Strafing German factories and motor trucks driving on highways by Allied bombers, during World War II. United States airmen walk out of a barrack building at their base and adjust their uniforms. Airmen talk to each other at the base. Airmen board military trucks and drive away from the base. An ambulance follows the convoy of trucks.
Missile development and build up facilities at Vandenberg Aerospace Air Force base in California, United States. Atlas Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on a launch pad at the air base. Airmen around the Atlas missile. Shrouded Atlas missile on a trailer as it drives past a sign that reads ' Vandenberg Air Force Base, Pine Canyon gate ΒΌ mile ' . Atlas checkout building as airmen work on the missile. Thor intermediate range ballistic missile raised on an a launch pad. Officers talk on the launch pad of Thor missile. U.S. and British RAF airmen work around the missile. Atlas missile on the launch pad. Thor Agena missile being launched. Scene shifts to explosion of Hydrogen bomb in test at Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, in 1952.
Restrospective of the 1954 search for a suitable site for U.S. Air Force testing of ballistic missiles. Coastal area with ocean in the background. Officials look over charts, maps, photographs as they select the site for Vandenberg Air Force Base. In January, 1958, view of building with a sign that reads ' Headquarters, First Missile Division, Strategic Air Command, Vandenberg Air Force Base' Entrance of the headquarters as Major General David Wade walks out. U.S. Air Force officers and airmen attend missile training classes. Airmen work on assembly of Thor missiles . U.S. Air Force officers and airmen operate missile launch consoles in a launch control center. November, 1958, Thor intermediate range missile on a trailer being delivered to Vandenberg Air Force Base. Trailer backs up to the launch pad. December, 16, 1958, the Thor missile on launch pad venting gases. U.S. Air Forces officers at a launch console. The Thor missile is launched. RAF airmen watch missile in flight.
U.S. 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division operations at Phu Bai Combat Base near Hue, Vietnam. Empty dump trucks enter the base. Airport at Phu Bai. View of Phu Bai combat base. (Vietnam War period).
Activities of USAF (United States Air Forces) 12th Air Police Security Squadron members at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A truck loaded with Vietnamese workers arrives at a check point at the air base. The Vietnamese workers get on the truck. An airman on the truck. Members of 12th Air Police Security Squadron A2Cs (Airmen Second Class) Bobby D. Pullock, James O. Howard, A1C (Airman First Class) Michel E. Miller and SSgt. (Staff Sergeant) Joe E. Browning check the Vietnamese workers at the MYCA checkpoint as they leave the base and workers get into a cattle truck.
Military and commercial aircraft land and take off from Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. A board reads 'Base Operations Welcome to Danang AB, World's Busiest Airport'. 366th TAC FTR WG, The Gunfighters'. C-130 E Hercules taxis to the ramp, after landing at the Air Base. Troops leave the aircraft and walk towards the hangar. Vehicles drive past in the foreground. (Vietnam War period).
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