Crew member dressed in heavy flying equipment, wearing back-pack parachute, looking into a scope.View of C-124 starting an engine. Momentary glimpse of C-124 on taxiway. (Appears to be C-124C, with nose radar, but wingtip heaters are not evident.) Views of Walker Air Force Base from C-124 taking off. B-36s parked on the airfield.
Armorers work on P-47N Thunderbolts of the 464th Fighter Squadron, 507th Fighter Group, on Ie Shima Airfield, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. The unit was targeting Kyushu, Japan, near end of World War 2. Airmen near P-47s. Airman on the wing of a plane. Another walks nearby. Gun camera footage shot inflight and aerial views of return to Ie Shima, including the landing rollout.
Construction of a runway at theNha Trang Airfield in Vietnam. A crane high up on hillside with scoop, loading a dump truck with rocks at a quarry. The load of rock is dumped into dump truck, crane swings around. A truck dumps asphalt into a spreader at the runway site. The spreader spreads the asphalt. A Vietnamese worker moves along with the truck. The spreader spreads a layer of asphalt. A compactor and steam roller compact the freshly laid asphalt. Vietnamese workers use long rake-like tools to smooth out rough areas on the leveled asphalt. A spreader spreading asphalt. The dump truck pulls away to pick up another load of asphalt, spreader comes to a stop. Asphalt runway being compacted by compactors. Other equipment on the right. A mountain range in the background.
Construction of a runway at the Nha Trang Airfield in Vietnam. A U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-130B Hercules makes a landing approach with wheels down. The aircraft in flight overhead. The C-130B makes a landing on the runway. A water truck sprays water on the runway under construction. A U.S. Army O-1E Bird Dog in flight overhead. The aircraft flies low over the runway. A spreader spreads asphalt. The freshly spread asphalt is compacted. A USMC Sikorsky UH-34 SeaHorse helicopter approaches. The compactor in the foreground. Compactors at work in the foreground. The chopper flies away to the right. A mountain range in the background. (Vietnam War period).
Planes and equipment at airfield during Ole Miss student segregationist riots in Oxford, Mississippi at University of Mississippi. A pilot in a helicopter. Aerial view of land in the area. The riots were by segregationists against education integration during the civil rights movement.
Ammunition Storage Facility at U-Tapao Airfield ,Thailand. U.S. airmen directs forklift operator as he scoops up three bombs from an open wooden crate.The forklift operator then carries them to a flatbed truck, where another U.S. airman and team of Thai workers roll them down a wooden track onto the truck. They repeat the process.
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