A United States Air Force (USAF) F-100 Super Sabre crashed near Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States. Officials inspect the area after the crash. Twisted burnt metal sheets on the ground. Parts of the aircraft in the surrounding area. A small burning part. The wheels of the F-100 Super Sabre aircraft. The pilot, Captain Joseph Kittinger, holding a parachute, speaks to officers. A USAF Piasecki H-21 helicopter parked in the background.
Training of U.S. midshipmen aboard aircraft carrier USS America underway at sea in Istanbul, Turkey. Several aircraft parked at the flight deck. Midshipman J. F. Higgins and Lieutenant junior grade C. C. Parish inspect a U.S. Navy F-4B Phantom aircraft. The pilot moves around the nose to the starboard side of the aircraft. He explains something to the midshipman during a preflight check of the aircraft. The pilot and the midshipman move down the starboard side. Men explain about the tail portion of the aircraft to the midshipman. The midshipman stands behind the tail pipe of the aircraft. He climbs up the side of the aircraft and into the cockpit. The pilot explains about the cockpit area to the midshipman. The midshipman then climbs into the cockpit. The pilot stands along side the cockpit as he watches the midshipman securing himself into a seat. The pilot gives the midshipman check out of the cockpit area. He assists the midshipman as he secures himself into a seat in the cockpit. The pilot in the flight gear climbs up into the cockpit. He hooks up an intercom for the midshipman. The midshipman dons his helmet. The pilot explains to the midshipman.
USS Ticonderoga in the Gulf of Tonkin. A U.S. Navy A-3B Skywarrior aircraft lands on the flight deck of the carrier ship. A U.S. Navy E-1B Tracer aircraft lands and taxis forward to right. A U.S. Navy F-8E Crusader aircraft lands on the deck. A U.S. Navy A-4E Skyhawk aircraft lands and taxis forward. The A-4E aircraft takes wave off over the deck of the ship. A U.S. F-8E aircraft lands on the deck. The A-4E lands on the flight deck of the carrier ship.
Company F of the1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, U.S. Army, initiates a new soldier in Tampa, Florida. A group of men bounces a recruit up and down on a blanket. Nineteen times he bounces on the blanket. This is an initiative by Company F of the 1st Ohio Volunteers during the Spanish-American War to welcome a new recruit to their unit. (Edison Company, 1898)
An aircraft of the U.S. 8th Fighter-Bomber Wing, preparing for mission at Suwon Air base(K-13) in South Korea during the Korean War. An airman standing under one of the wings of an F-86 Sabre and preparing to refuel the aircraft. The airman fixing the fuel pipe on to the tank of the aircraft from a fuel tanker. 'FU-367' written on the aircraft. Two airmen standing beside the fuel tanker. One of the airmen writing down a note. An airman opening a compartment on the side of the F-86, using a screwdriver. 'The Georgia Peach' written on the compartment door. The airman checking the machine gun ammunition inside the compartment.
A swearing in ceremony in the United States. New Secretary of State James F. Byrnes being sworn into office by Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone. The oath of office being administered to Secretary Byrnes. President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with Byrnes. U.S. representative in the United Nations Edward Stettinius greets Secretary Byrnes. Former Secretary of State Cordell Hull signs the World Security Charter. Signatures of representatives of different nations on the charter.
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