SAC OPS PLAN 52-66, ANDERSEN AFB, GUAM AND KADENA AB, OKINAWA Reel 7 · Part 1

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Documents SAC activities covering B-52's taking off, in flight, on combat mission, aerial refuelings, and landing; 4252nd Strategic Wing receiving Outstanding Unit Award; AF Vice CofS Gen William H. Blanchard and party touring Andersen AFB; repainting camouflaged paint on B-52D; construction on runway extension and tearing out worn-out section of alternate runway; MMS personnel working in bomb assembly area and the new preload assembly and fully loaded weapon assemblies being hydraulically lifted into B-52 bomb bay by MHU-33/M trailer. Reel No. 3: AV's through B-52 cockpit during refueling from KC-l35A. 50' AELS's of KC-135A refueling B-52D. 73' ACU's of KC-l35A engine, boom operator, and drogue after refueling. 182' SLATE: M62D-B-22l. 185' LS's of tracking station at Guam -- many scenes have trees in foreground. 281' SLATE: ROLL: M62D-B-23O. KADENA. 15 JANUARY. 284' Scenes covering ceremony of 4252nd Strategic Wg receiving Outstanding Unit Award showing troops marching -- KC-l35A taxiing in background, troops in formation in hangar and saluting, Maj Gen William J. Crumm, Comdr 3rd Air Division, entering hangar, pinning ribbon streamer on flag, and at microphone speaking and congratulating a colonel,(probably Col Morgan S. Tyler, Jr.). 474' EDITOR'S SLATE: ROLL: M62D-S-251. 476' AMLS of B-52D dropping bombs from bomb bay -- shows bomb bay doors closing. 532' ACU's of B-$2 pilot and copilot during flight. 636' Pilot's view of runway near touchdown. 657' Total footage in reel. Reel No. 5 AMCU's of hand on throttles and pilot's face -- shows him talking to copilot, instrument panel, oxygen mask up to face, and taking it away. 197' SLATE: ROLL: M62D-T-521. 25 APRIL 1966. ANDERSEN AFB, GUAM. 203' Scenes of staff car stopping in front of B-52D flight crew lined up in front of their aircraft -- shows Gen William H. Blanchard, AF Vice CofS, with Maj Gen William J. Crumm, Comdr 3rd Air Division, on his left, shaking hands with the crew, short briefing, both generals leaving in staff car driven by Maj Gen Crumm, CU's of flight crewmen and OMS man, and aircraft No. 0683 on nose of aircraft. 386' Scenes of Maj Gen Crumm pulling into parking space, Gen Blanchard getting out of car and both of them entering Headquarters 3rd Air Division Building. 427' CU of four-star ID plate on car. 435' MS's of Gen Blanchard and Maj Gen Crumm leaving Headquarters and departing in Maj Gen Crumm's staff car -- shows other members of party going to their cars and pulling away. 516' SLATE: ROLLS: M62D-T-522 (TAIL) and M62D-T-523. 25 APRIL 1966. 523' Scenes of Gen & Mrs. Blanchard and Maj Gen & Mrs. Crumm arriving back at VC-135A No. 53126, group bidding farewells, Gen & Mrs. Blanchard and party boarding aircraft, VIP ramp being pulled away by truck, four-stars in aircraft cockpit window, and VC-135A taxiing out as Maj Gen Crumm watches. 664' MCU of sign: WELCOME TO ANDERSEN AFB. 674' SLATE: ROLL: M62D-T-5ll. 18 APRIL 1966. 677' Scenes of man on maintenance stand spraying the underside of B-52D wing and engines -- 75O-lb bombs on MER rack. 854' Total footage in reel. Reel No. 6 SLATE: ROLL: M62D-T-512. 18 APRIL 1966. ANDERSEN AFB. MCU of printing on tool box tray CORROSION CONTROL, DON'T RUST, CALL US. 15' MS of compressor on trailer -- pan over to man on maintenance stand as he spray paints the underside of B-52D wind and leading edge. 94' Scenes road grader breaking up black top and loader with scoop picking up its load and depositing into dump truck. 297' Shows laborers working in cable trench across runway, tamping dirt, and heavy equipment on extended new runway. 372' LS's of armed B-52D's taking off to left into sun with tailaway shots of some during climb. (Andersen AFB, Guam) 562' TAIL SLATE: ROLL: M62D-T-514. 20 APRIL 1966. ANDERSEN AFB. 563' Effect shots of armed B-52D's just after takeoff or taking off into sun. Also shows tailaway shot of aircraft in climb. 688' Camera follows B-52D's from near darkness to climb above low clouds backlit by early morning sun. 748' SLATE: ROLL: M62D-T-516. 2O APRIL 1966. ANDERSEN AFB. 751' LS's to MS's of armed B-52D taking off over camera. 934' Total footage in reel. Reel No. 7: SLATE: ROLL: M62D-T-517. 20 APRIL 1966. ANDERSEN AFB. 2' AMLS's over runway, extension of runway under construction, top repair on section of taxiway, B-52's on parking ramps as they're being uploaded and during maintenance, and the new MMS area -- preload assembly pads in a corral revetment and Base 0perations. 486' SLATE: ROLL: M62D-T-52O. 20 APRIL 1966. ANDERSEN AFB. 491' MLS's & MS's of B-52D's, with landing lights on, approaching, touching down, on landing roll with drag chute deployed, and taxiing to turnoff point. 675' Dolly shot from LS's of parked B-52D in to a MCU FV of 75O-lb bombs on left wing MER and RV of same scene. 845' Total footage in reel. Reel No. 9: MS's of B-52D taking off to right and climbing and cameraman with camera on tripod walking toward camera. (Very early morning) 192' Scenes in the new preloading area showing 1000-lb bombs being lifted off of low-bed trailer by MJ-1 and uploaded into a MLU-10/B clip-in assembly. MMS man putting shackle and arming wire on bomb, and removal of bomb nose plugs and inserting fuses. 780' ALS & AMLS SV of B-52D in flight above scattered clouds as seen through cockpit window of camera aircraft. Also shows B-52D flying ahead of camera aircraft -- a second B-52 can be seen in far distance ahead leaving contrails. 919' AMCU's of copilot's face in mirror (fair) and hand on throttles -- Boeing B-52 on stick control. 963' Total footage in reel. Reel No. 11: MS's of B-52D's taxiing off main runway and releasing deployed drag chute in front of camera. 172' MLS of B-52D flyover to right. 186' SLATE: ROLLS: M62D-S-634 (TAIL) and M62D-S-635 and 636. 29 APRIL 1966. 193' Scenes of MHU-33/M bomb trailer with fully loaded weapon assemblies being towed to B-52D, swivel wheels being positioned, men pushing trailer under bomb bay, and loaded weapon assemblies being hydraulically lifted into aircraft. 555' MS high angle of cameraman lying under aircraft taking picture of bomb bay. 561' SLATE: ROLL: M62D-S-637. 29 APRIL 1966. ANDERSEN AFB. 564' MS's RV of B-52D's flying over camera and touching down. Also includes a head-on shot of B-52D on landing approach. 746' MS's of B-52D's taking off to right and climbing. (Early morning) 924' Total footage in reel.

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

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Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities