F-4s TO IRAN, TEHERAN, IRAN Reel 2 · Part 6

Description

Covers F-4 operations of the Imperia1 Iranian Air Force (IIAF) and air show/fire power demonstration attended by Shah Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince Reza and the royal family. Reel 1, 945': 1' ROLL: L-1. 1) IIAF officers, Iranian Army officers, government officials, Shah Pahlavi and royal family arriving for demonstration. 97' ROLL: L-2. 2) Shah and dignitaries on platform looking skyward. 207' ROLL: L-3. 3) Paratroopers leaving IIAF C-130 and descending to drop zone. 4) Iranian skydiving team opening chutes and landing in drop zone. 5) IIAF F-5 on strafing passes to left. 6) Dignitaries, and personnel including group of IIAF WAFs watching demonstration. 304' ROLL: L-4. 7) Dignitaries watching demonstration. 8) Royal flag and Iranian flag on staffs. 9) IIAF officer with control box for explosive charges being set off in demonstration area. 10) Formation of IIAF WAFs. 11) Shah and family leaving platform and meeting personnel who took part in demonstration. 407' ROLL: L-5. 12) IIAF F-5 in flight to left. 13) Four IIAF F-4s landing to left singly. 14) IIAF F-4 tail with original USAF markings visible. 15) IIAF F-4 taxiing out. 507' ROLL: JL-1. 16) IIAF on fuselage and IIAF insignias on fuselage and tail of F-4. 17) IIAF airmen disconnecting APU from IIAF F-4, pulling unit away from front of aircraft and removing chocks. 574' ROLL: R-1. 18) Crown Prince Reza and sister leaving IIAF Bell 206 Jet Ranger helicopter; second IIAF Bell 206 landing and the Shah and Queen Farah leaving helicopter. 19) Shah and party climbing onto platform and taking seats. 20) IIAF F-4 low, slow, flyby. 21) IIAF aerobatic team (F-5s) performing at air show. 22) Paratroopers jumping from IIAF C-47 and IIAF C-130 descending to drop zone; also Iranian skydiving team landing in drop zone. 23) Bulls-eye target and dummy structures during strafing, rocket and napalm attacks. 24) IIAF team launching MQM-33 drone. 25) Shah and royal family leaving platform. Reel 2, 917': (no roll identification) 1) AMLSs and AMSs one and two IIAF F-4s in flight to right over mountainous terrain--clouds in background. 2) IIAF crew checking log book, preflighting IIAF F-4, climbing into cockpit and preparing for flight--some scenes underexposed. 3) IIAF F-4 taxiing out, taking off and landing to left--hazy. 4) Shah and royal family arriving in two Bell 206 Jet Rangers, and walking to platform. 5) Formation of fifteen IIAF aircraft in flyover--three F-4s, three T-33s, three F-86s, and six F-5s. 6) IIAF F-4 in flybys. 7) IIAF aerobatic team (F-5s) performing at air show. 8) Paratroopers jumping from IIAF C-47, descending to drop zone. 9) IIAF F-5s on strafing and rocket firing passes. 10) Bulls-eye target and dummy structures during strafing, rocket and napalm attacks. 11) IIAF F-86 dropping napalm on dummy structures. 12) Shah shaking hands with personnel that took part in demonstration. 13) Crown Prince Reza with Queen Farah and his sister. 14) IIAF crew in F-4 cockpit preparing for flight--underexposed. 15) IIAF airmen removing APU plug irom IIAF F-4. 16) IIAF F-4s taxiing out. 17) Four IIAF pilots at table planning flight with leader pointing to map and diagrams, and group leaving table.

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities