1960’S Us Navy Training Film “An Eye in the A6-E Tram” 27914 (1960)

Synopsis

This film presents the Grumman A6-E Intruder; a twinjet all weather attack air craft first produced in 1960 and which had first seen action in the Vietnam War although it’s service continued into the 1990’s. From a Naval Carrier vessel (:19), a carrier strike is to take off for a simulated attack mission at night. The attack and support craft on the vessel are zoomed in on (:27). Pilots are briefed on their upcoming mission below deck (:33) and weather forecasts are reviewed (:40). On the mission, troops are instructed to keep an eye on the railroad trestle on their way out for any moving trains (1:03). As the mission was to be conducted at night, forces were to utilize their targets on the TRAM system (1:34). This stands for the target recognition attack multi sensor and it is equipped with three sensors (1:48). A shot follows from behind the center window of the forward-looking infrared device known as the FLARE (1:50). This had the ability to sense the variations in heat in any object (1:56). The image thrown from it follows (2:03) of a vessel as whole images were viewed rather than radar blips (2:06). The laser ranger is pointed to which provides a target range to an onboard computer (2:17). The designator (2:24) directed laser guided bombers to their targets. The laser receiver (2:36) receives the target from a ground troop known as the forward air controller (FAC). The FAC is seen illuminating the target with a laser designator (2:46). The A6-E is seen preparing to…

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6 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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