U.S. P-38 Lightning and heavy bomber aircraft in flight approaching the Wewak airfield. Close-up aerial views of P-38s and B-25 Mitchell aircraft. Aircraft attacking Japanese Fourth Air Army targets. Several B-24 liberators, B-25 bombers and P-38 lightning aircraft flying over the airfield. Aircraft rolling, circling and flying low over airfield and dropping bombs. A B-24 Liberator on its side in a pond. Appears to have crashed off edge of Allied airfield on returning from Wewak raid. (World War II period).
Several Martin B-26 Marauder bomber aircraft attacking over Le Trait in France. B-26 bomber aircraft flying in group on approach to shipyards on the Seine River. Aerial views of the aircraft dropping bombs, views of destroyed shipyards and smoke from the target areas. U.S. 8th Army Air Force footage. (World War II period).
Gulf of Tonkin during Vietnam War. Several U.S. Navy pilots walk on the deck area near the ship's island. 200th mission for Lieutenant Junior Grade Thomas P Anderson, who walks away from the ship's island. Number 65 in bold written on the lower portion of ship's island. LTJG Anderson walks towards an A-4F Skyhawk, inspects the entire aircraft, climbs up, lowers the canopy and takes off. Commanding officer Robert J Thomson congratulates the pilot on landing. Both men walk across the deck area.
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Aftermath of a major fire on board the USS Enterprise (CVAN-65). A marine helicopter standing on the flight deck area of USS Enterprise. Admiral John Hyland and other U.S. Navy officers get down from the helicopter. Officers walk towards the destroyed portions of the ship. They stand beside a gaping hole in the deck, caused by explosion of a bomb during the fire. Sailors working at the gaping hole on the bulkhead of the deck. One is holding a long rope that extends down into the hole. Admiral Hyland stands with other officers and discusses. Red shirts still holding a fire hose. Debris of many burnt and mangled aircraft scattered over the deck and men among the wreckage. A torn leather shoe among the wreckage.
Ramstein Air Base and NATO Command Base in Germany: Two U.S. Air Force Captains, a pilot and weapons systems officer, walk out to their F-4E aircraft parked on the ramp. The pilot performs a preflight inspection. The aircraft is seen taxiing to the active runway. Logo of the 26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing is painted on its fuselage. It also displays "RS" tail code, identifying it as belonging to the 526th Tactical Fighter Squadron. A flight of two F-4Es making a formation takeoff. Title of USAF feature, "The Sound of Vigilance" shown on screen.
Two U.S. Air Force F-111E aircraft taking off from home base at RAF Upper Heyford, England. USAF Captain, pilot of an F-111E, stands in front of his parked aircraft and talks to the camera. Tiger patch on his flight jacket identifies his unit as the 79th Tactical Fighter Squadron (of the 20th Tactical Fighter Wing).
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