View from ground of palm trees overhead. A U.S. Air Force WB-29A superfortress aircraft, tail number 42-94047, lands, taxis to the ramp, and parks,. at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda. Side of the aircraft displays logo of the USAF 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron it, and a banner reading: "Hurricane Hunters." The logo contains a large oval painting of an Aviator on a flying carpet equipped with weather instruments. He holds an umbrella in one hand and a crystal ball in the other. Lightning strikes from surrounding clouds, and precipitation falls. Scene shifts to view of WB-29A flying through clouds. It appears and disappears intermittently. Radio operator is seen inside cabin of WB-29 as it encounters turbulence and he finds it difficult to operate his transmitter key.
Members of an Aviation Cadet band play as others dance with enlisted women airmen during time off in the U.S. Air Force Aviation Cadet Training program at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
Destroyed buildings after air raid on Kure Naval Base Arsenal in Honshu. Face of the gas producing plant and south west face of the armor plate rolling mill which received a direct hit on its steel structure at Kure Naval Base Arsenal, Honshu. Large crate in the foreground. Gun barrel for heating and tempering plant. Reinforced concrete power substation in the foreground.
Aerial view of a small United States air strip in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. U.S. Air Force Fairchild C-123 Provider aircraft lands on a tiny airstrip. Vietnamese boys sitting watch the aircraft land. United States Air Force and South Vietnamese soldiers unload supplies from aircraft. Views of captured North Vietnamese Vietcong rebel soldiers. A vietcong prisoner squatting. Soldiers tie up captured Vietcong rebels lying down on aircraft floor. Soldiers assist North Vietnamese prisoners of war (POW) with hands tied behind their backs to exit helicopter after landing. A United States aircraft drops crates of supplies and cattle in flight. Cow mooing is heard. An officer communicates through walkie talkie. Crate parachutes activate during descent. Soldiers in Jeep. A Vietnamese soldier inspect cattle in crate.
At Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base: General John Dale Ryan comes out of the barracks. View of sign 8th A AND E MAINT. General Ryan walks under TOC over which sign on arch reads ' YE WHO PASSETH THRU THESE PORTALS STAND TALL'. General Ryan with Colonel Robin Olds, Commander of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, leaving in car. General Ryan goes over to sleeping quarters in cantonment area. Boeing KC-135A taxis out and takes off to right.
A follow-me jeep drives over a parking space on the ramp at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, next to several parked RF-4Cs. The RF-4C following the jeep pulls into the parking space and shuts down. Ground crewmen place chocks under the wheels and install landing gear pins. Pilot and Reconnaissance Systems Officer (RSO) open canopies. They complete post-flight checklists and talk with crew chief. An airman downloads camera equipment from the airplane.
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