Views of USAF (United States Air Force) airplanes parked at the airstrip of Langley Air Force Base. Lt. Col. Robert Olds standing in front of a B-17 airplane. A ground crew man gets into a rubber lifeboat and moves oars back and forth. Ground crewman pushing landing gear wheel of a B-17. B-17 taxiing and taking off from Langley airstrip. Aerial view of Langley field, nearby buildings and waterway as aircraft ascend. View inside B-17 of pilot and co-pilot in cockpit of the B-17. Airplanes in flight, aerial views of formation of B-17 aircraft in flight.
A man fires pistol in air at an air base in England. U.S. planes taxiing and taking off. Aerial view of planes taking off. (World War II period).
A review of remote controlled weapons of the United States Army Air Force such as the Power Driven Bomb. A U.S. Army Air Force base, airmen drag out a test power bomb, an AT-21 aircraft and a target plane PQ-2. The control system instruments of the power bomb in its cockpit are shown, indication meters and controllers. Planes take off simultaneously on a runway, PQ-2 gliding in sky. AA outfit in the desert. Anti-aircraft guns fires on plane. Projectiles burst near the PQ-2 airplane. Both aircraft land on a runway. Flak holes in PQ-2 fuselage. (World War II period).
Fighter aircraft of the United States Air Force at a base in Germany after World War II. Crew chief checks fuse of an airplane with an indicator instrument. He uses air hose to clean engine of a P-47 Thunderbolt. He sprays the engine standing right on its top.
United States Army Air Force soldiers at their base in the Japaneses island of Iwo Jima, during World War II. A C-47 plane of the U.S. Air Force landing at Central Field landing strip. Alongside the strip, tents of soldiers and military vehicles parked. Two soldiers talk with each other. A tent with sign 'Iwo Jima Inn Coffee Shop'. Airmen and soldiers talk and drink their coffee inside the tent .
73rd bombardment wing of the 20th Air Force of the United States Army Air Force at Isley Field Base in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. B-29 bombers flying for a mission on Truk, Caroline Islands under Japanese rule. Pilot and crew members inside a B-29 cockpit. Clouds and sky as seen from inside the cockpit. Crew member looks for enemy airplanes from the top canopy. Bombers flying over sea. The land strip of island between the sea waters.
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