Aircraft TA-4J parked at Naval Air Station Chase Field. TA-4J undergoes inspection. Pilot of TA-4J in cockpit. Man converses with pilot. Man at cockpit of TA-4J. Man gets down and inspects lower nose section of TA-4J. He inspects TA-4J landing gear.
Aircraft TA-4J parked outside hangar at Naval Air Station Chase Field. TA-4J undergoes inspection. Man works under TA-4J. Man in cockpit of TA-4J. Pilot in cockpit. Letters on side of plane read 'MAJ SMOKE BURGESS'. Co-pilot behind pilot in cockpit of TA-4J. Man refuels TA-4J. Man signals pilot in aircraft. Man moves away fuel pipe from plane. Truck is driven.
Ground-crew woman carries cockpit ladder to aircraft TA-4J at Naval Air Station Chase Field. TA-4Js parked in flight line at airfield. Pilot gets down TA-4J and converses with ground-crew woman. Pilot goes under TA-4J. View inside cockpit of TA-4J. Instrument panel in cockpit. Man works with equipment in lower section of TA-4J. Pilot and other men examine aircraft. Men check wings of TA-4J.
Updating of Atlas D missiles for space boosters and construction of Minuteman II launch facility Grand Forks AFB in North Dakota. Underground silo opens up and Intercontinental Ballistic Missile is erected. Crane hoisting missile. Missiles on trailer truck are transferred to hangers near Norton AFB in California. Shrouded Titan I (first generation) missiles in hangars which are going through deactivation process. Updating of Atlas D missiles for space boosters. Men at desk and officer at chart. Missile launched from air base. Engineers and workers working on missile components. Modifications of launch facility and missile at Vandenberg AFB in California. Officers in control center. Minuteman II missile test facility under construction at Grand Forks AFB in North Dakota. Various launch facilities across U.S.
Two airplanes taxi and take off. U-2 taxies to runway and take off. Airmen removing Pogo wheels from wing tip of U-2 then plane takes off at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas, United States.
Lockheed U-2D aircraft, number 56-6695, of the U.S. Air Force 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, taxis to runway at McCoy Air Force Base, Orlando, Florida, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Airmen remove Pogo wheels from wing tips of U2. Aircraft takes off and climbs rapidly in nose high attitude. The U-2 in flight. (Note: U-2D, number 56-6695 Crashed on 7 July 1964 near Fujian, China while monitoring supply routes from China to North Vietnam.)
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