United States Boeing B-52 Stratofortress takes off from Edwards Air Force Base. The B-52 carries X-15 rocket-powered aircraft. The X-15 rocket-powered aircraft releases. X-15 aircraft in flight reaching 2,905 MPH. The X-15 landing on the dried lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base. Pilot, Major Bob White, seen climbing out of the cockpit of the X-15, and talking to NASA officials.
British and United States carrier-based planes bomb Okinawa. United States Navy in action. Battleships at sea. Aircraft taking off from flight deck of the battleship. Men watch the planes. Aircraft drop bombs on the Japanese ships. Smoke arises due to the bombarding. Soldiers fire from battleship at the enemy planes. Enemy planes set in flames. Map points the target areas and the United States base for attack against Japan. Smoke arises due to bombarding. Bombing the air fields of Okinawa. High altitude view of the air fields. (World War II period).
Rough sea and strong winds blow due to a hurricane. Heavy surf washes over a pier and trees bow over in strong hurricane force winds. View of entrance sign at Keesler Air Force Base where weather forecasting and hurricane hunting operations done. Personnel of U.S. Air Force 920th Weather Reconnaissance Group seen receiving teletype information about a hurricane, and plotting hurricane position and course on paper. View of a WC-130 aircraft in flight on the hurricane hunting operation. Pilot and navigator seen on board as they approach and fly into the hurricane to gather data. The WC-130 seen again in clear skies returning to base.
U.S. President Richard Nixon and other officials on Midway Island during the Vietnam War. A U.S. Air Force officer saluting. Honor guards and officers in charge in the background. President Nixon leaving a speaker's stand on an airfield. The President with a Commanding Officer and other officials walks past the officers in charge of honor guards. People gathered watching the President and the officials. The doorway to a terminal building in view. A sign above the doorway reads 'Aloha'. The President and the officials entering the terminal through the doorway. Civilians and other officers watching them. U.S. Navy personnel and the civilians gathering around the President in a fenced area. The President shaking hands and talking with the navy personnel and a few people in the crowd. An officer with a walkie talkie beside the fence. Various views of the President shaking hands with people in the crowd. The President walking away with the Commanding officer. Several navy personnel in white uniforms in the area. President Nixon talking with the flight stewardesses in blue uniforms. U.S. U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird and U.S. Secretary of State William P. Rogers standing behind the President. Other civilians in the area. U.S. Marines standing in formation in the background. One of the stewardesses and a few men taking pictures with cameras.
USAF Strategic Air Command (SAC) in South East Asia during Vietnam War. Wash crew of Okinawa, wash and clean aircraft. Maintenance crew work on the aircraft and inspect the working of all systems. SAC crew load bombs on a forklift truck. The forklift truck carry bombs and load onto an equipment. A flat bed trailer truck carries bombs and drives towards the aircraft. An officer speaks on a radio device from check post. Personnel load bomb on Boeing B-52 Stratofortress aircraft. The B-52 takes off.
U.S. Vietnam veteran Army Sergeants instruct troops prepaing for deployment to Vietnam. Live fire training at a firing range. "Quick Kill" weapon pointing technique is taught, using "BB" air powered gun and aluminum disks. M-16 training. Two-week refresher course, at Fort Riley, Kansas, for Non-commissioned officers, preparing to return to war in Vietnam. (Vietnam War period).
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