Headquarters building for the United States Seventeenth Air Force at Ramstein Air Base and NATO Command Base in West Germany. View of the building exterior, cars parked out front and flags flying over the building. Inside, an Air Force officer enters a room labeled "USAFE-MAC. Consolidated Airlift Command Post". Inside view of the room are shown with officers on the telephone in front of a large map of Europe. "USAFE Airlift Control Center. Aircraft of the U.S. Air Force taxi on a runway, including several C-130, C-141, and a C-5 readying for taking off. Aerial view of Soviet warships moving together in the sea. A missile is fired from one of the ships. View of Soviet paratroopers jumping from an airplane.
View of United States Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52 bombers parked at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. They taxi to positions closer to the runway to facilitate quicker launch in the event of an enemy attack without much early warning. Electrical power and heat or air conditioning is suppliied to each aircraft from motorized ground units. Yellow conduits are seen extending into the aircraft cockpits. Various views ot the B-52s in position. Scene shifts to the base alert facility, where an alarm sounds and aircrews respond to vehicles pre-parked on the ramp outside. Closeup of responding aircrew members boarding their vehicles. Next, they are seen boarding their respective aircraft that then start engines and begin to taxi out for takeoff. Views of B-52s taxiing toward the runway. Since this is only an exercise, upon reaching the runway, the aircraft taxi down it and thrn return to their parking places.
Two airmen check official papers and discuss. An airman pushes cart containing film cans to photo laboratory for evaluation and interpretation of films. Captain rings bell for admittance to photo laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha in Sarpy County, Nebraska. Door of the photo laboratory is marked with 'Restricted Area'. Interior of the laboratory, two men at work. Technicians open box on cart, take out the film cans and keep them on table. Numbers on cans are noted.
Interior of the photo laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha in Sarpy County, Nebraska. A photo intelligence officer examining film and pointing to sites shown on the map on his left. Map is marked with 'Secret NOFORN'. Another photo intelligence officer joins him.
Interior of the photo laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha in Sparsy County, Nebraska. Photo intelligence officers examining film and pointing to sites shown on the map on their left. Close view of map. Map is marked with 'Secret NOFORN'. Another personnel working on film. One of the photo intelligence officers approaches him and checks the film.
United States Lieutenant General arrives in a staff car at Udorn Air Force base in Thailand. He and 2nd lieutenant Jackie R. Craft visit Det 9,601st photo flight lab, 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron (ARRS). At the 40th ARRS operations building inspect HH 53B helicopter as Lieutenant Colonel Chester R. Radcliffe briefs the group. General and party leave in cars and he boards a VC 54 plane.
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