Allied air raid on Hamburg, Germany during World War II. United States 8th Air Force aircraft take off from an airfield in England. The aircraft in a formation flight. Bombs are released and impact the ground. Smoke rises as the bombs detonate. Aerial photographs depict industrial plants, docks being destroyed by the aerial bombings. Aerial gunners fire at enemy fighter airplanes as they return to home base after the mission. Damaged aircraft return after the mission A wounded being placed on a litter. Royal Air Force aircraft take off for aerial bombing at night. The aircraft in flight as they drop bombs over Hamburg at night.
Spin test on the F-101A Voodoo a United States Air Force aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. F-101A Voodoo spins while in flight. The aircraft in flight as it under goes a spin test. Aerial view of the ground. The aircraft descends in air.
Teledyne Ryan BQM-34 F jet-powered drone being recovered in mid air at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. Aerial view of a CH-3 helicopter in flight . Visible beneath it is equipment that is part of its Mid-Air Retrieval System (MARS). A BQM-34 F Firebee drone drops from a C-130 aircraft, and descends on a main parachute. The helicopter snags a striped engagement parachute attached to the Firebee drone and continues in flight, pulling the Firebee behind it.
Operation Little Switch ((first phase of Operation Big Switch) in which released United States prisoners of war from the Korean War are taken from Panmunjom, Korea to Tachikawa, Tokyo. The wife of Captain Dean of the Air Force, a returnee, chats with U.S. Air Force General Otto P. Weyland. A U.S. aircraft in the background at Tachikawa Airbase. Captain Dean walks down the ramp of an aircraft with his wife. He kisses his wife. General and other officers stand in the background. Both of them sit in a car. The released POW walking at the air base. Women take pictures.
U.S. Air Force Aviation Cadets at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio doing things in their spare time. Cadet teeing off at a golf course. Cadets playing tennis. Three cadets leaving the Post. They wait at the Lackland main gate for another cadet who picks them up in 1949 Mercury sedan. They exchange salutes with the Air Policeman guarding the gate. They get into the car and drive away. Next, Aviation Cadets are seen in formation heading into the Lackland AFB Chapel number 5. They enter in single file removing their hats as they enter.
Bay of Pigs invasion to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro in Cuba, by armed Cuban exiles. Exile leaders of Cuba at their base. Cuban warships on alert in sea. United States Air Plane and crew carries aid to the exile guerrillas. A United States soldiers with exile guerrillas in jungle. Captured exile soldiers guarded by riflemen. U.S. flag at exile base. Cuban soldiers and their commanders. Fidel Castro addresses his soldiers. Tanks during the battle. Surrendered guerrillas with hands raised.
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