Activities during an airlift at an air base on Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean. An airman stands beside a U.S. Air Force C-141A Starlifter aircraft. He looks at a partially opened emergency door. The aircraft parked with opened cargo doors. A K loader vehicle loaded with palletized cargo moves towards the aircraft. United States Air Force men pushes the pallet from the K loader vehicle into the C-141A Starlifter aircraft using a pry bar. The K loader vehicle backs away from the aircraft.
United States Air Force officers at control of the Missile Titan in Denver, United States. Missile Titan in firing position at the Lowry Air Force Base. Sign reads “This is a NATIONAL DEFENSE AREA”. These missiles are housed in the underground city. The air force officers and men operate in the control room for the emergency launch of the missile. The underground silos protect the rockets with payloads.
U.S. Joint Strategic Target Planning staff meets to discuss Project Guard Rail at SAC (Strategic Air Command) headquarters in Nebraska, United States. An SAC guard stands by a closed door to the conference room at Offutt Air Force Base. Various plates at the table lying next to Guard Rail folder. Name plates bearing signs like 'Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chief of U.S. Air Force, Chief of Naval Operations, Commandant U.S. Marine Corps, The Director Joint Strategic Target Planning, Chief of Staff U.S. Army'. A sign on a closed door reads 'Briefing in session' and a guard stands with a pearl handled pistol.
A report on United States Air Force C-123B assault transport aircraft performance in field assault condition and loading tests at various air bases in the United States. An airman sets up equipment for test at Eglin AFB in Florida. The airman standing beside a USAF truck notes down on a paper. The airman walks along a rugged field where C-123B successfully landed. Members of the crew board a C-123B. The aircraft takes off from very rough and sandy ground. A U.S. Air Force cameraman records as the aircraft takes off. The airman talks over a radio. The C-123B lands over a 50 feet obstacle. It lands successfully in an excessive nose-down altitude. A load test on a C-123B at Pope AFB in North Carolina. The cargo door of the C-123B opens up. A jeep rolls out along the ramp of the C-123B. Jeeps are driven out of the aircraft. A field ambulance being driven into the C-123B. A truck mounted crane shovel loader being loaded on the C-123B.
Speed and Altitude tests conducted by X-15 at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Boeing NB-52A Stratofortress takes off from the runway with X-15 under its wing. Pilot Scott Crossfield seated in the cockpit of X-15. Captain Charles Bock and co-pilot Captain Allavie get into the U.S. Air Force NB-52A Stratofortress cockpit. Ambulances and vehicles near the aircraft. 'National Aeronautics and Space Administration' written on the building. NASA technicians check graphs and radar and monitor each movement of the flight. The aircraft taxis and takes off from the runway with X-15 under its wing. Pilot checks controls seated in the cockpit. Pilots coordinate with the ground staff. U.S. Air Force F-100F, F-100C and F-104D aircraft in flight next to Boeing NB-52A. X-15 release from NB-52A Stratofortress.
United States experimental aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. Test pilot Lieutenant Colonel Frank Everest seated at his desk at the Air Force Flight Test Center. He speaks over the phone and leaves his office. Frank Everest enters a room. United States Air Force officials seated at desk. Frank Everest converses with them and they look at a document on the desk. Two other officers join them.
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