King George VI of England, accompanied by his wife, Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, and daughter, Princess Elizabeth (future Queen Elizabeth II), arrives at an Allied air base in England during World War II. King George VI awards medals of honor to officers of Allied Air Force. British Royal family looks at an Avro Lancaster aircraft of Royal Air Force (RAF). British Royal family being greeted by United States Army General Doolittle at Thurleigh Royal Air Force Base outside Bedford, England, base for the 306th Bombardment Group, 367th Bombardment Squadron of the U.S. Eighth Army Air Force. A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft with nose art "Four of a Kind" is seen parked in the background. King George VI speaks to American flight crew. Using a bottle of cider, Princess Elizabeth christens B-17G bomber as "Rose of York" (formerly it was named "Princess Elizabeth" and "The Princess." Those names were ordered removed by command of the 8th Air Force). 306th commanding officer, Colonel Claude Putnam, is by her side for the christening. Princess Elizabeth holds a bouquet of white roses and stands with officers of United States 8th Air Force.
Slate reads “Secret”. A V-2 rocket launches from launch pad. A nighttime V-2 guided missile launching. Aerial view of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. View of the main entrance of the Air Materiel Command building of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Cars are parked near the building. Various buildings of the engineering division inside the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Three men enter the administration building of the Aero Med Lab, an engineering division laboratory. View of the Supply and test building. Officers (USAF) & civilians at meeting in above building. United States Army Air Force officers during a meeting. An officer points out item on chart of air-to-air missile.
A loading operation of relief supplies, army personnel and equipment in a C-130A Hercules at Ramstein Air Force Base and NATO command base in Kaiserslautern, Germany. A board reads '7030 Air Force Base Wing Ramstein Air Force Base'. Trucks and aircraft stationed. The C-130A Hercules taxis. Ramstein Base operations building and a control tower. The C-130A Hercules is directed into a loading area by transient alert ground crewman. Army personnel wait to board the aircraft.
Sign 'Thule Air Base, Greenland, Base Operations' can be seen. Views of Thule Air Base, the northern most USAF (United States Air Force) base in Greenland. Base surrounded by high hills. Some snow on the ground. Aircrews inside a building doing flight planning. Navigators and pilots using E6B flight computers, and referring to fuel consumption tables. Crew members computing weight and balance with slide rules.
Activities at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington DC, on Memorial Day, 1956. A sign on base gatehouse reads "Bolling Air Force Base". Numerous cars enter the base for the activities. Aircraft parked for static display at the Bolling Air Force Base. A C-119 aircraft on taxi strip. A large crowd of civilians walk among the aircraft. A line of visitors waits to board a B-36 bomber.They climb up a ramp set by the cockpit. A girl walks under the belly of the B-36. A sign by a jet aircraft identifies it as an F-101 Voodoo fighter.
The U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division troops patrol in jungles of A Shau Valley, Vietnam during the Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord of Vietnam War. Troops patrol in jungle. A radio operator talks over a field telephone. Troops at night take defensive positions in the jungle. A troop treats another injured troop. Troops move through high grass and jungle hills in search of enemy positions.
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