EIGHTH TACTICAL FIGHTER WING BRIEFING, UBON RTAFB, THAILAND Part 8

Description

Covers all phases of 8th TFW activity which takes place day and night for their round-the-clock bombing missions. Shows pilots' briefing and debriefing, aircraft maintenance, uploading of armament, and F-4C's taking off, landing, and air-to-air refueling. REEL #1: SLATE:ROLLS: R30C-7C-23, 24, and 25. 7' Night scenes of fuel tank being pushed under F-4C and connected to center line or fuselage. 127' Scenes of Sparrow being lifted from trailer, moved to F-4C, and raised into a semisubmerged position under fuselage by MJ-1 truck bomb lift. (Night) 282' SLATE:ROLL: R30C-7C-26. 290' MS of fins on Sparrow being checked. 296' CU's & MS of cannon plug being put into TER and pylon and men walking away from TER after installation. 351' MS & CU's of men walking to pylon on F-4C and trouble shooting electrical circuitry with Multimeter AN/PSM-6. 382' SLATE:ROLL: R30C-7C-27. 388' Night scenes of fins being attached to Sparrow, swaybrace being tightened and TER being installed on pylon. 486' SLATE:ROLL: R30C-7C-28. 490' Shows men trouble shooting electrical circuitry on F-4C pylon with Multimeter AN/PSM-6. 529' Shows flare pod being attached to F-4C pylon. 561' MS of Mk.82 Snakeye being lifted off trailer onto MJ-1 truck bomb lift. 590' SLATE:ROLLS: R30C-7C-29 and 30. 594' MS's of flare pod being moved to and uploaded on F-4C pylon. (Night) 633' MS's & CU's of Mk.82 Snakeye being lifted off bomb trailer onto MJ-1 truck bomb lift, moved to TER and uploaded, man going through check list, and nose fuses being inserted into bombs. (Night) 788' SLATE:ROLL: R30C-7C-3l. 793' Night scenes of F-4C taxiing into arming areas arming pin being pulled on flare pod, and F-4C's starting takeoff runs with aft burners on. 867' SLATE:ROLL: R30C-7C-33. ALS's of four F-4C's taking off to left. (Early morning) 967' SLATE:ROLL: R30C-7C-34. 974' LS's of two F-4C's taxiing out. (Exposed as day for night) 1031' Total footage in reel.

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities