AIR BASE ADVISORY TEAM, CHING CHUAN KANG AB, TAIWAN Reel 2 · Part 5

Description

Covers activities of Air Base Advisory Team (ABAT) working with Chinese Nationalist Air Force (CNAF) personnel in F-104 flight training and support operations. Includes good aerial views of the base and of CNAF F-104 in flight. (Outtakes of FC 851, filmed under project number 2-53/946.) REEL 1: ROLL: R36C-46 1) USAF lieutenant colonel lecturing on F-104 flight characteristics to CNAF student pilots in classroom. 2) Advisory team personnel conferring in conference room. 106' ROLL: R36C-52 3) CNAF technicians checking pressure in pressurized suits worn by two advisory team officers. 4) USAF officer and CNAF officer observing CNAF-- airmen at work in ready room. 213' ROLL: R36C-53 and 55 5) Advisory team officers conferring with CNAF officers in conference room. 421' ROLL: R36C-56 6) Advisory team officer explaining operation of radar equipment to CNAF student pilots. 514' ROLL: R36C-57 7) CUs of CNAF personnel updating status boards in ready room. 8) Advisory team officer lecturing to CNAF student-pilots in classroom. 618' ROLL: R36C-58 9) CUs advisory team members in conference. 692' Total footage in reel. REEL 2: ROLL: R30C-98 1) AVs of base from low-flying helicopter showing parked KC-235As and C-130s; CNAF F-104B in alert shelters, on hard stands, and taxiing out of alert shelters; and CNAF F-104B making takeoff run to left. 102' ROLL: R30C-99 2) AVs of base showing administrative buildings, hangars, parked fuel trucks, entrance gate, and CNAF F-104s parked on hard-stands. 208' ROLL: R30C-100 3) ALSs, AELSs four CNAF F-104Gs in formation, seen from various angles, in flight over clouds, and leaving heavy contrails. (Good footage marred by aperture dirt.) 4) AMS AMLS one, and then two, CNAF F-104Gs in flight to right carrying AIM-9B sidewinders on center-line stations. (Good footage marred by aperture dirt.) 301' ROLL: R30C-101 5) AVs right SV high and low angle, two AF F-104s armed with AIM-9Bs in flight over industrial town, lowering gears, on approach over base, and landing side by side. (Good footage marred by aperture dirt.) 388' ROLL: R30C-102 6) CNAF F-104G taking off with A/A 37U-15 Dart tow target under left wing, as seen from chase aircraft in parallel takeoff. 7) AVs of CNAF F-104G deploying and towing Dart, and aerial long shot of the tow target itself. 491' ROLL: R30C-104 8) LSs pan left, dual takeoff by CNAF F-104G carrying Dart tow target and CNAF F-104B chase aircraft, then dual takeoff of two CNAF F-104Gs. 9) LS Dart tow target diving and hitting ground -- close-ups of the Dart with its nose buried in ground. 572' ROLL: R30C-105 10) USAF pilot and CNAF student-pilot boarding CNAF F-104B and aircraft taxing out (both pilots wear orange CNAF flight suits). 11) USAF technical representative and CNAF officer observing static engine test preparation by CNAF personnel -- close-up of tech rep shoulder patch. 675' ROLL: R30C-106 12) Sequence showing CNAF-104Gs taxiing out of alert shelters. 13) CU to LS pan left, pair of CNAF F-104Gs taking off. 753' ROLL: R30C-108 14) AVs of two CNAF F-104Gs in flight, on approach, and landing to right. 15) CNAF F-104G taxiing in, pilot debarking, and aircraft being fueled. 852' ROLL: R30C-109 16) Sequence showing CNAF armament crew mounting AIM-9Bs on F-104G wing stations and loading 20mm ammunition in the aircraft's M61 gun. 943' Total footage in reel. REEL 3 ROLL: R30C-110 1) Pilot boarding CNAF F-104G and donning helmet, seen from various angles -- aircraft starts to taxi out. 63' ROLL: R30C-112 2) CNAF F-104G taking off as seen from chase aircraft, and aerial views of a pair of CNAF F-104Gs in flight carrying AIM-9Bs on center-line stations. 3) USAF lieutenant colonel in orange flight suit and USAF major inspecting CNAF F-104G and the Dart tow target it carries under left wing. 218' ROLL: R30C-113 4) Dart tow target and parachute falling, hitting ground, and being examined and retrieved by advisory team and CNAF personnel. 311' ROLL: R30C-114 5) Advisory team master sergeant and CNAF airman observing CNAF maintenance personnel as they work on CNAF F-104G. 383' ROLL: R30G-119 6) CNAF F-104G carrying Dart tow target and CNAF F-104B in takeoff climb over camera. 7) Two CNAF F-104Gs taxiing in and being fueled. 470' ROLL: R30C-118 8) CNAF F-104Gs, one carrying Dart tow target, and CNAF F-104B taxiing out and taking off. 9) Dart tow target and parachute falling and hitting ground. 570' ROLL: R30C-120 10) Four CNAF F-104Gs flying by in echelon. 11) CNAF F-104Gs in practice strafing and napalm runs to right. 646' ROLL: R30C-121 12) Advisory Team personnel watching CNAF personnel work on CNAF F-104Gs. 13) CNAF guard in sentry box. 14) Two CNAF F-104Gs taxiing out carrying AIM-9Bs on center-line stations. 737' ROLL: R30C-122 15) Administrative building with sign: CHING CHUAN KANG AIR BASE -- control tower with Chinese characters inscribed. 759' Total footage in reel.

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities