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Documentation of missile attack mission by United States Navy F8U-2N Crusader fighter aircraft, United States.

U.S. Navy F8U-2N Crusader aircraft missile attack operation using the acquisition and fire control system, United States. F8U-2N in flight with engine on afterburner. Various gauges on instrument panel. F8U-2N in flight. Pilot turns on the engine, anti-icing system and indicator lights glow. APQ-83 radar mounted in nose cone of F8U-2N. Pilot turns clutter limiting switch, scan switch to normal and turns on fire control system. Pilot sets up armament panel. Radar power switch being set to normal and antenna being tilted up by pilot, radar scope being adjusted. Pilot uses radar control stick and sets the brilliance and the gain. Antenna being restored to normal. Artificial horizon on radar scope. Test button being pressed by pilot. Target is located. Pilot tilts antenna up and down and moves hand control until the acquisition circle is centered over target. Acquisition switch being pressed to lock on. Radar enters acquisition mode. Radar scope indicates radar being locked on target. Autopilot being disengaged by pilot. Radar scope in track mode. Target range and maximum range is displayed on radar scope. Target in attack position. F8U-2N pulls up towards target and missile being fired. Target exploding.

Date: 1961
Duration: 6 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060539
The F-84G Thunderjet being tested on inflated pads at the Edwards Air Force Base in California.

The accidents and the unusual occurrences at the Air Force flight test center at the Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. The inflated pads being tested for arrester hook landings. The United States Air Force (USAF) aircraft F-84G Thunderjet makes a zero length launch. The United States Air Force (USAF) aircraft F-84G Thunderjet makes approach to the pad and overshooting to belly landing. The F-84G Thunderjet makes a pass with no hookup. The United States Air Force(USAF) aircraft F-84G Thunderjet makes belly lading on pads. Aerial view of the F-84G Thunderjet nose during approach and landing on pads.

Date: 1956
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067055
Airmen being imparted training for the maintenance of the F-105B in the United States.

Different features of the U.S. Air Force F-105B Thunderchief fighter bomber in the United States. An animated and actual footage explains the maintenance of the F-105B. Civilians work on a F-105B. A building and several airmen enter the building. A sign over doorway of the building reads ' AF Training School, Republic Service Department'. Airmen seated at table in a classroom. The components of an aircraft on display. A pilot seated in F-105B cockpit. Civilians stand on a ladder beside a cockpit and the pilot closes the canopy of the aircraft. The aircraft taxis and takes off. F-105B in flight and climbs.

Date: 1957, October 1
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068666
The launching and buddy system in flight refueling of F-105A Thunderchief fighter bomber.

Development progress report of U.S. Air Force F-105 Thunderchief fighter bomber. The YF-105A parked at the field. Animation depicts the tactical fighter bomber mission type 1 for the F-105B. A refueling probe on fuselage of F-105B being raised and lowered. The artwork depicts the buddy system whereby one F-105 refuels another. Animation depicts the ZEL launching of an F-105.

Date: 1956, December 1
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068668
A U.S. 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron O-1F Bird Dog liaison aircraft lands on an airstrip in Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

A film based on U.S. Air Force O-1F Bird Dog liaison aircraft FAC (forward air control) operations against the Ho Chi Minh Trail by U.S. 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. An O-1F aircraft piloted by Lieutenant Colonel William F. Bretzius lands and taxis on an airstrip. The pilot at the controls in the cockpit of the O-1F aircraft which is taxiing on the airstrip for a take off. The O-1F aircraft in flight.

Date: 1967, January 13
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075270
Atlas-F missile rocket launch produces exhaust plume with shock diamonds (also known as Mach diamonds)

An Atlas-F missile rocket launch in the United States. Missile launch site is stated as “02OT01” in the intertitle. An Atlas-F missile rocket in flight at night shortly after its launch. Atlas-F missile produces a bright red-orange exhaust plume, which then becomes wider and redder as it progresses in the sky. Atlas-F exhaust plume exhibits shock diamonds. Camera follows the trail of Atlas-F until exhaust plume turns into a faint dark-red orange dot in the night sky.

Date: 1961
Duration: 10 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078662