Formation of P-47s from the 66th Fighter Squadron heading out on a mission. Formation of P-47s from the 65th Squadron, 57th Fighter Group, returning from a mission, with one aircraft missing. The returning formation passes over several allied airfields and arrives over Alto Air Base in Corsica. Three flights of the P-47s do peel ups and execute 360 overhead landings, successively. Ground crews watch the returning aircraft as they work around P-47s parked at the Base. One P-47 makes a rough landing. Lieutenant Colonel G.O. Wymond examines Flak damage to fuselage and wing of his Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Razorback Serial 42-27910, "Hun Hunter XIV." After post-mission debriefing by intelligence officers, pilots take a break and enjoy donuts and coffee. Red Cross truck , with woman volunteer, seen behind the pilots. Lieutenant Colonel Wymond signs a "missing in action" report. (World War II period).
A robot jet bomber is tested by United States Air Force in Florida. At a USAF base the multi jet B-47 Stratojet bomber taxis and takes off. The bomber is under complete remote control. Operators control each stage of its flight from the base. The bomber in flight.
Sasebo Harbor in Japan after World War II. Japanese cranes and a navy yard at Sasebo naval base. Docks, workshops and a crane repair base at Sasebo Harbor. A Japanese seaplane without propellers on a ramp at a Japanese air station. Small Japanese crafts in the harbor including sampans and fishing boats.
Wide shot of building on a military air base. Three men look out a window on the building. Another man emerges from a doorway but then jumps backwards back into the building. Close up of three men looking out window at sky waiting for airplanes...probably bombers, to return to base.
Japanese laborers pack Korean War ammunition boxes at a Japanese air base. They prepare the supplies to be air dropped. They adjust the parachutes on ammunition crates and tie up the crates. Soldiers prepare supplies for airdrop. Hundreds of prepared supplies for airdrop. Rations are unloaded from a truck. Packed supplies are picked up by forklift. Planes in the background.
Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California, United Sates. An instrumented Air Force student at the Aerospace Research Pilot school is tested on a treadmill. He has monitoring instruments on his wrists and in a belt around his waist, and walks at a steady pace. Camera focuses on his feet as he keeps steady pace. The treadmill begins to slow at the very end of the film.
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