Reconnaissance activities by Strategic Air Command (SAC) Lockheed U-2 aircraft during the Cuban Missile Crisis. A car is driven down towards an entrance at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Nebraska. Film boxes are unloaded from the car and are loaded on a trolley by airmen. A captain accompanies the trolley being pushed towards a photo laboratory. The captain rings a bell for admittance to the laboratory. A board on the door of the laboratory proclaims it to be a restricted area. The door is opened and the trolley is pushed into the laboratory.
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 taxis and takes off from Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. The aircraft in flight. Clouds in the sky.
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 man pulls a dolly loaded with the filter hatch of a Lockheed U-2 aircraft out of a hangar at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. He checks the filter seal pressure for leaks and traces the filter route. He opens up a hatch and does more checking. He manually operates a butterfly gate in a duct opening. Close view of the butterfly gate opening and closing alternately in the duct opening.
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 man pulls a dolly out of a hangar at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. The dolly is loaded with the filter hatch of a Lockheed U-2 aircraft. The man checks the filter seal pressure for leaks and traces the filter route. He opens up a hatch and does more checking. He manually operates a butterfly gate in a duct opening. Close view of the butterfly gate opening and closing alternately in the duct opening.
A camera installation in a United States Lockheed U-2C aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. The camera bay of a U-2C aircraft on a trolley. An airman threads a film in a cassette and puts a cover on the cassette. He then works on a timer as he synchronizes it. A cover being placed on the cassette. Men push the camera bay on the trolley near the U-2C aircraft. They install the cassette in the U-2C camera bay of the aircraft.
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