lauris Norstad, Commander in chief, USAFE (U.S. Air forces Europe) with additional duty as commanding general of the Allied Air Forces in Central Europe under the Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Powers in Europe. The General, accompanied by a Colonel, stops to speak briefly with the three airmen as an Air Force photographer circles them taking pictures. Norstad continues to another F-84 and ground crew, where he also speaks with them, spending more time with one who is a Master Sergeant. Then he and the Colonel turn and exchange salutes with some Italian Air Force officers as they walk past them. Next three 1950 Buick sedans are seen pulling away from the edge of a taxiway, where they were parked. The drive past the camera on the taxiway. In the final scene, General Norstad is seen conversing with members of his staff, standing next to luggage lined up beside them under a C-54 transport plane.
Man works on engine of F 84 in Wiesbaden, Germany
Film begins showing an auxiliary power unit under the wing of a Republic F-84 Thunderjet parked on Marsden matting at Wiesbaden Air Force Base in Germany, during Exercise Cirrus. A ground crewman uncoils the electric cable from the unit and plugs it into a receptacle under the aircraft wing. View of the man crouching below the wing. He then stands and starts the power unit. The aircraft's crew chief's name, "T/Sgt G.Cavert," is stenciled beneath the cockpit. Scene changes to an F-84 sitting alone on the airfield. Tents are seen in the background. A ground crewman approached the aircraft, climbs a ladder, opens latches securing the machine gun compartment, and raises the compartment cover forward, exposing the M3 browning machine guns inside. Closeup of the man sitting atop the open compartment.Camera focuses on his hands as he pries some cartridges from a gun and closes its cover.
Vampire Jets of Italian Squadron taxi and take off at Wiesbaden Air Force Base during Project Cirrus
A U.S. Air Force airman holds a slate for the camera. Among other things, it identifies "Project Cirrus." Active scene following shows a line of Vampire Jet planes from the Italian 6th Inter Squadron. Italian airmen gather around one and then its engine starts showing flames to its rear momentarily. Next, the Vampire jet is seen taxiing past the line of aircraft, on its way toward the active runway. Two more Vampire jets leave their parking places and follows the first. Two ground crewman stand and watch as the three Italian Vampire jets take off.
F-84E Thunderjet aircraft of the USAF 86th Fighter-Bomber Wing, take off from Neubiberg Air Base, near Munich, Germany.
Republic F-84E-10-RE straight-wing Thunderjet aircraft of the USAF 86th Fighter-Bomber Wing are seen parked on grass at Neubiberg Air Base, near Munich, Germany. They display the Wing's checkerboard tail, nose, and tip tank markings. An F-84,with FS-256 stenciled on its fuselage, taxis on a narrow concrete strip between the other aircraft, and then proceeds onto a main taxiway. Next, the camera pans across the large grassy field, and focuses on an F-84 as it takes off. Across the runway, in the distant background, hangars and several parked aircraft can be seen. Camera pans, again, showing grass and a stake post, in the ground. Another F-84 takes off. Two C-47s and a MATS (Military Air Transport Service) C-54 are parked on the ramp in the background. Two C-47s taxi in the background, as another F-84 takes off. A GCA (Ground-controlled approach) radar installation is seen parked at the side of the runway.