This is a color 1980s news film from the “Air Force Now” newsreel series that deals with Air Force flying safety. The film opens with an officer reprimanding a pilot, 1:00. Men speaking at a bowling alley, 1:13. Men speaking in front of a map, 1:25. Men working on a plane, 1:45. Plane crashes to the ground and explodes, one after the other, 1:50. The aircraft shown appear to be Harrier jump jets and an F-4 Phantom. Wrench in the fire, 2:11. Burning wreckage, 2:30. Flying Safety – Sometimes there is no second chance.
EC-130 aircraft takes off from runway, 2:50. Colonel Steve Foster, the Commander of the 7th Airborne Control Squadron, 3:16, now known as the 7th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron. Plane soars overhead, 3:33. Men and women coordinating instructions for the airplane in a control room, 4:18. Intelligence officers scan reports, 4:445. Control room directs pilot, 5:15. Planes fly in unison, 5:27. Man talks to camera, 5:51. Radio operators work together, 6:10. A-10 Warthogs and F-4 Phantoms soar in the sky, 6:27. Explosion on the ground, 7:23. Ground explosions, 7:40.
Project Warrior, 7:51 profiles Colonel Walker Melville “Bud” Mahurin (December 5, 1918 – May 11, 2010) a United States Air Force officer and aviator. During World War II, while serving in the United States Army Air Forces, he was a flying ace. Mahurin was the first American pilot to become a double ace in the European Theater. He was the only United States Air Force pilot to shoot down enemy planes in both the European and Pacific Theaters and the Korean War. During World War II he was credited with 20.75 aerial victories, making him the sixth-highest American P-47 ace. He was credited with shooting down 3.5 MiG-15s in Korea, giving him a total of 23.25 aircraft destroyed in aerial combat. P-51 Mustangs drop bombs and fall out of formation, 8:00. Planes do trick flying, 8:39. Walker M. Mahurin, 8:47. Walker Mahurin speaks to the camera. Walker Mahurin joined the 56th Fighter Group in July 1942 and arrived in the UK in January 1943, where he was promoted to Captain and Flight Leader of the 63rd Fighter Squadron.
He claimed his first victories during the Schweinfurt- Regensburg mission, when he shot down two FW 190s, one flown by Luftwaffe Ace, Major Wilhelm Galland. By November 1943 Mahurin had become the first American “Double Ace. Mahurin would claim 20 kills in the European Theatre of Operations. His final kill in March 1944 was a Do-17, which he shot down over France, his aircraft had sustained heavy battle damage and Mahurin was forced to bail out. Plane with one wing plummets toward the ground, 9:19. Plane crashes to the ground, 9:37. Plane is destroyed while sitting on the ground, 9:48. Highway is firebombed, 9:55. Plane takes off from grass field, 10:15. Philip Gerald Cochran (born in Erie, Pennsylvania January 29, 1910 – August 26, 1979) was an officer in the United States Army Air Corps and the United States Army Air Forces. Cochran developed many tactical air combat, air transport, and air assault techniques during the war, particularly in Burma during operations as co-commander (with Col John R. Alison) of the 1st Air Commando Group. Cochran was the inspiration behind characters in the Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon by Milton Caniff. Pilot in the cockpit, flying his plane, 11:00. Plane is shot down, 11:06. Korean War footage of pilots and a sign that reads “Mig Alley”. F-86 Sabrejets take off from runway, 11:23. 4 Planes fly in formation, 11:28. Planes getting shot down, 12:00. Highway is bombed, 12:25. Plane going down, 12:37. Drawings of prisoner Mahurin being interrogated, 12:53. Cartoon drawing of prisoner Mahurin, 13:08. Cartoon of prisoner Mahurin writing his confession, 14:05. Prisoners of war are exchanged, 14:25. Planes come down the runway, 15:06. Mahurin speaks to the camera, 15:34. Air Force Now Coming Attractions, 16:00. College students prepare to enter the military, 16:08. Airforce Medical training school, 16:21. Us air force jets break off in formation, 16:27. F-105 Thunderchief, 16:35. Presented by your U.S. Air Force.
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