View from Helicopter cleared to land at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana. Boys running across a field of tall grass past radar antenna at the base. A boy on a bicycle rides past a Strategic Air Command sign at the base reading "Peace is our Profession." Interior of a command center. An Air Force Senior Master Sergeant working with airmen to maintain status of the 341st Strategic Missile Wing's Minuteman missiles and coordinating their servicing and maintenance. Staff in the unit's command center is called to attention as their Commander, Colonel Rex Dowtin, enters. Colonel Dowtin and his staff officers take seats and listen to their morning briefing, beginning with a report from their weather officer about local conditions. This is followed by reports from other officers, including an African American officer, about the status of matters in their respective areas of responsibility. Meanwhile at another location, white-clad missile combat officer crews (Captains and Lieutenants) are being briefed by a Lieutenant Colonel who tells them the defense condition (DEFCON) is "4" and issues instructions for the day as they prepare to manage various missile silos and installations.
Airplanes during test flights at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The airplanes can fly at an enormous speed. U.S. Navy Douglas Skyrocket parked at an air base. Test pilot Scott Crossfield (Albert Scott Crossfield) inspects the needle nose of a D-558-2 Douglas Skyrocket aircraft. Aerial views of the D-558-2 Skyrocket airplane in flight. Scene changes to an airfield in Inglewood California. A new light pusher airplane with an X-shape tail, the Acme Aircraft Co S-1 Sierra, is being rolled out of a hangar. A man stands nearby and looks at the airplane. A pilot in the cockpit. The airplane takes off from the air base for a test flight.
The American Army women, Women Army Corps (WACs) serving on all fronts. Army aircraft parked at an air base in Arizona. The WAC mechanics working and servicing the airplanes. Several aircraft parked on the air base. WACs seated at the air base. WACs aboard a ship arrive at a harbor. People and officers gather at the harbor to greet them. Women waving towards them. They disembark from the ship. People cheering. An officer holds a board which reads: Welcome WACs'.
A film features interesting tourist sites and activities in the Philippines. American servicemen at work in the Philippines. A Filipino man pushes a shopping cart for an American woman in the US Clark Air Base in Angeles City, Pampanga. Americans sunbathing. American and Filipino men and women sunbathing and swim in a pool. View of the Banaue Rice Terraces in the Ifugao province. View of the Banaue Hotel, featuring modern amenities such as a swimming pool. People walking and cars driving along Session Road in Baguio City. President's summer palace, The Mansion, in Baguio, City. An American Colonial style house in Baguio, City. Entrance to the John Hay Air Base. A man plays golf on a course at the air base. A man in a boat on a rapid in the Pagsanjan River. Aerial view of Taal Volcano in Lake Taal. View of the Cultural Center of the Philippines building in Manila, Philippines. Spanish Colonial era façade and buildings found in Intramuros, the historical walled city in Manila. View of Corregidor Island, near Manila. World War 2 era artillery and ruins in Corregidor Island.
A USAF F-4C aircraft makes long low approach and landing, with use of drogue chute at Ubon Royal Thai Airbase, in Thailand. during the Vietnam War. Next a two-seater training version of CAC Sabre aircraft from 79 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, is seen taxing beside the active runway. Pilot is in front cockpit only. A U.S. Air Force Kaman HH-43F Huskie (K-600) helicopter is seen carrying cargo underneath in a sling. It is passed by a fire truck moving near the active runwy. Final scene shows a McDonald F-101 Voodoo aircraft landing.
Aircraft B-52 taxiing. Aerial view of two United States Air Force B-52 aircraft high over clouds. Vapor trails coming off the wings. Crew members seen inside the aircraft at their respective crew positions. Aerial bombs away view of Bombs falling in great numbers from B-52s and exploding on enemy position in jungles below. Air Force tower operator looks through binoculars as B-52s return to land at their home airfield in Guam. B-52s in landing approach and landing after mission. (Vietnam War period).
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