A U.S. Air force F-100 Super sabre jet aircraft rounds out high in nose-high attitude, during attempted emergency landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The pilot applies power to go around without success as the F-100 enters a state known as a "Sabre Dance". The aircraft's right wing strikes the runway and it crashes on the runway in a ball of fire. (Note: This F-100 was being ferried from Palmdale, California, when it encountered problems, and the pilot elected to make an emegency landing at Edwards AFB)
Interpretation of the photographs of laser guided bomb strikes. U.S. Air Force Photo interpreters, Major Mills and 1st Lieutenant Davison view the prints and KB-18 negatives. The photographs are pasted on a board on a wall at Ubon Air Base in Thailand.
NATO Project Cirrus, Gilze Rijen Air Base, in the Netherlands, 1951. Camera shows a group of parked Gloster Meteor jet aircraft of the Netherlands Royal Air Force. An officer and airman climb about the cockpit of one plane. One aircraft is seen parked in front of a large cylindrical structure. The number "3" is displayed on its nose wheel cover. A portable power unit sits under its left wing. Next scene shows a fuel truck with long boom positioning the fuel hose directly above the fuel port on the aircraft. An airman atop the aircraft handles the refueling hose during the refueling. Closeup of him controlling the hose. Scene shifts to a Meteor aircraft taxiing past parked aircraft. View back to the fuel truck that has now retracted its boom and refueling hose. Next, a pilot wearing flight suit and a seat pack parachute climbs into the cockpit of a Meteor plane. Closeup of him settling into the cockpit and checking the flight instruments and controls. A Meteor aircraft is seen landing in the background.
RF-84F Thunderflash at Erding Air Base in Berlin, Germany. A German airman in the cockpit of a RF-84F Thunderflash. Second airman on the wing of the aircraft. He checks the plane's instrument panel. An airman gets out of Thunderflash cockpit and closes the canopy. Another airman climbs up a ladder and reaches the wing of the aircraft. He disengages an air hose from RF-84F Thunderflash and fastens down the access panel.
United States Air Force 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Officer at desk writes on a paper and works at the headquarters building. He keeps the paper aside on the table. He talks on telephone.
U.S. Air Force tactical fighter aircraft participating in one of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Bold Shot Exercises,involving units of the United States Strike Command (USSTRICOM). An F-4 aircraft is seen overhead, shortly after takeoff from Eglin Air Force Base. Two more are seen on their takeoff rolls and breaking ground close to the camera positioned at the side of the runway.
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