United States fighter aircraft F4U Corsair comes in for a landing at Kimpo airfield in Korea. Mountains in the far background. F4U Corsair taxis. Men at a ground direct it into position. Pilot in cockpit of F4U Corsair unbuckles harness and gets out of plane. Pilot talks to other U.S. Marines. Writing on fuselage of plane reads 'VMF-214'.
U.S. Air Force airlift operations in Korea during the Korean War. Interior of a C-54 Skymaster transport aircraft shows pilot of 437th Troop Carrier Wing, Lieutenant Colonel Howard T. Markey, talking to the co-pilot, Captain Vernon J. Mouton. The Lt. Col. and the Captain sitting at the controls of the plane in flight check over the instrument panel and talk about the same. The C-54 in flight. It approaches Kimpo Airfield for landing.
U.S. Air Force airlift operations in Korea during the Korean War. Interior of a C-54 Skymaster transport aircraft shows the crew getting on the aircraft prior to take off from Kimpo Airfield near Seoul. The radio operator of Command Post 1, Norman Bass ; Lieutenant Ernest Amerine and crew-chief technical sergeant Thomas G. Cooper. The interior of the plane shows T/Sergeant checking the cargo. The crew walks down a ladder. A truck backs up towards the C-54. Korean native laborers get off the truck and unload artillery shell cases from the plane into the truck. Several views of airmen and Koreans unloading the artillery shells. Combat troops walk up a step ladder into the door of the C-54. All the men are carrying carbines.
Focuses on Korean War (1950-1953). U.S. 11th Airborne units arrive at Ashiya Air Base to carry out Seoul operations in Korea. Soldiers unload equipment from truck at air base. Sign on building reads 'Ashiya Air Base, Base Operations'. Paratroopers board planes. Plane takes off from runway. Road sign reads 'Kimpo Airdrome Stop Military Police Check Point'. Plane taxis at Kimpo air base in Korea. Men disembark from plane. Wounded soldiers on stretcher taken into plane. Boats are carried out of cargo planes at air base. Air University Commanding General George C Kenney, and Commanding General of Far East Forces (former commander of U.S. forces) Carl Spaatz, arrive at Kimpo air base for inspection. Captured IL-10 plane parked in the background in hangar. Men manning Grumman F7F Tigercat aircraft. F7Fs in flight line.
FEAF (Far East Air Force) briefing film shows aerials of Kimpo Air Base K-14 in Korea during the Korean War. Aerial views of Kimpo Air Base K-14. Hangars and airstrip of air base. Views of air base and its surrounding area.
View of Ashinya Air Force Base building in Japan. 187th Regiment of 11th Airborne Division load ammunition on vehicles. They board C-54 Skymasters parked at Ashinya Air Force Base, Japan. The Aircraft takes off from airstrip. C-119 Flying Boxcar in flight. C-54 Skymasters lands at Kimpo Air Force Base in South Korea. Paratroopers disembark the aircraft and carry a wounded soldier on stretcher. Boats unloaded from C-119 Flying Boxcars at Kimpo Air Force Base. Air Force General Kenney, General Stratemeyer and retired General Spaatz tour the airbase and look at equipment lying on ground. North Korean Yak fighter plane in the background.
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