First flight of X-15 at Edwards Air Force Base in California. B-52 Stratofortress with X-15 in flight. Insignia of United States. X-15 attached under the right wing of B-52. Rear of X-15 with XLR-99 engine. Dyed water is released from X-15 Jettison line to check the spray pattern. Dyed water flows out of X-15 Jettison line. B-52 and three escort chase planes form contrails at high altitude. B-52 carrier aircraft with X-15. F-100 Super Sabre chase plane fly below and to the right of aircraft. Dyed water emits from Jettison line of X-15 under wing of B-52. X-15 under right view of B-52. B-52 right wing engine pod in the foreground. B-52 with X-15 flies at high altitude and contrails from behind the plane. B-52 banks left and right and then leaves out. X-15 under right wing of B-52 aircraft. F-100 chase plane fly below and alongside the aircraft. Landing gear extended on B-52. A terrain is visible. X-15 under right wing of B-52 carrier aircraft with landing skids extended. B-52 with X-15 under right wing descends. F-100 chase plane fly above and to the right of aircraft towards the runway at Edwards Air Force Base. B-52 with X-15 makes a final approach and lands on Edwards Air Force Base. B-52 with X-15 lands and taxis. Aircraft deploys drag chute.
F-104 Starfighter of the U.S. Air Force at Edwards Air Force Base in United States. Two F-104s make a low pass over Edwards Air Force Base. Contrail left out by them. Insignia of United States. The planes in flight. F-104s invisible after a while.
View of nose of Atlas 11F. The service structure removed from Atlas Missile 11F for its launch. Technicians on the ground watch and clear the area. M-45 camera tracking mount with Atlas Missile 11F blowing up in the background. Explosion on ground with black smoke.
Three F-86 Sabre jet aircraft taxi. They take off from runway. Aircraft in formation. F-86 Sabre jet aircraft leave a trail of smoke as they fly overhead. Number of F-86 parked in line.
A KC-130F plane as it taxis towards runway during troop build-up in Da Nang. U.S. Army mule with supplies drives out of cargo door of KC-130F. United States Marines in battle gear also come out. A radio jeep drives out of KC-103F. Marines fall in formation. A fleet of planes besides them. The marines march away. (Vietnam War period).
A U.S. Marine Corps RF-4B Phantom on ground roll, towing its open drag chute after landing. Another RF-4B Phantom takes off. An F-8E Crusader lands. Another F-8E lands and rolls out to end of runway. An A-6A Intruder on long ground roll after landing. Two F-8E Crusaders take off in succession. (Vietnam War period).
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