A film about the United States Army Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft in the United States. A P-38 Lightning aircraft lifts in air. American aviator Milo Garrett Burcham applies brakes. Revolutions per minute ( RPM ) gauges show reduced speed of the aircraft. The aircraft in flight. The aircraft tilts while taking a sharp turn. A temperature gauge on a panel of the aircraft.
Evolution of United States Air Force uniforms in the United States. A pilot in a partial pressure suit and a helmet puts on a parachute. He gets into the cockpit of a United States Air Force Lockheed F-104 Starfighter aircraft. Another officer on a ladder helps him to connect an oxygen pipe. The pilot closes the canopy.
Evolution of United States Air Force uniforms in the United States. A pilot in a partial pressure suit and a helmet does a preflight checking of a United States Air Force Lockheed F-104 Starfighter aircraft. He puts on a parachute. An officer pushes a ladder towards the aircraft and opens the canopy. The pilot climbs into the cockpit.
Different features of the U.S. Air Force F-105B Thunderchief fighter bomber. An animated and actual footage explains the armament and fire control system of the F-105B. A pilot climbs into U.S. Air Force RF-84F Thunderstreak. A rear view of the aircraft as it taxis. Insignia of the United States. Tthe bomb pylon as the bomb is being released. RF-84F in flight as the bomb is dropped. Explosion on the ground. A jet aircraft in flight and vapor trails comes out from the engine. The F-105B in flight and the bomb bay opens. Bomb bay shows special weapon being dropped. The number printed on the side of the weapon is '28-5 and T-5'. A ground tent firing of F-105B armament. The F-105B taxis on a taxi strip. The aircraft climbs rapidly after the take off.
U.S. SAC (Strategic Air Command) Unit prepares for the flight of United States Air Force B-47 Stratojets in the United Kingdom. Ground crewmen direct a B-47 Startojet bomber on a flight line. The engines of the aircraft rev up. A man uses an intercom system and talk to a person inside the aircraft. Two men stand fire guard. One of them dissolves the overflow of gasoline with a hand operated water tank. The B-47 taxis out of the parking area. Other aircraft stationary as first aircraft taxis on the strip.
Three U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command Boeing B-47 Stratojet bombers, of the 305th Bomb Wing, make rocket-assisted (RATO) take offs from Brize Norton RAF Station, United Kingdom. The three taxi to the active runway and make their rocket assist take offs, in succession. The runway is wet. Smoke from the rockets on their fuselages, billows out behind each aircraft while taking off. Closeup of a USAF ground crewman watching the takeoffs.
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