U.S. SAC (Strategic Air Command) Unit prepares for the flight of United States Air Force B-47 Stratojets in the United Kingdom. Ground crewmen direct a B-47 Startojet bomber on a flight line. The engines of the aircraft rev up. A man uses an intercom system and talk to a person inside the aircraft. Two men stand fire guard. One of them dissolves the overflow of gasoline with a hand operated water tank. The B-47 taxis out of the parking area. Other aircraft stationary as first aircraft taxis on the strip.
Activities at Brize-Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. A briefing room. Crew members of a United States Air Force B-47 Startojet attend a briefing session. Colonel Kunkle uses a pointer to point out an aerial route for the unit. He passes the stick to the next officer. Major Hess attaches maps to a wall map and then describes the mission to a bomb group. A close up of an officer during the briefing session. The crew members take notes. They come out of the briefing room. Men come out from 305th Bomb Wing Headquarters building. A sign reads 'United States Air Force 305th Bomb Wing, Medium'. U.S. Air Force Captain Grant with a heavy and bushy mustache conducts a briefing session. The captain talks and twirls the ends of his mustaches. A wall map and Brize-Norton pin pointed upon the map. A pointer traces the aerial route which the group would follow to Sidi Slimane AFB in Morocco which is also pin pointed upon the map.
Activities at Brize-Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. A U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet aircraft stationary at an air strip. The engine starts. Operations being performed on the aircraft. An auxiliary power unit in front of the aircraft. Ground crewmen perform preflight inspection of the B-47 before starting the engines. Colonel Kunkle, crew member of the B-47 writes information on a flight plan form. Colonel Greer peers into a section of the engine. Preflight inspection. Col. Kunkle makes a visual check of the wings and all components parts of the aircraft. A ground crew operates the auxiliary power unit control panel for starting the engine of the B-47. He checks the rocket assist unit. Airmen make adjustments on the release nozzle of the rocket assist unit. The colonel reads information on a check sheet. A ground crewmen holds hands over the auxiliary power unit. A staff car drives up a taxi strip. Water covers the taxi strip. Heavy rainfall and no aircraft visible. Col. Kunkle, Colonel Greer and Major Richards get off from the car and walk. The crew donning flight equipment stands near the nose of the B-47 prior to boarding it. The Col. and the crew converse before boarding the aircraft. Men check each other's personal equipment. The B-47 stationary at the air strip. The engine starting unit with the auxiliary power unit in the nose. The B-47 taxis over the water covered runway. A jet blast blows a spray behind the aircraft. A ground crewman gives signal to the aircraft taxiing in the parking area. A ground radio control unit in a half ton truck. The operator of the truck talks over a radio phone. The rocket unit is set in. Rocket assisted takes off.
Activities at Brize-Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. A U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet aircraft stationary at an air strip. Activities around the aircraft as it is readied for a flight. A ground crewman wearing headphones attaches wires to the aircraft. He then takes out the wires. One airman stands guard in front of the aircraft. The aircraft taxis on the runway. Insignia of the United States on it. Other aircraft parked in the background.
SAC unit arrives for a briefing session at Brize-Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet SAC(Strategic Air Command ) unit members arrive in a room for a briefing session. An officer with long mustaches holds papers in his hands. A paper kept on a desk. Members seated on chairs. Men stand at the base. A medical van arrives and they get in the van. Vehicles move in the background. Buildings in the background. A sign reads 'Brize Norton, R.A.F. Station 3920th Air Base Group, Welcomes You'. SAC members take notes. Colonel Kunkle uses a pointer to point out an aerial route for the unit. He passes the stick to next officer Major Hess. He attaches maps onto another map, and describes the mission to the bomb wing. The crew members take notes.
Refueling of a U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet aircraft while in flight from Brize-Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. The B-47 Stratojet nose section approaches for an air to air refueling hook up. It makes connections and then breaks the connections. The B-47 in flight at high altitude over scattered cumulus cloud formation. Insignia of the United States.
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