Night time take off of a F-4 Phantom II aircraft. Aerial shots during the day of a group of F-4 Phantoms in flight. Aerial refueling operations of F-4 Phantoms by a KC-135. F-4Phantom II aircraft landing at an air field and deploying drag chutes.
F-4 Phantom finishing taxiing and parks on Spangdahlem Air Base near Trier, Germany. Black Sheep emblem of the 8th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Wing visible on aircraft from side view. Ground crew motioning plane in. Two airmen greet two others beside the plane. They talk. One of these same pilots is shown in a briefing room beside some maps on display. He is being briefed by another officer.
Cold War Reconnaissance flight of a U.S. Air Force RF-4 Phantom II in Europe. RF-4 takes off from a U.S. Air Force base in Europe. Views of land, mountains, and water below. A Soviet Z-class or Zulu class submarine surfaced and cruising at sea. The RF-4 flies over. The RF-4 landing at base again. Crew on the ground rush to unload film canisters from beneath nose area of plane. Personnel rush with film canisters into a lab. Photo interpreters viewing developed film roll and scrutinizing film images along with maps.
U.S. Air Force squadron scrambled for a mission (or a drill) during the Cold War. A radio tower on a high hillside. Air Force technician communicating with headset radio and watching radar. F-4D Phantom aircraft receiving routine maintenance on an airfield. USAF pilots relaxing and playing chess. Technician monitoring radar notifies a central control room of what he has seen. Back in the room with the pilots, suddenly the airmen jump up, race out of the room, slide down a pole, and race out to their F-4 jets. A F-4D taxiing on the runway preparing for takeoff. View of the control tower.
A pair of F-4D Phantoms takeoff after being scrambled for a mission or drill during the Cold War. Flight views alternating with views of a central control room with U.S. Air Force Officers monitoring communications and speaking on telephones. F-4D aerial shots over water and land.
Headquarters building for the United States Seventeenth Air Force at Ramstein Air Base and NATO Command Base in West Germany. View of the building exterior, cars parked out front and flags flying over the building. Inside, an Air Force officer enters a room labeled "USAFE-MAC. Consolidated Airlift Command Post". Inside view of the room are shown with officers on the telephone in front of a large map of Europe. "USAFE Airlift Control Center. Aircraft of the U.S. Air Force taxi on a runway, including several C-130, C-141, and a C-5 readying for taking off. Aerial view of Soviet warships moving together in the sea. A missile is fired from one of the ships. View of Soviet paratroopers jumping from an airplane.