Aircraft in flight over Libya. A ground target area. Dust rises due to fire passes. A United States Air Force F-86 Sabre dives at the ground target.
Men work on an aircraft in Libya. A man threads ammunition in the aircraft. A ground crew member places an access door back on the fuselage.
Ammunition is painted in Libya. A sign reads: 'Ammunition Painting'. A technician holds rounds of ammunition and places them in a film can which contains paint. The paint is to mark the bullets, so that a correct score can be kept of the number of hits on a target. The can of paint. An airman places bullet tips in the paint. Two men carry tow target across the area and throw it in the dump.
United States Army Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers taxiing and taking off at Lete Airfield, located 5 kilometers west of Benina, in Libya during World War II. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber taxiing in the runway before taking off. A Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber emits smoke as it takes off. Sand clouds form near the runway as bombers take off. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers take off one by one.
An Instrument panel. Matador B-61 missile in the lower position on the zero length launcher with the launch control point in mid in Tripoli, Libya. Matador on zero length launcher with the launching crew working on it. Nose of Matador B-61A. The name "Gay Maria" painted on the nose. Several airmen are near the nose of the missile. Tail section of the Matador on the vertical stabilizer. Name "Carola" has been painted on it. Several airmen working on the matador. An Arab boy, a man and a camel. There is a soldier standing next to them. A dromedary camel is standing behind the Arab. A lieutenant Colonel seated on dromedary camel which is held by the Arab boy. They are standing beside the Matador B-61A which is on zero length launcher. The launch crew are working on the Matador.
Truck mounted crane with hook lowered over wing of a Matador B-61 A missile in Tripoli, Libya. A launch crewman is preparing to fasten the chains around the wings to the hook of the crane. A Matador transport trailer is backed next to the truck mounted crane. Two men placing the crain which is around the matador wings onto the hook of the truck mounted crane. The wing of the Matador being lifted, positioned and secured to the fuselage of a Matador. A tech sergeant adjusting one of two small cylindrical protrusions underneath the belly of the Matador on zero length launcher. Launch crewmen working on the Matador during the pre launch phase.