The United States Air Force in Myitkyina, Burma during World War II. The U.S. Army Air Forces P-51 aircraft takes off from the airfield. Planes flying in formation. Soldiers discus a map. An air controlled radio operator studies the locations and gives the information to the pilots. The enemy units on the banks of Irrawaddy river. The pilots bombard the target as per the information. The Myitkyina airfield is captured.
British forces along with the Chindits units in India as they plan for their operations in Burma during World War 2. A ground crewman holds a flag marking the place where an arriving American C-47A airplane should park on the Hailakandi Airfield, Assam, India. British Major General Orde Charles Wingate steps from the plane. He is greeted by U.S. Army Air Forces Colonel Philip Cochran, Co-Commander of the1st Air Commando Group, and other American and British officers. General Wingate, flanked by Colonel Cochran and another officer, gives a detailed briefing to Officers, about plans for Burma operations. Later, Colonel Cochran conducts an additional briefing for enlisted personnel of the 1st Air Commando Group. General Wingate inspects Chindits units. Wingate looks over map spread on hood of a jeep and discusses it with British staff.
Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States. Japanese carriers Kaga and Zuikaku underway at sea. Officers on the deck of a Japanese ship. Japanese sailors push airplanes on the flight deck of a Japanese carrier. A pilot runs down the flight deck to an airplane. Japanese officers being briefed on the flight deck. Japanese pilots run to embark their airplanes. Air 'boas' on the bridge of the Japanese carrier give a 'launch planes' signal. Japanese planes are launched from the carrier. A Japanese torpedo bomber in flight. The airplanes fly in formation and approach Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor burns under Japanese air attack. Bombs explode on Ford Island. (World War II period).
The activities and joint demonstrations by the United States Readiness Command (USREDCOM), Brass Key II at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II aircraft in flight over the target area. McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II drops cluster bombs. Cluster bomb pods split in the air. Aerial view of attack on the ground targets. Heavy smoke arises from explosions. Tactical fighters hovering protective lay overhead. Air mobile assault begins. Armed helicopters escort the troop carrier formation into the landing zone. Airplanes in flight. Helicopters land. Troops come out of the helicopters. An airplane in flight. The airplane tows an artillery. A CH-54 Sky Crane in flight from a distance. CH-47 Chinooks bring artillery and other equipment. Handle boxes and howitzers suspend from a flying CH-47 Chinook helicopter. The CH-47 Chinook places the handle box and howitzer on the ground. Airplanes drop bombs on the target area. Heavy smoke arises from explosion. Helicopters fly in formation. General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark combat aircraft dropping bombs in flight. Soldiers move forward on the land. People watch the demonstration of army-air force coordination. Airplanes in flight. Paratroopers descend towards the land with the help of parachutes.
A competition for testing the driving skills of air force vehicle drivers in Ohio. Air force vehicles being driven on a racetrack. People watch the competition. 'Air Power is Peace Power' written on the vehicles. Men write information on a paper about the driving skills. Trophies which are to be awarded to the winners are placed on a table.
A United States Coast Guard ( USCG ) air-sea rescue agency in Washington, United States during World War II. An airplane in flight over a sea. A sign board reads: 'United States Coast Guard Air-Sea rescue operations'. Officials discuss amongst themselves in an office. A sign reads: 'United States Coast Guard'. An airplane parked on the ground. 'Air Sea Rescue' written on the airplane. An airplane in flight over the sea. A boat hitched with a parachute is dropped from the airplane. Men aboard a boat underway at the sea. Men work on a ship docked in a harbor. An airplane in flight overhead. A pilot in the cockpit of the airplane. A helicopter in flight. A man ascends towards a helicopter with the help of a sling. He boards the helicopter which is in flight. An airship in flight. 'US Navy' written on the airship. A man in the gondola of the airship. A ship underway at sea.
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