U.S. Army Air Forces issue flyer's A-3 bag is seen with 5th Air Force patch on it. Armed American troops descending from C-54 transport upon arrival at Tachikawa Airfield, near Tokyo, Japan after World War II. Air Transport Command (ATC) insignia on fuselage of aircraft. Wooden Control tower with sign "Tokyo Base Operation, 3rd Airdrome Squadron". Several red Japanese fire trucks in a row at edge of tarmac, along with two liquid tank trucks and 7 brown Japanese cloth top automobiles marked with crosses on their fenders. A C-47 is parked in background. American soldiers in full combat gear walking across the tarmac. American soldiers, who just arrived in C-54 transport aircraft, line up and collect their baggage from bottom of the aircraft.
A wrecked automobile on the side of Kimpo airfield in Korea during Korean War. Mountains in the background. The automobile is of American make. A man walks around it and looks at it. Bricks in the background. Grill reads 'Buick Eight'.
Twelve P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft, of the USAAF 318th Fighter Group, returning to Aslito Airfield (Insley Field) after completing strike missions over Tinian Island. Airfield showing dispersal area for the aircraft buildings surrounding area. New runway under construction at airfield. Aircraft spotter looking through binoculars. P-47s approaching airfield for landing. P-47s landing on airfield.
U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) P-47s of the 318th Fighter Group on Aslito airfield (Insley Field) Saipan, launch mission against Japanese positions onTinian Island during World War 2. Preparations showing Base Weather Station with men preparing last minute data, Saipan Island. Pilots are being briefed by officer in front of chart titled Tinian. 19th Squadron pilots in jeep leaving for take off area on Aslito Airfield, Saipan. Pilots boarding P-47 Thunderbolt fighters. P-47s warming up in flight line. P-47s moving out of flight line and taxiing on airfield. P-47s of the19th and 333rd Fighter Squadrons take off from airfield. (Note: last 60" or so of film is reversed.)
United States Army Air Force briefing crewmen for a mission (to Wiener Neustadt, Austria) in Berca Airfield, Benghazi, Libya during World War II. Crewmen gather and sit on the ground during briefing. Crewmen listening to briefing. A crewman smokes a pipe during the briefing. The officers conduct briefing under a large tent. Officer points to a map.
The United States Army Air Force (USAAF) 303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) 'Hell's Angels' at the Royal Air Force (RAF) Station Molesworth in England during World War II. USAAF Douglas A-20C Boston IIIAs taxi past parked B-17 Flying Fortresses. The aircraft take off. Several B-17s take off. The aircraft in flight. Aerial view of the Airfield. The landscape around the Airfield. The B-17s in flight over fields and buildings in rural England.
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