USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Firemen with fire hoses fighting a serious fire on the flight deck, caused by detonation of a MK-32 Zuni rocket. Smoke covers the deck area. Large teams of fire fighting sailors man hoses and work to extinguish fires. Burned aircraft scattered all over the deck. Coast Guard and Air Force helicopters on the deck to transport wounded. Two men carry casualties on a stretcher. Groups of sailors escorting injured toward Air Force helicopter
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter aircraft of the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Views of the F-4D Phantoms on the airfield, taking off, and then in the air. A USAF General Dynamics F-111 Ardvark aircraft taxis on the airfield. F-4s are seen in formation in a NATO military exercise. They fire rockets and drop bombs on ground targets including a watch tower. Explosions, fire, and smoke are seen. The watch tower in flames. A uniformed military observer watches from the ground.
U.S. Air Force squadron scrambled for a mission (or a drill) during the Cold War. A radio tower on a high hillside. Air Force technician communicating with headset radio and watching radar. F-4D Phantom aircraft receiving routine maintenance on an airfield. USAF pilots relaxing and playing chess. Technician monitoring radar notifies a central control room of what he has seen. Back in the room with the pilots, suddenly the airmen jump up, race out of the room, slide down a pole, and race out to their F-4 jets. A F-4D taxiing on the runway preparing for takeoff. View of the control tower.
Soviet military officers gathered around a map, making plans. Soviet soldier watching radar screen. Rotating radio and radar receiving towers. Launch of a Soviet missile from an inclined platform launcher on the ground. The missile strikes an airplane in flight and the plane explodes as Soviet soldiers observe. The plane wreckage crashes to the ground and a large fireball and smoke come up from the crash site. A United States Air Force F-4D Phantom taking off from an airfield. A U.S. Air Force F-111 with moveable wings in forward position takes off and climbs sharply after takeoff.
United States President Richard Nixon on tour to Romania. Bucharest Otopeni Airport (Henri Coandă International Airport, Calea Bucureştilor 224E, Otopeni 075150, Romania) during the arrival of President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon. Poster on terminal building reads 'Long Live Peace and Friendship between people'. Military band musicians play. The United States Air Force One, a Boeing C-137 Stratoliner aircraft (VC-137), on the runway. President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon arrive at the terminal along with Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu and other dignitaries. They are presented various gifts and bouquets. The couple moves up the stairs and waves towards the people at the terminal. Honor guards watch as the Air Force One flies away.
United States President Richard Nixon with German Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger at the Tegel Airport (Saatwinkler Damm, 13405 Berlin, Germany) in Berlin, Germany. The United States Air Force One (Boeing VC-137C SAM 26000) aircraft at the runway of Tegel Airport during the departure ceremony. Honor guards and West German Bundeswehr forces on alert at the runway. President Nixon addresses the press at the runway. German Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger accompanies him towards the Air Force One. Other members of the delegation and German leaders on the runway.
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