110-gallon jettisonable fuel tanks are installed on P-51 planes of the 12th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter Bomber Wing of the U.S. Air Force, at Chinhae Base (K-10) in Korea. F-51s with shark's teeth painted on their noses. Soldiers use trolleys to carry the fuel tanks towards the plane. Fuel tanks being fastened onto P-51s. (Korean War)
A ground crew member of the 18th Fighter Bomber Wing of the U.S. Air Force loads guns with 50 caliber shells on F-51 at Chinhae Base (K-10), in Korea. 50 caliber shells on the wing of F-51. The ground crew member loads guns with shells. He closes a lid and fastens the screws with the help of a screwdriver. (Korean War)
A formation of four U.S. aircraft flies over a building at the Korean base of the U.S. 18th Fighter Bomber Wing, during Korean War. Two pilots check orders as they walk towards an aircraft. Close view of insignia on the side of the plane shows two concentric circles with the outer being dark and the inner white. The inner circle has a leaping Springbok painted in it. This is one of the P-51s of 2 Squadron, South African Air Force, flying with the U.S. 18th Wing, in Korea. A pilot shows bullet hole in the insignia and the tail section of the plane. Several men near an aircraft. A demolished P-51. A number of P-51s refueled on the ramp. People on the ramp. Several aircraft take off in the background.
The United States 9th Air Force airmen prepare to eat food in France. A chow line in progress. Tables lined in front of a tent. Containers of steaming food on the tables. The soldiers dish out food for themselves. Trees in the background. Two men in a field. A P-51 flies overhead. The plane does acrobatics in the distance. Pilots of the 354th Fighter Group give an aerial demonstration over their base at the new strip (A-2) just inside the Normandy beachhead in July '44. The town of Criqueville, France is nearby. (World War II period).
Two GB-4 missiles mounted on a trailer at a U.S. Air Force base in United States. Trailer tows them to a USAF B-17 Bomber, while airmen sit on the missiles. Two GB-4 missiles attached to the underside of a B-17 fuselage. The aircraft takes off. Bomber launches a missile while in the sky. GB-4 flies and leaves smoke trails. Its crash near the target.
Target Seeker Guided Missile GB-6 of the U.S. Army Air Corps kept at a laboratory at a USAAC base. Two Airmen attach components to the GB-6. Testing the missile by holding a flame in front of it. B-25 bomber with an attached GB-6 takes off. GB-6 fired takes an aerial route from among the clouds and strikes its target among trees. (World War II period).
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