https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/c55873f5-18b6-433d-afee-6767a96f270e Air Force Now WASPS was an Air Force Now newsreel. These newsreels were put out between 1970 and 1980. This color film was probably produced between 1976 and1980. It gives information on Team Spirit, the WASPS, and 1st Combat Information Systems Group. An Air Force recruiter is getting ready to leave his office (0:05-0:29). Produced by Air Force Now (0:35-0:44). Scenes of people on Korean streets (0:46-1:04). Around 37,000 American military personal join North and South Korea for a comprehensive military exercise called Team Spirit held between 1976 and 1993 (1:05-1:36). Army trucks (1:37-1:45). Setting up equipment including military mobile Radar (1:46-1:57). Military transport aircraft taking off (1:58-2:03) and parachute jumpers jumping out of it (2:04-2:14). Naval Ship (2:15-2:17). Amphibious Assault landing of the military (2:18-2:23). Soldiers unloading from a truck (2:27-2:31). Shooting an M15 rifle (2:32-2:33). Using Military Maneuvers in this exercise (2:34-2:46). M16 rifles being shot (2:47-2:53). Team Spirit realistic training exercises (2:54-3:05). American McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle aircraft first entered the service in 1976 (3:06-3:17). F-15 Eagle’s taking off (3:32-3:35). Jump jet (3:36-3:38). Military aircraft being serviced (3:39-3:59). F-15 Eagle flying in the beautiful colored sky (4:00-4:27). Amphibious Assault Ship (4:28-4:29). Military Helicopter (4:31-4:33). F-15 Eagle aircraft taking off (4:34-4:45). Project Warrior (4:55-4:59). Reminders of 1942’s Pearl Harbor attack (5:01-5:11). Picture of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (5:12-5:14). Women have to do men’s jobs (5:28-5:29) and pilots are needed so women are recruited (5:37-5:56). Jacqueline Cochran helped organize the WASPS (5:56-6:14). Betty Williams, Nobel Peace Prize recipient 1976 (6:17-6:26). WASP testimonial (6:29-6:38). Ladies unloading from a truck at the Houston Municipal Airport 1942. The first group was called the Guinea Pigs (6:39-6:52). They were moved to Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas in 1943. Testimonial by Lillian Roberts (6:53-7:21). Women pilots in training (7:22-7:53). Super Cub airplane (7:54-8:09). Women pilots transported Republic P-47 (8:10-8:16) and P-51 Mustang (8:17-8:35) to bases. Betty Williams (9:34-9:47). Air Transport Command, a U.S. Air Force unit created during WWII, plane picking up the WASPS (9:48-9:52). WASPS marching (10:02-10:05). By 1944 the WASPS ferried ¾ of all domestic deliveries. December 20, 1944 the WASPS were deactivated (9:49-10:17). Picture of the WASPS in uniform (10:21-10:22). Views of WASPS at work (10:23-10:50). 1st Combat Information Systems Group, became active in 1952 to rapidly deploy communications and air traffic control service. Base station at Lindsey Air Station, Germany was active in 1976 (10:53-11:06). Combat Communications (11:07-11:37). Chief Operations Major Merck Kegel with information on what they do (11:38-12:07). Commander 1st Combat Information Systems Group, Colonel Bill Penney discusses operational control and the interconnectivity between forces (12:17-13:38). Army trucks (12:50-13:52). Setting up training camp (13:53-15:03). Air Traffic Control (15:04-15:05). Radar dish (15:06-15:07). Military campout (15:18-15:25). Arial of Army trucks on the road (15:26-15:55). Moto of 1st Combat Information Systems Group is: “First In Last Out” (15:56-16:12). Presented by Your Air Force (16:35-16:38). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xsODMF1d9A Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:22:02 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/c55873f5-18b6-433d-afee-6767a96f270e All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.