Air Force Now 235

Duration: 600 ft.

Year Published: 1980

Creator: US Air Force

Complete Record: Training for the Future: Today’s high tech Air Force requires high tech training. If that training can’t be done on actual equipment, it must be substituted with something equally realistic and challenging. Enter the interactive videodisc -- a marriage of the computer and the laserdisc player. Capable of simulating hazardous conditions or expensive equipment, interactive videodiscs are the wave of the future and are being used more by the Air Force. This part of the film shows the making and use of laser discs, flight simulations. men using computers, pushing buttons Project Warrior: Col. Walker M. Bud Mahurin’s story. A fascinating character study in combat leadership. During World War II he was a leading ace. But during the Korean War he spent many months as a POW. In this segment, interspersed with spectacular aerial combat footage, Colonel Mahurin tells his own story. Stay Fit to Win: General Merrill McPeak, commander in chief of the Pacific Air Forces, says that every man and woman wearing a blue uniform is a warrior -- not just a civilian in uniform. As such, it’s our duty to stay in shape. Two minute fitness spot. Man working out.