Activities at an air base on Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean. A K loader vehicle approaches the United States Air Force C-141A Starlifter aircraft. Two sailors uncouple a fuel hose from the C-141A Starlifter aircraft and refuel a truck. An airman on maintenance stands beside the C-141A Starlifter aircraft engine. A palletized aircraft propeller is pushed onto the K loader from the C-141A Starlifter aircraft. A sailor tightens tie down chains on the K loader. Loaded K loader backs away from aircraft. A U.S. Navy P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft is parked on a flight line.
Activities at an air base on Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean. A K loader vehicle backs away from the United States Air Force C-141A Starlifter aircraft. A U.S. Navy P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft is parked on a flight line in the background. A sailor takes a fuel sample from a hose coupled to the C-141A Starlifter aircraft. He hands the fuel filled jar to an airman. The airman inspects the fuel sample and then hands the jet fuel card to the sailor. Then he signs the card for fuel. A crew chief with a headset stands on the flight line. Construction men work on the cement floor of a new building.
U.S. Army Air Force bombers strafe Japanese targets in Indo-China during World War II. U.S. bombers in formation drop 30 lb bombs Malaybalay on Mindanao in Burma. Explosions on ground create huge smoke cloud as the Japanese barracks get destroyed. U.S. 10th Air Force drops 500lb RDX bombs on Toungoo destroying the Mandalay-Rangoon railroad line. U.S. Bombers drop bombs on Japanese positions in Philippines. Japanese supply base in China Yungcheng destroyed completely by U.S. bombers strafing.
Japanese Emperor Showa (Hirohito) and Empress Kojun (Nagako Kuni) meet U.S. Presidnet Richard Nixon and First Lady Patricia Nixon at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska. Workers arrange a red carpet as a Japan Air Lines plane taxies on the runway. Japanese emperor and Empress disembark from the plane. Pat and Richard Nixon welcome them and shake hands. The dignitaries review honor guard. A military band plays and marches at the runway.
Safe use of nuclear weapons by the ( USAF ) United States Air Force. At the Directorate of Nuclear Safety at Kirtland Air Base in New Mexico officers at a meeting. The officers conduct detailed nuclear analysis and survey to achieve nuclear safety standards. An officer at a blackboard. Two officers at a desk as another comes in. The officers look at papers and try to identify and correct conditions that pose a nuclear hazard. The officers of Nuclear Weapons System Safety Group in a meeting. They look at a chart. The officers under the wing of an aircraft as they check pre operational safety standards. An officer climbs into the cockpit of the aircraft. A commander and the Nuclear Safety officer walk towards the aircraft with a building in the background. A nuclear weapon or nuclear bomb is attached under the wing of an aircraft. The commander climbs into the cockpit and the Nuclear Safety officer also climbs up as they look at the control panel of the plane.
Activities of Strategic Air Command (SAC) 576th Missile Training Squadron. Atlas ICBM on launch pad. Airmen work around base of missile. The 392nd Missile Training Squadron has responsibility for 5 Thor missile launch pads. Aerial view of Thor missile complex. Thor missile raised on operational launch pad. Ocean in the background. Airmen work on missile. Other pads used for launch of Discoverer Orbiting vehicles. 395th Missile Training Squadron involved with Titan Missile crews. A Titan missile being launched at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Test launch of a tethered Minuteman missile. It climbs and then flips over and is pulled to earth by tether. Atlas missile on trailer. Atlas in a launch tower being readied for launch from permanent vertical position. . Airmen work around Atlas. Other Atlas missiles, placed in a horizontal position, and being raised in vertical position for firing. Semi-hardened bunker constructed for Atlas. Officers in control room watch instrument panels and gauges. Titan missile being raised upward into firing postion from inside hardened silo. Sign reads 'Headquarters, First Missile Division, Strategic Air Command, Vandenberg AFB'. USAF airmen and officers attend missile classes. Officers and airmen operate missile launch controls in a launch control center. Thor missile on launch pad. Airmen work in assembly. Various missiles being raised for firing.
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