X-15 rocket-powered aircraft piloted by Joseph Albert Walker setting a new altitude record of 169,600 feet in California, United States. People walk towards the X-15 rocket-powered aircraft. Vehicles parked at the Edwards Air Force Base. Officers and men stand near the aircraft. Joseph Albert Walker in the cockpit of the aircraft. A man talks to Joseph Albert Walker. A man wearing a protective gear sits holding a hose. A cameraman stands near the aircraft. Man takes out the helmet of Joseph Albert Walker and helps him come out of the cockpit of the aircraft. He is greeted by an official. He stands near the nose of the aircraft and talks to the people. Walker being greeted by people after setting the record.
Annual matches of the National Rifle Association of America at Camp Perry in Ohio, United States. The U.S. Army Chemical Warfare Service Corps, wearing gas masks, at the firing line as they aim and fire at targets while standing. The participants drill again, in a speed drill to put on gas masks, reload rifles, and fire at targets from a seated position. They aim at a target from a distance of 200 yards. Men of the Los Angeles Police are instructed in putting on gas masks quickly. Chief of the Los Angeles police, James E. Davis, instructs men. Men pass a gas-filled area during a drill, and practice aiming through gas and smoke using revolver handguns during gas drill. An instructor from Camp Benning and G. A. Marshal of the Portland police demonstrate a hand-to-hand combat protection drill. Others stand and watch. Then the participants try the exercise in pairs. G. A. Marshal keeps his gas mask in a side bag.
Annual matches of the National Rifle Association of America at Camp Perry in Ohio, United States. Men at the firing line and fire pistol at targets during the rapid fire pistol match. Sergeant Young of the Portland police fires pistol at a target. Men fire pistol at targets at a 25 yard range. Men mark at the targets. The cardboard targets being raised. Men at firing line as they aim at targets. Sergeant B. H. Harris of Fort Clark in Texas, winner of the pistol shooting championship aims at a target. He stands at the shooting range.
Annual matches of the National Rifle Association of America at Camp Perry in Ohio, United States. Men in prone position as they fire at targets during the national team match. Men move around on the shooting range. The target boards and numbers beneath the boards. Bullets hit the target boards. The infantry team members in prone position as they fire at targets on a 600 yard range. Lieutenant Colonel K. T. Smith looks from behind a desk. Men note scores of the cavalry team. Men of the Marines team in prone position as they fire rifles at a target. The navy team members fire rifles at a target. Commandant of the Marine Corps Lieutenant General John Archer Lejeune visit the shooting range. Men look at the score board. Men write scores on the board.
Teledyne Ryan BQM-34 F jet-powered drone being recovered in mid air at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. Aerial view of a CH-3 helicopter in flight . Visible beneath it is equipment that is part of its Mid-Air Retrieval System (MARS). A BQM-34 F Firebee drone drops from a C-130 aircraft, and descends on a main parachute. The helicopter snags a striped engagement parachute attached to the Firebee drone and continues in flight, pulling the Firebee behind it.
Teledyne Ryan BQM-34F Firebee drone being recovered by means of the Midair Recovery System (MARS) at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. Aerial view of a U.S. Air Force CH-3E in flight towing the Firebee after snagging it in the air. The Firebee is suspended far below the helicopter by a cable, and is seen trailing a striped drogue chute. It is gradually cranked closer, by means of an internally installed hydraulic winch system, until it appears to be within 20 feet of the CH-3 helicopter.
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