Development progress report of U.S. F-105 Thunderchief fighter bomber in the United States. U.S. Air Force YF-105A Thunderchief being towed. Republic maintenance men work on TF-105B on a ramp. The emergency hydraulic ram air turbine being extended from fuselage and then retracted. A bluff-shaped B-1 bomb being towed out and positioned under YF-105 on the ramp. Bluff-shaped B-8 bomb being lifted up into the YF-105A bomb bay. YF-105A taxis at the Edwards Air Force Base. Flyover of YF-105A. The wing tips and horizontal stabilizers being coated with high visibility paint. YF-105A in flight. A bomb bay and bluff shaped B-8 bomb drops towards the ground. Artwork depicts position change of the horizontal stabilizers. F-105B on dry lake bed after landing gear failure during the first flight. A truck mounted crane lifts the F-105B off the dry lake bed. F-105B with gear extended being towed by a tug on the dry lake bed. Two airmen work in the control room at the Edwards Air Force Base. A F-105B turns to the left and taxis towards the runway. Airmen work in the control tower. F-105 B taxis and takes off and retracting its landing gear. F-105 climbs after the take off.
A Strategic Air Command (SAC) bombing competition in Maine, United States . Aircraft parked at Loring Air Force Base. United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortresses and Convair B-36s parked at a flight line. Men working on maintenance and repairing mechanical defects in an airplane. Flight pilots and crews in briefing receiving information about targets. Animation shows the course of airplanes in flight. Views of aircraft taking and in flight aerial views during the competition. They are tracked from the ground with radar. View of ground teams using radar and in control rooms. The aircraft taxiing on the air base.
A film about the African American pilot training in U.S. Army Air Forces in July , 1941. African American pilots come out of a building at Tuskegee air base, home of the Tuskegee Airmen. Men work on U.S. Army Air Forces P-40 aircraft. Bombs being loaded under the wing. Pilots being briefed by an officer. Pilots put on their masks and board the planes. At Oseoda air base in Michigan, P-40 aircraft piloted by African American airmen taxis and take off. Aircraft in flight. P-40s dive strafe and skip bomb an area. Smoke rises due to dropping of bombs. Aircraft lands. Pilots check the accuracy of their hits and being congratulated by an officer. (World War II period).
Air strike on Viet Cong targets in June 1965. Three AI-1E skyraiders flying in synchronization. View of pilot in the cockpit. 8 June 1965. (Vietnam War period).
Air operations aboard the USS Constellation (CVA-64), during the Vietnam war. Several aircraft of Carrier Wing 14 being launched from Constellation flight deck. Yellow shirts giving signals for catapult launches. A-4E moving onto #1 catapult A-4E on catapult area, pilot in cockpit, yellow shirts in right foreground. Bridle is attached. A-4E being launched and airborne with ordnance for airstrike. F-4B is seen from left being launched from #2 catapult. A-4E being launched. A-4E ready for launch, catapult officer gives signal. Green shirt stands,partially inside open hatch in center deck. A-4E being launched and airborne.
Opening scene shows British Avro Manchester bombers lined up on a field in England during World War 2. British air crew board a bomber that taxis out for takeoff. View from inside the aircraft as it lifts off on takeoff and then towards its tail on climb out. Gunner seen manning machine guns as his turret rotates during flight. Formation of Manchester bombers en route to Axis military targets in German occupied France. View from bombardiers position of ground below. The bombardier seen and bombs dropping, as viewed from another bomber in the formation. View from a bomber of railroad yard and an airport with bombs exploding on the ground. Manchester bombers on return flight home over the English Channel. They pass below formation of U.S. B-17 flying Fortresses heading toward France. Close aerial view, from below, of the formation of B-17s overhead. Scene shifts to North Africa, where American Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, famous aviator of World War I, talks pilots of Major General Jimmie Doolittle's Bomber Command. Closeup of General Doolittle smiling outside a tent. A B-17 takes off. An Army cameraman seen inside at a window of the B-17. He is to record an attack on the Sicilian port of Marsala. View from a bomber of bombs exploding along the Port's coast, and of bombs passing the camera as they fall to earth. View from below of a B-17 with battle damage to its left elevator. View from a returning B-17 as it lands at its base in North Africa. Airmen walk around a B-17 that crash landed. One airman walks under part of a bomber tail destroyed by Axis gunfire. Scene shifts to the South Pacific and Allied air attacks against Japanese targets. A formation of B-24 Liberator bombers headed toward the Japanese held island of Nauru. Views of bombs striking the island. Scene shifts again, this time to Attu in the Aleutian Islands. A U.S. Navy PBY Catalina flying boat seen in flight. A task force of U.S. Navy warships in Aleutian waters. American amphibious landing on Attu. Arms and supplies piled up on a beachhead. American forces firing artillery. Infantry search for Japanese soldiers in hiding. Bodies of dead Japanese soldiers. American wounded carried on litters. A formation of B-24 bombers headed toward the Aleutian island of Kiska. Closeups of crew members in a B-24. View of glaciers and volcanic mountains below. A bombardier releasing bombs on a Japanese submarine base and airdrome. view of bombs falling. Formation of B-24s releasing their bombs. A gunner in a B-24 firing at attacking Japanese planes and then firing in a low level strafing attack. A U.S. fighter plane lands back at its base on a water-covered runway, raising waves of water that cover cover it.
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