Paris Air Show. Ground crew of the U.S. Air Force Aerial Demonstration Team waits and directs arriving F-4E aircraft as they taxi to parking spaces on ramp, at Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Swalm, Thunderbird leader leaves F-4E and greets other Thunderbird pilots, who run to join him on the tarmac. Thunderbird ground crewmen make post flight inspections.
Air Search for United States Air Force aircraft C-47 that crashed in French Italian Alps, on October 24, 1954. Having discovered the crash site, a Search and Rescue jump master kneels near the door of SA-16 aircraft, wearing a helmet, and talking on microphone. View of C-47 crash site on Mount Carbonè in the Italian-French Alps. Rugged mountain peaks are misty and snow covered. Part of the SA-16 aircraft is seen.
Search and rescue efforts after the destruction of Texas Tower Number 4, a U.S. Air Force Air Defense Command Offshore Radar station, in 1961. It was located off Long Island (39degrees48'N 72degrees40'W) and operated by airmen of the 646th Radar Squadron. It had experienced structural difficulties including damage from Hurricane Donna, on September 12, 1960 and was being scheduled for repair or dismantling. The USNS New Bedford and the USS Wasp were in the vicinity, on January 15, 1961, when the storm caused the Tower to collapse and sink.But they were unable to save anyone. In subsequent search and rescue operations, after the storm, The USS Sunbird (ASR-15) submarine rescue ship is seen at the site, along with sailors in a motor whaleboat from the USS Blandy (DD-943). A helicopter from the USS Wasp (CV-18)flies overhead. A scuba diver surfaces near the whaleboat and is taken aboard. A motor whaleboat from the USS Sunbird maneuvers in rough water. Whaleboats seen returning sailors and divers to the Sunbird.
Ground and air search operations for missing crewmen of a Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52 aircraft of 99th Bomb Wing. The plane crashed against the side of Elephant Mountain, Maine. Military men stand around HH-43B helicopter on snow covered ramp. Rotors of the helicopter turn. Helicopters in the background. Pilot and co-pilot search over lake and mountain. Helicopter crewmen in rear of helicopter look out. Two men in basket hoisted inside helicopter.
U.S. Navy aircraft on air station in United States. Observation Tower on airfield. Signals given to guide and warn aircraft. Aerographer checks weather. Aircraft mechanics work on aircraft. Bomber aircraft towed from water. Training given to students at Naval Air Station. Aircraft with dual controls used in training students. Pilots and co-pilots in cockpit of aircraft.
Air race in Washington DC, United States. Spectators gathered on the field to watch the air race. Admiral Moffett among the spectators. Planes in flight. Race between U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine aircraft for Curtiss Marine Trophy.
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