Preparations for United States Army Air Force operations against the Japanese in China. A Chinese soldier near a plane as a United States 14th Air Force pilot enters the cockpit of the aircraft. Shells being carried in a sling. A thatched structure is constructed. Men work on logs of wood. Men work on the engine of a plane. United States Army Air Force aircraft takes off. Soldiers at an airfield with planes parked in the background. Men under the wing of an aircraft. An aircraft in flight with a sign that reads '80 days'. (World War II period).
Allied preparations to attack Japanese positions in China. A man dressed as Santa Claus in the cockpit of an aircraft. He distributes gifts to American airmen. A United States Army Air Forces plane flies low over an area and drops bombs over a Japanese airfield. Bombs impact and explosion occurs. (World War II period).
U.S. Airmen (figefighters) of the 430th Tactical Fighter Squadron are seen performing maintenance on fire truck and equipment in their firehouse at the Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, during the Vietnam War. Glimpse of airmen relaxing in a ready room. Others are sunbathing on cots outdoors. Parked aircraft and fuel trucks are seen on an airfield apron. One taxis forward, slightly. Suddenly, an airman in a flight suit is seen running as fast as possible to the firehouse. He runs into a shower locker room where some airmen are seated, grabs a roll of toilet paper, and runs outside, dropping the roll, once, in his haste. Next, several airmen run from the shower locker room Camera focuses on a coiled cobra snake sitting in the sun, at the shower facility. It jumps towards the building. An airman with a hooked pole, pulls the snake from an awning, onto the ground, where others surround it and use shovels, clubs, and other implements to kill it. the airman with the hook poses, holding the dead snake aloft. It appears to be about 8 feet long. Glimpse of sunbather lying unperturbed on his cot.
Construction of CE (Civil Engineering) administration building at Air as a part of U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield Sattahip Complex in Thailand. A huge cement mixer truck pulls up at the construction site. It pours out cement into hand carts. Cement being poured out as workers look on. Workers pour out cement for building foundation and floor. A Thai driver at the steering wheel of the cement mixer truck.
Nieuport fighter aircraft parked on airfield during World War I in France. "The Flying Fish" aircraft is seen, which was piloted by Captain Harry S. Gwynne. The plane fuselage and body are painted with a fish scale design and fish head on engine nacelle. First plane taxis out followed by other planes including the Flying Fish. Fleet of Nieuport fighter aircraft in flight. They land on open air field one after the other. Location is likely Issoudun, France.
Scenes from the 9th annual National Air Carnival in Birmingham, Alabama. Pilots perform daring stunts in a U.S. Navy aircraft and a 1910 airplane. The aircraft fly in formation. Joy Hodges crowned as Queen of the meet. A glider lands on an airfield. A pilot seated inside the aircraft.
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