Air Force Now 189

Duration: 800 ft.

Year Published: 1985

Creator: U.S. Air Force

Complete Record: Air Force Now monthly films for training and public relations. Two segments: 1. “Tomorrow’s Air Force” Use of technology in the Air Force. Shuttle on launch pad, takes off, in flight in space. Introduction from actor Herbert Jefferson, Jr.,who played Lieutenant Boomer on Battlestar Galactica (1978 tv series), in astronaut uniform holding helmet, profile of the LANTIRN (Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared System for Night), night view of hills on radar, night view and view of hills on radar, B-1 bomber taking off, C/U of gloved pilot hand on aircraft gear and pressing button, C/U of pilot at controls of B-1 bomber, B-1 bomber in flight, B-1 taxiing on runway, F-16 in flight, pilot in cockpit, C/U of pilot controls, missiles on monitor, missiles exploding, F-16 in flight, X-29 taxiing on runway, X-29 in flight. 2. United States Air Force Medical Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio Air Force personnel entering door marked “Danger” and “Warning”, Air Force climbing ladder into simulator, simulator controller, simulator spinning, view from monitor of Air Force personnel inside simulator, simulator control panel monitors, C/U of simulator spinning. Profile of the MAGIC (Microprocessor Application of Graphics with Interactive Communication) cockpit, pilot inside cockpit, simulator screen, simulator controls, screen, radar. Profile of pilot headgear of the future, pilot putting on helmet, Air Force personnel controller, flight simulation screen. Profile of new designs for military aircrafts, pilot in simulator, simulator controllers, simulation machine, simulator screen, simulator computer processors, simulator controllers. 3. Laser Technology Lasers, flames, combustion, Air Force physicists testing, flashing lights, lasers, flame. Brain wave research, woman wearing cap wired to control panel. Digital circuitry, montage of Air Force personnel at work in lab, electronic panels. Profile of Air Force personnel working in research and development lab, computer screens with rocket model, space shuttle in flight, computer with space shuttle model on screen transitions to actual space shuttle in flight. Closing remarks from Actor Herbert Jefferson, Jr. and C/U of Airman Magazine.