Videos

This U.S. Air Force video from 1951 described air defense strategies post World War II that resulted in the Tactical Air Command. This film was released as “Look to the Skies.” Reel America …

This 1951 Defense Department film showed how the Air Force supported the Atomic Energy Commission on continental atomic bomb tests. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20…

This 1967 video from the U.S. Air Force’s Aeromedical Research Laboratory showed the training and care of primates and humans as they prepare for space exploration. Reel America is an Americ…

This Vietnam War-era U.S. Air Force film outlines specific laws limiting free speech, dissent and political activity of military personnel. The host of the film argues that there is a consti…

This U.S. Air Force film nominated for an Academy Award tells the story of the Berlin Airlift, one of the opening events of the Cold War.

In 1995 and 1997, the U.S. Air Force published reports on the so-called Roswell Incident in 1947 in the New Mexico desert. The alleged sightings of aliens and UFOs have led to numerous books…

Freed hostage Colonel Thomas Schaefer gave a U.S. Air Force intelligence briefing on strategies he used to cope during his 444 days in Iran from November 4, 1979, to January 20, 1981.

This U.S. Air Force recruitment film profiles the World War II service of the Tuskegee airmen by interviewing the veterans and showing archival film of their training and combat.

This 1968 U.S. Air Force training film dramatizes activities at a military base following a nuclear attack. This Cold War film outlines procedures for assessing damage, stabilizing and secur…

Appearing in his Beverly Hills home library, Academy Award-winning actor and World War II bomber pilot James Stewart uses models, animation and archival film to describe how the U.S. Air For…

This film explores the role of Air Force combat cameras and crews during the Vietnam War. Beginning with a short history of war art and photography, it leads up to the 1960s and problems cau…

This film is a report detailing the aftermath of six powerful nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands. The film shows the effects of radiation on civilians and American military personnel. Usi…

This U.S. Air Force film documents a series of six nuclear tests at the Atomic Energy Commission’s Pacific Proving Grounds in 1954. One of the tests was 1,000 times more powerful than the bo…

This film was made by the U.S. Air Force for the Strategic Air Command and shows a simulation of a “Quick Strike” response to a surprise Soviet nuclear attack against the United States and E…

This U.S. Air Force training film encourages service people to be more aware of their surroundings and the potential for terror attacks while stationed overseas. The film documents several a…

This 1953 documentary explained the activities of the National Archives and Records Administration, including how documents are cleaned, how records are organized, and what kinds of records …

In an official transition ceremony held in a hangar at Joint Base Andrews, General Mark Welsh assumed the duties of the Air Force chief of staff. He replaced General Norton Schwartz who was …

The Department of the Air Force held a retirement ceremony for General Mike Hayden in the Officers' Club Capitol Ballroom at Bolling Air Force Base. On 1 July, 2008, General Hayden would be …

Democratic presidential candidate and former Governor Howard Dean (D-VT) was at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii to receive what are believed to be his brother’s remains. Charlie Dean was cap…

Air Force Secretary James Roche and Air Force Chief of Staff General John Jumper spoke to reporters about actions taken in response to an investigation into reports of sexual assault and rap…