Coverage of project at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah to determine the most effective means for destroying Japanese-type fortifications. A United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) P-38 Lightening fighter plane drops 500 lb bombs. A bomb explodes in the target area. The P-38 drops two 1000 lb practice bombs on the target and the bombs ricochet on a hillside. An aerial view of P-38s in flight with two 1000 lb bombs, and in a glide pattern. A survey team evaluates the attack results. (World War II period).
Coverage of a project at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah to determine the most effective means for destroying Japanese-type fortifications. A typewritten report on the subject. A United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) B-25H Mitchell bomber aircraft in a 75mm cannon attack. The target on the ground is marked with a white circle. Smoke rises from the attacks on the ground. Ground fire controllers at radio equipment. A USAAF P-38 Lightening plane in a bombing attack. (World War II period).
U.S. Air Force airlift operations in Korea during the Korean War. Interior of a C-54 Skymaster transport aircraft shows pilot of 437th Troop Carrier Wing, Lieutenant Colonel Howard T. Markey, talking to the co-pilot, Captain Vernon J. Mouton. The Lt. Col. and the Captain sitting at the controls of the plane in flight check over the instrument panel and talk about the same. The C-54 in flight. It approaches Kimpo Airfield for landing.
U.S. Air Force airlift operations in Korea during the Korean War. Interior of a C-54 Skymaster transport aircraft shows the crew getting on the aircraft prior to take off from Kimpo Airfield near Seoul. The radio operator of Command Post 1, Norman Bass ; Lieutenant Ernest Amerine and crew-chief technical sergeant Thomas G. Cooper. The interior of the plane shows T/Sergeant checking the cargo. The crew walks down a ladder. A truck backs up towards the C-54. Korean native laborers get off the truck and unload artillery shell cases from the plane into the truck. Several views of airmen and Koreans unloading the artillery shells. Combat troops walk up a step ladder into the door of the C-54. All the men are carrying carbines.
A report on United States Air Force C-123B assault transport aircraft performance in engineering and field assault condition test in Hagerstown, Maryland. A C-123B assembly line at Fairchild Aircraft Manufacturing Company. A man places yarn tufts on the left wing of a C-123B. The C-123B lands on a runway. Two special flight analysis cameras manned. A C-123B steep take off climb. The aircraft in flight. A low altitude fly by of C-123B over the runway. A C-123B with one prop feathered performs low altitude maneuverability demonstration over the runway. A C-123B minimum distance take off. The C-123B lands at Hangerstown plant. C-119 Flying Boxcar planes parked along runway.
A report on United States Air Force C-123B assault transport aircraft performance in engineering and field assault condition test in Hagerstown, Maryland. A C-123B taxis and takes a right turn at Fairchild plant. Pylon tank or external fuel tank mounted under a wing of the C-123B. It takes off and in flight. The aircraft releases the pylon tank from the wing. The C-123B drops one of the main cell tanks from a 40' altitude past the runway and lands on grass beyond.
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