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Air Force Now (Peacekeeper Challenge 85; Observation Planes in Vietnam; AF at Sea)

Reel Number: 221449-03

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1985,1970s

Country: USA,Vietnam

Location: Albuquerque,bien hoa ab,kirkland afb,New Mexico

TC Begins: 05:19:10

TC Ends: 05:36:31

Duration: 00:17:21

Air Force Now (Peacekeeper Challenge 85; Observation Planes in Vietnam; AF at Sea) Lloyd Bridges introduces. Title thru stars. 05:19:46 Title: Peacekeeper Challenge 85 Kirkland, AFB, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Montage of security dog, obstacle course, pistol range, running, car crash from inside. International Air Force Security Police competition. Car accident investigation w/ staged argument between drivers. 05:20:37 SOF on what it accomplishes. Attack dog training. RAF representatives from Britain, SOF. Training montage - troops run assault course, obstacle course, climb nets, target practice etc. to ‘Eye of the Tiger’. Dog trainer w/ safety mitt. 05:23:30 B/W USAF News Review No. 123 title sequence. Map of Vietnam. Light plane take off at Song Bay airfield, Phuoc Long Province - in flight over countryside - Forward Air Controller (FAC) Capt. Larry Reid aka Reed (?) flying escort for special forces convoy to spot possible ambushes. South Vietnamese troops, call control center for air strikes - light plane diverted from convoy. A1-Es ? in flight - Controller directs them to target. CU pilot. 05:25:20 FAC marking target; CU wing machine guns firing, explosions from air strike & line of smoke clouds - light plane flys over to assess damage; A1-Es hit target again. 05:26:16 Bien Hoa Air Base - Damaged A1-E lands, lands on third attempt onto foam ground crew prepare for damaged flighter plane making belly landing . Hooks onto arresting cable & pilot runs clear. GOOD. 05:27:36 Color. USAF sea support ship of the 82nd Tactical Aerial Target Squadron based at Tindall AFB, Florida on water in Gulf, spots drone or rocket section. Frogman diver into water. 05:28:17 Title: Air Force at Sea. Coral & small fish. Lloyd Bridges VO. Manta ray, turtle & school of fish. Skindiving, diver pets fish. Shark. VERY GOOD. 05:29:20 Crewmen scramble onto boat; INT bridge, Captain confirms coordinates for mission, ship speeds out of harbor. Shots of boat thru water & from boat. Bridges VO re recovery of supersonic drones used as target practice by fighter pilots - saving taxpayer dollars. Aerial of recovery boats at sea. Drone parachutes down; crew prepare as boat approaches drone partly submeged. Frogman attaches ropes to drone; winched onto deck, ship returns to harbor. VO Captain of watercraft unit. Beach scenes at sunset. 05:35:59 Moon behind clouds; boy fishing w/ large pole. Barge leaving dock. Titles. 05:35:45 Trailer for next month’s edition of AFN: Medical Services officers learn about USAF life; 1950s aircraft prototypes; Pacific Logistics Center in Kadena, Okinawa, Japan. The End. Military Aviation Training; Vietnam War; Competition; Recycling Economics; Underwater Footage; NOTE Music must be cleared if used.

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