Operations of U.S. Navy A-7A Corsair 2 aircraft aboard USS Ranger underway in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War. A shoulder patch on the right shoulder of Commander James Hill, Commanding Officer of VA-147. He gives a briefing to his pilots. A chart of Vietnam. Hands of Commander Hill holding a pointer and a cigar butt. Commander Hill with the pilots in a briefing room. The pilots listen to the briefing. A TV monitor is in the background, a picture on the screen. Commander Hill points to an aerial photograph tacked to a blackboard. A pilot talks during the briefing. Two pilots chat. A partial map of Vietnam, showing the east coast area. Commander Kinnear, CAG (Carrier Air Group) Commander, talks to a group. Commander Hill stands in the background.
Groups of student pilots are briefed by instructors at a French Air Force training base in Marrakesh, Morocco. Wearing seat-pack parachutes, student pilots climb into the cockpits of North American T-6 aircraft, bearing French markings, as ground crews hook up auxiliary power units and turn over the aircraft engines. The T-6s taxi out to the active runway. The T-6s are seen taxiing back to their respective parking places on the airfield.
Camper Alert Team vehicles of the SAC Minutemen Missile Security Police are parked in a llne at Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Cheyenne, Wyoming. They are ready to be dispatched with Security Police teams to protect missile launch sites, for as long as necessary. Launch Facility topside with security forces member seen from outside the fence with launcher closure in foreground. Interiors of camper van. Sleeping bed, refrigerator and stove in van. (Note: Narrated by Kemal Amen "Casey" Kasem)
During the Second Italian-Ethiopian War, General Emilio De Bono arrives at an Italian Air Base. He reviews the troops, and addresses them. General De Bono awards medals to several flyers who then stand as a group for photographs. Ceremony concludes with troops passing in review.
Technician draws lines and shades area on a weather map at the U.S. Air Force's All Weather Flying Center in Wilmington, Ohio. A U.S. Sergeant in radar station checks shaded areas on the map. Indication of storm on radar scope. Pilots rush to P-6s or Black Widows and take off. Five P-61s in flight. A P-61 enters a stormy cloud. Inside the cockpit view of the Pilot of P-61 in flight. View of radar antenna at ground base and men at radar station. P-61s fly through stormy weather. Technicians gather reports and look at record films on moviolas. A P-61 in flight gains altitude and banks.
F-51 aircraft of the USAF 18th Fighter Bomber Wing, being refueled at Chinhae Base (K-10) in Korea. . A partially completed aircraft hangar. A soldier stands near it. Gasoline trucks being driven out of the hangar. The sign on the hangar reads 'Refueling, We fuel them, You fly them'. Several F-51s from 2 Squadron of the South African Air Force (SAAF), attached to the 18th Wing, being refueled. They display their logo, a winged tiger, and motto, "Sursum Prorsusque." (Upward and Onward). Close view of the hose of gasoline truck as it unwinds. Meter in operation. An airman refuels one of the P-51s. Pilot in the cockpit.Smoke comes out of the nose section as the aircraft start engines. (Korean War)
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