United States Air Force Lockheed U-2 aircraft are assigned to Strategic Air Command's 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing for filter duct calibration flight testing. A Lockheed U-2 aircraft lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States with its drag parachute deployed. A crewman places an outrigger gear under the left wing. 'United States Air Force' and '66714' painted on the aircraft. The aircraft taxis on a runway. An aircraft lands and taxis at the air force base.
Although narrator states "General Chennault's United States 10th Air Force," this film actually depicts Chennault's 14th Air Force formed in 1943. Its B-25s and P-40s are shown during an attack on Hong Kong during World War 2 U.S. Army Air Force B-25 Mitchell aircraft take off from an air base in China to attack Hong Kong. The aircraft in flight. Propellers of the aircraft. Aerial view of the area below. Bombs being released over Hong Kong. View of crew in cockpit of B-25.The aircraft landing at an air base in China after the mission. P-40s with tiger teeth paint job parked on the airport tarmac. Aircrews relax with refreshments on the ramp.
United States Army Air Corps exercises on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Engines of the United States Army Air Corps Lockheed XC-35 aircraft being started. Air tight cabin of the aircraft. Crew get ready for flight. Crew boards the aircraft. An airman closes door of the aircraft. Aircraft taxis on a field and takes off. Aircraft in flight over the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
Views of aircraft operating at Tan Son Nhut Airbase, Saigon, in the period of Operation Market Time. A yellow Follow-Me vehicle is moving along a taxiway. Parked behind it are three U.S. Air Force EC-121D "Big Eye Task Force" aircraft from the 552nd Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing. (Aircraft from that unit rotated on 90-day temporary duty assignments, from their home base at McClelland AFB, California.) A number of C-123s and C-47s can be seen parked on the flight line in the background. A USAF B-57B aircraft taxis along the taxiway (where the Follow-Me vehicle had led). Next, a C-123 taxis on that taxiway, in the opposite direction. An O-1E Bird Dog observation plane taxis past the noses of the EC-121Ds as a U.S. Army UH-1E Iroquois helicopter flies overhead and lands behind them. U.S. Navy A-1H Skyraider with Tail Code Z, taxis past the camera, followed by another with Tail Code V. In background, another UH-1E helicopter lands and an ambulance takes wounded away. It is followed by yet another one, also met by ambulance. A U.S. Navy Lockheed SP-2H aircraft of Patrol Squadron Four (Tail Code YD) taxis fairly close to the camera.
Multiple retakes during filming at the Air Force Test Pilot School in Edwards Air Force Base, California. Film opens showing Brigadier General James Stewart speaking with Base Commander, Brigadier General Irving L. Branch. They are standing outside a building labeled: "United States Air Force Aerospace Research Pilot School." Air Force officers and airmen going to and from the building walk past the two as they converse. (Those passing do not salute, so as not to disturb the filming.) After a while, the two Generals descend steps toward the Pilot School entrance. At TC:01:08, the sequence is reshot. At TC: 02:04, the Generals disappear but filming continues. At TC:02:14, another sequence begins with frontal closeup of General Branch and the back of General Stewart, as they face each other. The two continue a sustained conversation, and finally turn to enter the school building. This scene is retaken several times. The next scene begins with frontal closeup of Jimmy Stewart, who appears to be conversing with General Branch (not seen). Stewart blinks as something seems to get into his eyes. The scene is shot twice more.
View of the Main gate and guard posts of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, on Eglin Boulevard (State route 397). Traffic moving in and out unimpeded (official vehicles and those with decals). Air policeman steps to center of entranceway holding hands up to stop a vehicle. After checking occupants, he waves them through. The traffic light at the guard post is orange. Numerous vehicles of various types enter and the MP waves them through, and salutes those containing officers. A large sign, on approach to the main gate, identifies the Air Force Systems Command and Air Proving Ground Center as organizations on the base
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