Major General David William Hutchison visits to present Legion of Merit award. Major General David William Hutchison disembarks from United States C-130A air plane. Officers follow him. He leaves flight line by staff car at Sondrestrom AB in Greenland. Control tower with sign "Sonderstrom Air Base" in Greenland.
A large group of retired Air Force officers are seen seated at a number of tables during a luncheon celebrating the 35th anniversary of the 1929 endurance record setting flight of the Fokker C-2A aircraft named "Question Mark." The event is in the Bolling Air Force Base Officers' Club. Closeup of General Carl Spaatz, addressing the group from a podium. Colonel Harry Halverson and aviation mechanic, Sergeant Roy Hooe, who both flew on the Question Mark, are listening, along with Major Sidney J. Kubesch (who,in October 1963, was aircraft commander on the B-58 bomber that set a speed record, flying 8,028 miles from Tokyo to London in 8 hours, 35 minutes and 20.4 seconds). Lieutenant General Ira Eaker addresses the group next. Closeup of him and of General Spaatz tilting his head to hear. The audience applauding. Sergeant Roy Hooe then addresses the group. The clip ends as the luncheon ends and the participants socialize.
Strategic Air Command (SAC) Reflex Action Alert flight crew members, responding to on alert, run across icy ramp to man their B-47 aircraft at the Loring Air Force Base in Maine, United States. Crew is seen preparing to board and launch. Heater hoses are attached to the aircraft. Pilot talks to crew chief, who then attends to ground auxiliary power unit and communicates with aircrew using mike and headset. Sun is setting.Snow plowed from alert area and runway. Three responding crew members slip and slide as they run over ice. A flight line guard, carrying a carbine and wearing fur lined parka, checks their passes and lets them continue. Aircraft in flight seen in background.
A film based on mission of USS Hornet (CV-8) in Pacific Ocean during World War II. On 18th April, 1942 USS Hornet CV-8 underway with 16 U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bombers parked on flight deck to carry out Doolittle Raid on Japan. U.S. Army Air Forces Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle, leader of the raiding force, wires a Japanese medal to a 500-pound bomb, during ceremonies on the flight deck of USS Hornet (CV-8). The B-25s are prepared for take off. The B-25s take off from flight deck of USS Hornet (CV-8). USN (United States Navy) Fleet Admiral William Halsey on the deck of USS Hornet (CV-8) looks up at B-25 in flight.
Helipad traffic at the Pentagon in Virginia, United States. A U.S. Air Force Sikorsky CH-3E helicopter, from the 1st Helicopter Squadron, at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, approaches for a landing. The number 22 is displayed on its nose. The helicopter lands, taxis forward to a position painted on the pad, and then takes off, again. Vehicular traffic is visible on the parkway in the background.
U.S. aircraft bombard Japan during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 aircraft on an airstrip in Saipan. Pilots being briefed by Brigadier General Emmett O' Donell. Officers make final checks about the mission on a map. B-29 aircraft take off for the bombing mission. Aircraft in formation flight. Bombs being dropped on Tokyo and smoke rises as bombs impact. Aircraft return to the air base after the mission. Smoke rises from the airfield as a result of Japanese attack. B-29 aircraft on fire and smoke rises. A Japanese bomber aircraft goes into a kamikaze suicide dive. Smoke rises from the airfield. Wreckage of B-29 aircraft.
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