A dozen U.S. Army Air Forces P-38 lightning aircraft, of the 14th Fighter Group, departing from Telergma airfield in Algeria, during World War 2. They make formation takeoffs in flights of four. Views of them in formations overhead. (Their mission is in support of the Allied Italian campaign.)
The United States Army prepares itself during World War 1. Airplanes of the United States Army Air Service take off from a runway strip. Biplanes take off, one after the other. Hangars for the aircraft can be seen at distance. A city as seen from a plane flying low in the sky. The roads, buildings and houses of the city. Other planes flying in the sky.
U.S. 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division operations at Phu Bai Combat Base near Hue, Vietnam. Empty dump trucks enter the base. Airport at Phu Bai. View of Phu Bai combat base. (Vietnam War period).
Views of aircraft operating at Tan Son Nhut Airbase, Saigon, in the period of Operation Market Time. A yellow Follow-Me vehicle is moving along a taxiway. Parked behind it are three U.S. Air Force EC-121D "Big Eye Task Force" aircraft from the 552nd Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing. (Aircraft from that unit rotated on 90-day temporary duty assignments, from their home base at McClelland AFB, California.) A number of C-123s and C-47s can be seen parked on the flight line in the background. A USAF B-57B aircraft taxis along the taxiway (where the Follow-Me vehicle had led). Next, a C-123 taxis on that taxiway, in the opposite direction. An O-1E Bird Dog observation plane taxis past the noses of the EC-121Ds as a U.S. Army UH-1E Iroquois helicopter flies overhead and lands behind them. U.S. Navy A-1H Skyraider with Tail Code Z, taxis past the camera, followed by another with Tail Code V. In background, another UH-1E helicopter lands and an ambulance takes wounded away. It is followed by yet another one, also met by ambulance. A U.S. Navy Lockheed SP-2H aircraft of Patrol Squadron Four (Tail Code YD) taxis fairly close to the camera.
Matador missile on zero length launching platform. Matador starts up and engine blast kicks up sand behind the missile. Matador takeoff. Booster burn out and fall away. General Tunner and group of officers looking at matador launching platform after takeoff. An officer of the First Pilotless Bomber Squadron gives the officers a briefing. Personnel working on and around the Matador. Mid section of the Matador. Nose of matador showing words "Could Care Less".
Pilot sits in cockpit of P-47 aircraft. Pilot's hand at the instrument panel, turning lens of GSAP (Gun Sight Aiming Point). Four positions of camera on P-47 shown. Camera in wheel well, in wing, behind pilot and under wing. Gun Shot Aiming Point in wing.
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