U.S. Air Force 50th Anniversary being celebrated in Washington D.C., United States. The spectators crowd at the Andrews Air Force Base for watch the air show. The aircraft parked at the base. The spectators look at the aircraft. The spectators watch the Bendix Trophy race. USAF (United States Air Force) F-102 Delta Dagger in flight. The spectators look at the aircraft in flight. An officer looks through a binocular. F-102 lands at the base. The spectators in the foreground. F-102 taxis and a parachute opens. A dignitary shakes hand with the Captain Kenneth Chandler of F-102 and gives him the Bendix Trophy. A jet takes off. The jet in flight. The spectators watch the jet in flight. A Vintage Bleriot 1909 aircraft hovers in air. A Curtiss Pusher 1910 and Bleriot in flight. The aircraft in flight in formation. The spectators look at the aircraft flying.
USAF (United States Air Force ) Lockheed C-69 Constellation sets a new record in Washington DC. United States Air Forces C-69 in flight. The aircraft in flight over mountains. The Wright radical engines of C-69. The aircraft in flight.
United States Army Special Forces officers in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States Army Captain Roger H. Donlon of Special Forces 'C' Team and Sergeant E5 James D. Coates with two Vietnamese security forces officers visit Camp Nam Dong. The men walk towards a mortar position. Two soldiers with guns on their backs prepare a mortar inside a circular trench lined with sandbags. The men standing beside the trench hold a map and discuss. Views of the officers discussing. The soldiers in the trench salute as the officers walk away from the trench.
United States Army Special Forces officers in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States Army Captain Roger H. Donlon of Special Forces 'C' Team and Sergeant E5 James D. Coates with two Vietnamese security forces officers visit Camp Nam Dong. The men walk towards a barbed wire fence in the camp. A sandbagged bunker beside the fence and a soldier standing on top of the bunker. The officers holding guns kneel in front of the bunker and discuss. A few men behind the fence in the background. The officers stand beside the bunker and talk. A soldier stands guard beside the wire fence. The officers come out from a trench behind him and walk up to another sandbagged bunker. The officers stand beside the bunker and discuss. The soldier stands guard in the background. The officers walk away from the bunker.
United States Army Special Forces officer in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of Camp Nam Dong. Fields on the sides of the paths leading to the camp. A wooded region behind the camp. United States Army Captain Roger H. Donlon of Special Forces 'C' Team walking on a path in the camp. A few soldiers in the background. The Captain holding a gun walks on the path followed by a Vietnamese security forces officer. The Captain walks towards a wooden fence, stands beside the fence and looks outside. A barbed wire entangle just outside the fence. The Captain walks along the side of the fence. A concrete bunker lined with sandbags. The Captain walks towards the bunker. A mortar kept in front of the bunker in a shallow trench lined with sandbags. He walks up from the trench and to the fenced area. Trees and mountains in the background. (Captain Donlon was later awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Nam Dong.)
Bombings in Tokyo, Japan during World War II. A bomb truck backs up to a United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber at an airfield on Saipan, Mariana Islands during the preparations for Tokyo bombing. A soldier writes 'Only the Beginning' on a bomb. The soldier wheeling a bomb cart to the underside of the aircraft. An airman on the top of the aircraft. A Commandant briefing the members of the 21st Bombing Command. Mission leader United States Air Force Brigadier General Emmett O'Donnell and Commanding General of 21st Bombing Command Brigadier General Haywood Hansell, Jr., look at a document and discuss on the airfield. USAAF pilot Robert Morgan, who piloted B-29 Dauntless Dotty, with another crew member. The men beside the B-29 Dauntless Dotty which would lead the team. B-29s lined up on a runway. B-29 Dauntless Dotty takes off. Several men on the airfield watch. A man beside a camera mounted on a tripod takes pictures. The B-29s take off one after the other. They head towards Tokyo. A map shows the flight path from Saipan island to Tokyo, Japan over the Pacific Ocean. Aerial view of Tokyo. The B-29s drop bombs over target areas. Explosions occur in the bombed areas. The B-29s drop more bombs over industrial targets. Explosions occur. The B-29s head back to Saipan after the bombardment. U.S. Army tents in Saipan. Japanese aircraft drop bombs over an airfield in Saipan. Thick clouds of smoke rise from the bombed areas. Wrecked B-29s in view. Flames and smoke rising from the bombed areas. Wreckage of the Japanese aircraft shot down in the raid. Men extinguishing fire. A B-29 taking off from the airfield.
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