South Vietnamese troops at Bien Hoa Air Base in Bien Hoa, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Interiors of a U.S. Air Force aircraft shows aircraft approaching and landing on an airstrip at Bien Hoa Air Base. Aerial view of a hilly terrain. South Vietnamese troops get off from U.S. Air Force C-130A Hercules aircraft at the air base.
U.S. aircraft parked and operating at German airfield near end of World War 2. United States Army Air Force P-38 Lightning and German Fieseler Fi 156 Storch (stork) German liaison aircraft parked on the base. P-38 twin engine fighters, P-47 fighters, and C-47 transport aircraft taxiing and taking off from the air base. U.S. P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft parked at the air base.
Operations of the Hurricane Hunters at Ramey Air Force Base in Puerto Rico. A data sheet being removed from a dropsonde read-out instrument aboard a United States Air Force Lockheed WC-130 Hercules. A sign at the entrance of a building reads: 'Welcome to Ramey Air Force Base, Home of the 72nd Bomb Wing (H), 72nd Combat Support Group'. The Lockheed WC-130 Hercules aircraft taxiing at the air base. Buildings in the background. The airplane in flight overhead. A duty officer removing a weather report from a teletype machine. He hands the report to Major Stewart.
A film on U.S. shuttle-bombing operations in "Operation Frantic" over Germany, operating from bases in Great Britain, Italy and the Soviet Union during World War II. Aircraft parked at an air base in Poltava, Ukraine, Soviet Union. Nose art and painted insignias on the U.S. Army Air Force aircraft. American crewmen standing near the bomber aircraft. They sleep in tents. They wake up and get ready. A group of Soviet civilian workers walks by with farming tools. A man shaves. Others wash their faces. American Colonel Albert Kepler and Russian officers confer for their next bombing mission. They select target areas for the bombardment. Gasoline, bombs, ammunition and other supplies are provided to the crew. American and Russian crewmen of a bomber aircraft play baseball and cards and interact. Some American soldiers write letters home. Others milk a cow with a Soviet soldier. Crewmen drive in a jeep to visit the nearby town where German bombing campaigns have destroyed many buildings in Poltava. They view a destroyed leather industry factory, and the grave of Ukrainian writer Vladimir Korelenko. They see only rubble remaining of the birth home of Korolenko. Damaged buildings and rubble in the area. People walking on a street. The American soldiers interact with the Ukrainian civilians of the town. Women and children of the town are seen. Closeup view of the hand of a a U.S. Army soldier as he hands out chewing gum candy to eager Ukrainian children. On the way back to the base the soldiers view the Column of Glory in Poltava, honoring the 1709 Battle of Poltava.
American Red Cross in Taiwan during Second Taiwan Strait Crisis. On grounds of the U.S. Taiwan Defense Command facility, a view of the Dispensary building. An officer enters the dispensary. James O' Donnell, Taiwan Base Command Field Director and a Red Cross Gray Lady leave the dispensary. They walk past a large sign that reads 'Taiwan Base Command' and has smaller signs on it pointing to various buildings and facilities on the base.
United States airmen at Alto Air Base in Corsica, France during World War II. Women perform on a stage during a ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association) show for U.S. Army airmen at the air base (akin to the USO, but British based). The soldiers clap as they watch the artists perform. Women in grass skirts, gowns, and shorter skirts perform on the stage. Girls in skirts dance to entertain the airmen. Soldiers smile, laugh, and clap. An airman also performs on the stage, imitating a girl dancing.
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