United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre attempts landing in nose high altitude. Pilot (Lt. Barty R. Brooks) applies full power to go around for another attempt. But the aircraft fails to reestablish normal flight, instead, hovering nose high and under full power (Sabre Dance) and finally strikes right wing on ground and crashes in fireball.
Pilot of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Hurricane Hunters) getting last minute briefing at Squadron operations, in Bermuda. A WB-29A of the Squadron, with unit logo and "Hurricane Hunters,"painted on its fuselage. The logo depicts a pilot on a flying carpet, with weather instruments, holding a crystal ball and an umbrella. It also includes a Lightning flash and clouds and rain drops. As the aircraft taxis slowly past the camera, the seal of the Military Air Transport Service (MATS) can be seen below its tail. Scene shifts to Dade County, Florida, where a uniformed Red Cross woman helps two women into her station wagon.
Film opens with camera panning across Kindley Field, Bermuda, where WB-50 and WB-29 aircraft of the U.S. Air Force 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight (Hurricane Hunters) are parked. Cluster of buildings and checkered tanks are seen behind them. Scene shifts to crew of a WB-29, in flight gear, including back pack parachutes, posing in front of their aircraft. The Aircraft Commander checks their chutes and they board the aircraft.
UH-1D helicopters at the American 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) base camp on Ankhe Airfield in South Vietnam. A UH-1D lands in the foreground. CH-47A helicopter takes off. Lined up UH-1D helicopters on the airfield.
UH-1D helicopters come in for landing at the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) base camp on Ankhe Airfield in South Vietnam. Lined up CH-47As on the airfield. UH-1D helicopters fly over. A CH-54A Skycrane flies over. Group of UH-1Ds flies off. Several military vehicles on the airfield.
United States and South Vietnamese soldiers defend Kontum during the Nguyen Hue Campaign of the Vietnam War. The Kontum airfield seen through concertina wire. United States Air Force C-123 Provider transport aircraft parked on the airfield. A C-123 taxis and takes off. The runway at the airfield. Hills in the background. Aerial view of the surrounding area. A C-123 taxis and takes off. The aircraft in flight. A C-123 lands at the airfield. Soldiers on a road.
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