United States Air Force Lockheed U-2 aircraft are assigned to Strategic Air Command's 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing for filter duct calibration flight testing. A Lockheed U-2 aircraft in a hangar at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. A ladder near the aircraft. Crewmen help a pilot with a portable oxygen equipment as he climbs into the cockpit. The aircraft is pushed out of the hangar by a truck. 'US Air Force' and '66714' painted on the aircraft. An Auxiliary Power Unit ( APU ) truck backs up to the aircraft. Crewmen unroll and hook up a flexible hose to the aircraft. The pilot in the cockpit. A red light blinks on and off. A crewman rewinds the hose. Insignia '4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing' and '66714' on the tail. Rear wheels and outrigger gear under the right wing. The crew chief on a ladder beside the aircraft. He gets down. The right wing tip, skid and rear landing gear. The crew chief closes the canopy and removes the ladder. The aircraft taxis from the ramp onto a runway. A crewman removes the safety pin from the outrigger gear. The aircraft taxis and takes off.
United States Air Force Lockheed U-2 aircraft are assigned to Strategic Air Command's 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing for filter duct calibration flight testing. A Lockheed U-2 aircraft in flight in the United States. 'USAF' written underneath the left wing of the aircraft. Hills in the distant background. 'US Air Force' painted on the aircraft. The aircraft in a low flight.
Test launchings of R-16 intercontinental ballistic missiles from their underground silos. (Missiles are also designated by NATO code name SS-7 "Saddler" or as Soviet GRAU-8k64). Next scene shows detonation of a atomic bomb or nuclear device in water with ships surrounding the blast area. (Possibly from U.S. nuclear test in Operation Crossroads in 1946)
Explosion of an unknown/unidentified atomic bomb or nuclear bomb device during a nuclear weapon test. Bright flash illuminates clouds with orange and red. Ball of fire erupting upward in night sky. Entire sky is illuminated. Explosion fading and sky growing darker around orange and red area at center of explosion. Part of a 1969 U.S. Air Force film reel, but the year and location of the test is unknown.
United States Lockheed U-2 aircraft Number 66715, from the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, flying out of Ramey Air Force Base, Puerto Rico, in operation Crowflight, during the U.S. Air Force Project HASP (High Altitude Sampling Project). The U-2 is seen in flight over water and clouds. Ramey Air Force Base's huge 11,701 foot runway is visible on the last few frames right before the U-2 changes heading from west to south.
United States SC-54D aircraft of the U.S. Military Air Transport Service, at Ramey air force base in Puerto Rico. Left Inboard and outboard aircraft engines start as a ground crewman with a fire extinguisher stands fireguard in the foreground. A number of C-124C aircraft are seen on the airfield, in the background. SC-54 D taxis away for takeoff. SC-54D aircraft in flight over water with clouds in the background.
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