MIG KILLERS, UBON RTAFB, THAILAND Reel 2 · Part 1

Description

Covers activity of F-4C 555th TFS showing uploading of armament, aircraft returning from mission, MiG killer being congratulated, stenciling Red Star on inlet cover, MiG killers talking, testing aircraft radar antenna, and F-4C's taking off, taxiing, and landing. MiG killers are: Captain Larry R. Keith, 1st Lt. Robert A. Bleakly, and Captain William B. D. Dowell. (Aircraft camouflaged unless stated otherwise). Reel 1: SLATE: ROLL: M62F-505. 3': CU of MJ-1 driver as he backs out of frame. 31': LS high angle of armament men finishing uploading Sparrow on F-4C and MJ-1 truck bomb lift backing away. 75': MCU low angle of nose wheel rolling to a stop -- crew giving signals in background and F-4C taxiing through scene. 110': Scenes of M-117 bombs being uploaded onto F-4C and armament chief with check list and fusing bomb. 256': CU of emblem: TRIPLE NICKEL PHANTOM II. 264': MCU of F-4C taxiing out left frame -- hold on F-4C showing crew chief painting Red Star on inlet cover with CU's of the crew chief using spray paint. 370': SLATE: ROLL: M62F-501. 373': Scenes of Capt. Larry R. Keith and 1st Lt. Robert A. Bleakley talking to each other at the coffee bar -- Capt. Keith using hands to demonstrate tactics in making kill. 496': MLS, MS's and CU of Major Robert E. Grandon, Comdr 555th TFS, talking to crew chief and looking at log book beside F-4C which has Red Star painted on intake cover, then Maj Grandon turns and boards F-4C. 580': MCU of F-4C PSO fastening oxygen mask. 600': MS's high angle of Maj Grandon getting into cockpit, crew chief assisting him in fastening in after which he puts on his helmet -- airmen working on F-4C nose radar antenna in background. 674': CU's of Triple Nickel Phantom II emblem and double exposer of emblem and squadron motto. 689': CU of squadron motto: THE MISSION OF THIS SQUADRON IS TO FLY AND DON'T YOU EVER FORGET IT. 727': Total footage in reel. Reel 2: SLATE: ROLL: M62C-265. 3': MS's and CU of Capt. William B. D. Dowell taking off his oxygen mask and helmet, crew chief puts ladder up to F-4C, inserts pin in back of pilots seat, then congratulates PSO and pilot. 92': SLATE: ROLL: M62C-324. 102': Scenes of F-4C turning off active runway releasing drag chute, and taxiing past camera -- aircraft still carrying Sidewinder and Sparrow missiles. 196': MS's of two F-4C's starting takeoff run to left and two on runway waiting -- one closest to camera has Red Star on engine inlet cover and one farthest away starts takeoff run, two more F-4C's at takeoff point, and both starting run to left singly. 292': SLATE: ROLLS: M62C-329 (TAIL) and EDITOR'S SLATE: ROLL: M62C-275. 300': Scenes including high angle of Capt. Dowell in F-4C cockpit telling crew chief how he got his MiG, then PSO and pilot alight -- shows Capt. Dowell patting missile launch rack and crew exiting left frame. 366': TAIL SLATE: ROLL: M62C-275. 368': Scenes of airmen checking F-4C nose radar with radar test set AN/APM-130 -- radar antenna sweeping back and forth. 447': Scenes of Sparrow being uploaded on F-4C into a semi-submerged position under fuselage by MJ-1 truck bomb lift. 562': SLATE: ROLL: M62D-6141. 571': MS's of five F-4C's two carrying napalms, the rest carrying missiles, taking off to left singly. 744': SLATE: ROLL: M62D-1445. 747': MLS's of F-4C taxiing in after mission and maintenance crew working on F-4C as returning F-4C taxis left in background. 788': MS tail of F-4C No. 37586 -- F-4C taxis in background, camera follows aircraft into parking spot. 833': Total footage in reel. Reel 3: MS of F-4C taxiing off runway -- drag chute trailing. 42': MS of F-4C taxiing past camera -- outside left missile launcher empty. 80': Scenes of crew chief stenciling Red Star on F-4C engine intake cover and removing stencil. 116': MLS's of three F-4C's landing singly -- second and third aircraft have two and one Red Stars painted on engine intake covers, respectively. 190': MLS's RV of four F-4C's starting takeoff runs singly -- aft burners on. 335': 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