Air Force Now 208

Duration: 600

Year Published: 1987

Creator: U.S. Air Force

Complete Record: Air Force Now monthly films for training and public relations. Three segments: (Brief PSA with Bob Hope about quitting smoking) 1. Peacekeeper Missile Development Bomb exploding, Russia/USSR, communism, Lenin, B&W archival footage of missiles and missile explosions, missile launch, Soviet Missile development, aerial view of missile launch, military officers at document signing ceremony, shaking hands, missile transfer, control panel, missile preparation, AFB control room, launching of missiles, missile ascending into sky. 2. Project Warrior Segments from 1960s film “South East Asia” about Vietnam, archival footage of military aircraft flying over ocean, cockpit crew, radar screen, mapping coordinates, military aircraft preparation, military personnel ground crew, packing parachutes, loading bombs, military aircraft taking off, pilot in cockpit, military aircraft in flight, bomb drop, aerial view of explosions on ground. 3. “Eagle Keepers Langley AFB” Profile of military aircraft maintenance personnel at Langley AFB in Virginia, responsible for aircraft maintenance combat preparation with commentary from personnel. Military aircraft landing, taxiing on airport runway, ground crew directing in aircraft, examining tires, pilot in cockpit, aircraft maintenance, pilot exiting cockpit, pilot shaking hands with ground crew member, aircraft maintenance, military trucks, military aircraft taxiing on runway, pilots in cockpit, engine jets firing, jets in formation at take off. COMING ATTRACTIONS Combat training missions, 17th Surveillance squadron in the Philippines Ends with clip from Bob Hope PSA on quitting smoking.