The U.S. Air Force 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. RB-57 B photo reconnaissance aircraft in flight.
Four B-50 Superfortress, USAF Strategic Air Command (SAC) bombers, escorted by four straight wing F-84 thunderjets, flying immediately overhead. The B-50s belong to the 43rd Bomb Wing and display "circle K" tail codes. F-84s peel off to left and leave the formation. Desert terrain and mountains in background (probably in vicinity of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona).
Four B-50 Superfortress bombers, from the Strategic Air Command (SAC) 43rd Bomb Wing, at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona, flying in precise formation. They display Circle K tail letter code.
C-119J of the U.S. Air Force 6593rd Test Squadron (Special) in flight for practice capsule recovery as part of the Discoverer program, near Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii. C-119J in flight with pick-up gear lowered. Views of trapeze and aircraft snaring the practice space capsule. Military personnel working with winch equipment inside the C-119.
Left engine of a C-119J aircraft starts. Several C-119J aircraft of the U.S. Air Force 6593rd Test Squadron (Special) taxi out for takeoff at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii. They are on missions for Project Discoverer, to practice snagging space capsules as they parachute to earth from satellites in orbit. As they taxi, C-54 and C-124 aircraft can be seen in the far background. A Pan American Boeing 377 Stratocruiser passenger airplane can be seen on a nearby taxiway. The first C-119J stops on the runway, and then proceeds to take off. Several more follow in succession.
C-119J aircraft of the U.S. Air Force 6593rd Test Squadron (Special) supporting Project Discoverer, at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. View of the right engine on a C-119J aircraft starting up. A C-119J taxiing. A hangar with two C-124 aircraft and a T-33 jet trainer seen in the background. The taxiing C-119J is followed by another. The first reaches the active runway and takes off. Suddenly, a person's hand covers the camera lense, blocking out all other images. Next we see a glimpse of most, or all, of the C-119J aircraft of the 6593rd Test Squadron parked on a ramp.
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