Briefing session of officers on Operation Thunderstorm at the U.S. Air Force's All Weather Flying Center in Wilmington,Ohio. Drawing of P-61 Black Widow on the board. P-61's stand on field. Man checks film on a moviola. View of transformers used for man made lightening. Man walks inside a huge ribbed cylinder. A specially equipped plane's canopy is subjected to bolt of man-made lightning. Briefing group on radar and Rotating radar antenna. Operators work at radar sets in a Nissen hut. Men rig cameras. Storm indication on radar screen. Radar unit in a van. Antenna rotating. P-61 comes in for landing. Radar van in foreground. Briefing on weather bureau research. Civilian pointing to station on chart. Weather testing balloons are sent aloft. Man at a tracking radar set. Weather map received on facsimile receiver. Man removes message (readings) from a teletype.
Technician draws lines and shades area on a weather map at the U.S. Air Force's All Weather Flying Center in Wilmington, Ohio. A U.S. Sergeant in radar station checks shaded areas on the map. Indication of storm on radar scope. Pilots rush to P-6s or Black Widows and take off. Five P-61s in flight. A P-61 enters a stormy cloud. Inside the cockpit view of the Pilot of P-61 in flight. View of radar antenna at ground base and men at radar station. P-61s fly through stormy weather. Technicians gather reports and look at record films on moviolas. A P-61 in flight gains altitude and banks.
Film titled 'The Jet Stratotanker-An introduction to the KC-135 airplane'. U.S. KC-135, an aerial refueling tanker aircraft rolls out of the assembly line for its first public appearance at the Renton Plant in Seattle, Washington. People gather in large numbers. A KC-97 in crowd's background. A U.S. B-52 takes off from the runway. Scenes of KC-135 and KC-97 in flight. Shows KC-97 refueling several aircraft such as F-84, RB-45C, B-47 and B-52 at a high altitude. A Boeing 357-80 (Dash 80) takes off from an airfield. A B-52 comes in contact with the refueling boom of the Boeing 357-80.
Shows a Boeing KC-135 standing outside the assembly line of the Renton Plant in Seattle,Washington. A pictorial description and technical specification of a Boeing KC-135. A refueling boom operator operates the boom control panel inside a KC-135.
Shows final stages of the production of a Boeing KC-135 at the Renton Plant in Seattle,Washington. Pilots being trained on a cockpit trainer (simulator). KC-135 electrical systems diagram is shown to trainees. Personnel being trained about technical specifications of KC-135 by means of graphical aids.
Shows a series of pre-flight tests being performed on a Boeing KC-135 at the Boeing Flight Center of the Renton Plant in Seattle, Washington. Boeing wing flaps and tail rudder being tested. Technicians work at engines of KC-135. Interior view of a control room. KC-135 takes off for its maiden test flight. KC-135 in flight. KC-135 lands successfully after the test flight. Refueling boom of KC-135.
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