Refueling of a U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet aircraft while in flight from Brize-Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. The B-47 Stratojet nose section approaches for an air to air refueling hook up. It makes connections and then breaks the connections. The B-47 in flight at high altitude over scattered cumulus cloud formation. Insignia of the United States.
View of Aviation Cadet barracks at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.. Two soft drink machines near the front entrance have a sign on them reading: "Top Tigers." A two-blade propeller tops a vertical steel shaft protruding from an aircraft propeller hub set on the lawn. A single prop blade also sticks up from the lawn. Cadets double-time out of the barracks and along the walkways. They are followed by eight Cadet officers who walk in a single line, led by their Cadet Colonel. The cadet officers take up positions at the head of the other .cadets who are in a block formation according to height, with the tallest in the front rank and shortest in the rear. The cadet colonel gives marching orders to the group and leads them in a march to a training building.The cadets then enter the building in single file, removing their hats as they come under cover. Next they are seen seated in a classroom where an Air Force Lieutenant, instructor, describes an aircraft radial engine, with the help of a cutaway training aid. Another group of cadets is seen in a classroom where an Air Force officer is pointing at a map of China. An instructor places silhouettes of a Soviet MIG 15 fighter aircraft on a projection glass. A cartoon about preventing oversupply is seen on projection plate of an overhead projector. Other charts projected deal with: Components of Air Power; the M1911A1 45 caliber semi-automatic pistol; and personal characteristics. Closeups of cadets, including a foreign exchange cadet from Belgium, who steps to the front of the room to speak to the cadets. One cadet stands to ask a question.
Covers TET observance program by VNAF (Viet Nam Air Force) 33rd Wing and USAF (United States Air Force) Advisory Team No.1 at Tan Son Nhut School in Saigon, Vietnam. Vietnamese children drink Kool Aid juice. The children push and shove at hot dog stand. USAF airmen prepare food. The children have hot dogs sandwiches. The children line up to receive gifts on way out from a carnival. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Air Force F-100D jet fighter from the 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 35th Tactical Fighter Wing, bombs Viet Cong positions during Vietnam War. Aerial views of F-100D Super Sabre jet fighter in flight. F-100Ds dive to drop Mk 117 bombs (750lb general-purpose bombs) over targets. Bomb explosions in jungle.
Formation of VNAF (Vietnamese Air Force) A-1H Skyraiders, of the 524th Fighter Squadron, on a mission during Vietnam War. Aerial views of A-1Hs in flight. View of pilot in one of the aircraft.
A dramatization shows the survival of a downed U.S. pilot in a Vietnamese jungle during the Vietnam War. A pilot comes to the edge of a clearing in the jungle and stops to look around for the enemy. An explosion goes off in the jungle. The pilot emerges from brush, crouches and looks around. He pulls out a radio and an antenna. He pulls out a pistol and checks it. The pilot fires a flare from a small air gun. The flare in the sky. A small explosion goes off in the jungle.
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