U.S. AIR FORCE NUCLEAR ATTACK PREPAREDNESS PROCEDURES ATOMIC WARFARE 27204

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“Nuclear Attack Preparedness Procedures: Survive to Fight” is a 1968 US Air Force training film dramatizes activities at an Air Force Base following a nuclear attack. As a siren blares, pilots are shown being taken to their aircraft (mark 00:40) while command post operations unfold. An eerie silence follows until a “nuclear flash” fills the screen at mark 02:24 and a fiery mushroom cloud races upward. The narrator explains the sheltered command post personnel review the status of their base and its operational capability, including assessing and reporting damage (mark 03:55), dispatching vehicles, clearing runways, and abandoning some buildings. A flashback series starting at mark 05:18 details some of the work involved in preparing a base for just such a nuclear attack before returning to some of the organized chaos of the exercise near mark 07:00. Medical personnel assist in exposure control and treat patients (mark 10:05) and upon an assessment of radiation, begin radioactive fallout procedures (mark 12:18). Emergency base operations unfold including an order for ramp wash down at mark 15:45 and aircraft return to base before again heading to the skies at mark 21:43.
The aircraft featured appear to be F-101B interceptors. The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo was a supersonic jet fighter which served the United States Air Force (USAF) and the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). We haven't been able to determine where these particular aircraft were based -- one tail number appears to be O-7-442 and that should be a great clue!
Initially designed by McDonnell Aircraft as a long-range bomber escort (known as a penetration fighter) for the Strategic Air Command (SAC), the Voodoo was instead developed as a nuclear-armed fighter-bomber for the Tactical Air Command (TAC), and as a photo reconnaissance aircraft based on the same airframe. An F-101A set a number of world speed records for jet powered aircraft, including fastest airspeed, attaining 1,207.6 miles (1,943.4 km) per hour on 12 December 1957. They operated in the reconnaissance role until 1979.
Delays in the 1954 interceptor project led to demands for an interim interceptor aircraft design, a role that was eventually won by the B model of the Voodoo. This required extensive modifications to add a large radar to the nose of the aircraft, a second crewmember to operate it, and a new weapons bay using a rotating door that kept its four AIM-4 Falcon missiles or two AIR-2 Genie rockets hidden within the airframe until it was time to be fired. The F-101B entered service with Air Defense Command in 1959 and the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1961. US examples were handed off to the Air National Guard where they served until 1982. Canadian examples remained in service until 1984.
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@oldvet7547 Год назад

A feel good flick for the troops. No hzzmzr suits, no respirators, no dosemeters. Who are you kidding? That base is toast.

@eldritchwulfe 2 месяца назад

also, working equipment and a clear plan on what todo For me the base staff draws the short straw because the pilots have a chance to survive while the base will be bombed into oblivion AFTER everything takes of making their deaths useless

@uberduberdave Месяц назад

I went in the Air Force ten years after this film came out, I always figured, if the Russkies started slinging nukes, I'd just get lawnchair, sun glasses and good bottle of booze and watch the show...

@chetmcmasterson 6 дней назад

@@eldritchwulfe People forget that this preceded the days of precision weapons. Nukes were often used in planning to compensate for lower probability of hit with larger destructive radius. This film isn't about surviving a direct hit, but rather staying in the fight despite the effects of a near miss.

@malcolmt7883 Месяц назад

Thank god they put out the grass fire. I was getting worried

@mikepodella 5 лет назад

These dudes are getting fried! If those firefighters are showing nausea within 2 hours of the attack, they're toast man. And nice job taping, but without head coverage and respirators, all those dudes outdoors in a 200+ R/hr prompt fallout are all deadmen from dust inhalation, so why not skip the tape job, it's not going to help them one bit. And no disposable hazmat suits or post-exposure showers? WTH, every one of these dudes that sets foot outside the shelters will freakin' die, maybe not tomorrow, but in a week or so, best case. I would never leave the shelter within the first 15 days post-fallout and even then I'd only do so with a hazmat suit covering and a respirator, followed by a stripdown, shower with prolonged scrubbing with exfoliation, and a body and head shave.

@jamesrice6096 3 месяца назад

Everyone knows that all you need is a poncho and you'll be good.

@mightymike2192 3 месяца назад

@@jamesrice6096that's probably overkill. everybody knows that safety speedos and a pair of pasties is all you need. plus optional sombrero. potentially.

@smudgey1kenobey 2 месяца назад

If you were a child in the 60s before the nuclear test ban treaty, your teeth have a radioactive band. Forensically your age can be determined this way. So imagine the load these guys would carry.

@eddievhfan1984 5 месяцев назад

Admittedly, this film is based on an optimistic presumption that either a bomber would've been intercepted before making a precision strike, or that an ICBM/SLBM strike would be inaccurate enough that a near-miss would not cause damage heavy enough to render the base non-operational. While this was more likely in 1968 compared to 1978, the megaton-grade warheads used in a SLBM strike (considering this deactivated base, Oxnard, was located on the SoCal coast, that would be a likely attack vector) would mean that you'd need a miss distance of about 3 miles or so to avoid heavy damage to base structures, like if you wanted to keep the firefighting equipment hangar intact. This further assumes a Soviet R-21 SLBM with an 800kt warhead; with a CEP (50% on-target circle) of 2.8km/1.7mi, you'd have to be quite lucky for that weapon not to hit its mark. (NUKEMAP was used to verify this info, using surface detonation settings; an airburst would have a wider blast damage radius, but practically no fallout risk) Probably the most egregious thing for me in this training film is that aside from taping up uniforms to prevent fallout dust infiltration, no CBW gear (especially masks) were worn. Whether this was from a lack of foresight or a deliberate choice to improve working speed outside for operational/dose-reduction reasons, if you're gonna be in a fallout zone, respiratory protection is important, as alpha particles (normally easily blocked by air or thin shields, but with the highest ionization energy/damage potential) can do a lot more harm inhaled or ingested compared to stuck on your clothes or skin. The film's point basically boils down to "If your base isn't completely destroyed by the attack, you are still expected to support combat operations; here's what you can do to keep the sorties going, managing the risk rather than avoiding it." SAC would rather the base personnel keep the planes fighting, risking the radiation exposure and sickness, but at least try to spread it out and make it survivable. Again, though, this assumes a really optimistic scenario of a survivable near-miss to begin with.

@williamstearns7490 5 месяцев назад

Indeed. Russian missiles and bombers weren’t exactly accurate at that time, with the CEP sometimes greater than a mile. Which is why having bigger warheads were important. And, considering the failure rates at the time, there was always the hope that the missile targeting your base blew itself up during the boost phase. The thing about all these civilian and military “duck and cover” type films and brochures, was they were never meant for folks within that were going to be within the 4 psi or greater overpressure blast radius. They were meant for everyone else. But for all the folks in major cities and important bases that would be targeted with multiple missiles to ensure the job was done, you can’t exactly produce a film titled “No Hope. No Point. So Why Bother”.

@AlexKarasev 4 месяца назад

@@williamstearns7490It's like with COVID and N-95 respirators: "we're not going to tell you that you need one if we don't have enough on hand" "Duck and cover" is a legit strategy: period weapons' EMP would have induced 50,000 volts per meter of metal (including copper / steel water and gas pipes etc) and that would be most folks' situation - not a nuclear blast. To be targeted by an RV ground or air blast is a privileged death reserved for few sites, and multiple (perhaps a dozen) RV's would connect to those sites.

@aboutwhat1930 3 месяца назад

Very optimistic assessment. Couple quick things though -- not all targets were themselves worth nukes. Some would presumably be shared with nearby infrastructure. Glonass also postdated this film so navigation could be off miles pretty easily, though really should have been within heavy damage range. Others might be hit by a single fizzle for whatever reason. A few bases would be expected to survive at least for the first hours. Also, in the event of an expected attack, the USAF was likely to disperse assets to non-AFB airports. There are some 424 airports in the USA that have >8000' runways. That's hundreds more targets for an attacker potentially confident in their aerial defenses and in their efforts to complicate aerial refueling efforts. But realistically any near-coastal airport is likely to be ashed by an initial SLBM strike. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, SAC stayed at DEFCON 2 for weeks, keeping nearly 1500 strike aircraft and 3000 nukes total fueled up and ready.

@AlexKarasev 3 месяца назад

@@aboutwhat1930 RU-vid nixed my prior comment re Russian nukes. In any event, the strategic nukes aren't relying on GLONASS and never have. I doubt the US's ones are on GPS. Satellite earth positioning is just such a juicy attack vector one can safely assume it'll be hacked / spoofed / shot up before either country's RV's leave their buses. GPS and the like is the sort of fragile, exposed tech a big nation would leverage to attack a little one. Put it on Tomahawks or Kinzhals - not "adult" weapons.

@M3rl1n177 3 месяца назад

My uncle had a friend who served in an SRBM unit in one of the Warsaw Pact countries. During his service, his supervisor told him that after launching all the missiles, it's best to go outside, lay on the ground, close eyes, and wait. At least they were honest.

@lawrencemahalak6824 3 года назад

Sounded like William Conrad doing the narration.

@jumpingjeffflash9946 3 года назад

I don't think it is, it does however sound like the same guy that does the intro to Buck Rogers in the 25th century" tv show. Hank SImms (Conrad being the 1st)

@cameronduff884 2 года назад

Sure sounds like Cannon and Matt Dillon to me.

@lukestrawwalker Год назад

That was William Conrad... he did the intro to season 1 of Buck Rogers... plus ol' Cannon himself! Recognize that voice anywhere! Later! OL J R :)

@TheDaveRout 4 месяца назад

Glad they remembered to close the blinds!

@ChrisSmith-lo2kp 5 месяцев назад

Keep'em Flying, even though we've all been microwaved into tater tots

@stevenguy7363 3 месяца назад

😂😂😂😂😂

@VDP207 5 месяцев назад

Wow people back then must have had a wicked tolerance to thermal nuclear plasma and radioactive fallout!! They act as if they just may weather the inescapable, eyeball melting, people vaporizing, nuclear confligration that is approaching from above😊

@EarthWatcher736 5 месяцев назад

Bad sun-burn.

@jamesrogers47 3 месяца назад

You have to wonder just how combat effectiveness is impacted by the knowledge that their wives and children are dead or dying elsewhere on the base? Not everyone could have sent their families to somewhere that they might have a chance of survival. I'm sure there must have been training films that tried to address the issue. I understand the principle that "the mission comes first," but these are men, not robots.

@jackperry7445 22 дня назад

All the mstleman and base of mistles have to be single men without kids or family. Just for that reason

@mayeskyj 3 месяца назад

20 seconds in and shit gets real...

@nottherealpaulsmith Год назад

it's honestly almost admirable how boldy they lied in this film about how survivable a nuclear blast is, in the H-bomb era each bomber base could expect to be faced with at least two high-yield ground bursts

@eddievhfan1984 5 месяцев назад

If the bomber could get through. Oxnard AFB, California (the one featured in this film) would've been likely subject to a submarine-launched missile attack; less accurate warhead placement, but couldn't be intercepted. But the film's aimed at the possibility of a base being able to stay operational with a near-miss if they prepared in advance. I do agree, however, that such an outcome, while not impossible, is _really_ optimistic and most bases would either be destroyed or crippled enough to be non-operational.

@stevenobrien557 5 месяцев назад

Their ICBMs couldn't hit jack, there was a very good chance of what you say not happening despite what certain "peace advocates" wanted people to think.

@West_Coast_Gang 3 месяца назад

It’s not a terribly big lie

@SigEpBlue 2 месяца назад

14:54 370 roentgen/hour?! Damn, that's enough to make your fillings tingle!

@MreOsc68 7 месяцев назад

The voice narrator from “The Fugitive”, 1963-67.

@davidloveall3746 7 месяцев назад

William Conrad of radio, tv, movies, and a fighter pilot (Marshall Matt Dillon, radio Gunsmoke series, Cannon & Jake and the Fatman, The Killers, and voice overs everywhere..😊

@chrislapp9468 3 месяца назад

Remember, kids: Duck and Cover...

@MA-iv7ol 2 года назад

No way 375R would be reduced by half inside a fire truck, what the hell! Why not just give it to them straight? If I had to volunteer to go out there I would do it, just don't try to sugar coat it. Wear a dosimeter and just try to limit exposure time to a survivable level. They should also be wearing masks with filtration.

@patricktracy4371 2 года назад

lungs are great radiation filters, lol

@lukestrawwalker Год назад

Yep, fireman in the truck having a nice cup of joe sitting in 375 rad/hr. radiation... Meh take your time, it's my last shift EVER... at 400 rad/hr that's 100 rads in 15 minutes, 100 rads will definitely knock you flat with rad sickness and some will die from it, and if you don't, don't worry you'll get cancer in a few years and be done for anyway.

@thecoolestofthe834s2 9 месяцев назад

@@patricktracy4371 its because they couldnt wear and explain the masks as protective equipment wasnt really understood changed too much per yearr or standardized until NBC gear

@eddievhfan1984 5 месяцев назад

Inverse-square law helps cut the rates down with even a small amount of distance (crew cab off the ground, roof of the cab plus air-gap between head and roof), and the steel of the cab's frame and paneling would block some (but not all) of the radiation. Regrettably, these men would not have been given the option to volunteer-they'd all have to take their turn, though they would be rotated out once they'd been dosed. The sheltered base personnel would be responsible for estimating the rates and accumulated dosage on the personnel outside, and would be setting the go/no-go limits. I agree on the lack of masks, that should've been expected of all personnel to have CBW gear handy, especially once you hit DEFCON 2. Maybe some "bright spark" in the upper echelons thought that the time saved by not working in CBW gear would improve personnel efficiency and reduce total absorbed dose as a result, despite the risk of inhalation.

@whirledpeas3477 Год назад

Fun fact, this was real and we are all okay 👍 So just take it easy

@conradsieber7883 Месяц назад

At least some of the guys got shiny red helmets for doing the film. BTW how do sand bags harden the base against an atomic bomb attack? And they say irony is dead...

@conradsieber7883 Месяц назад

Ok at least they have a Geiger counter that's something...

@conradsieber7883 Месяц назад

They busted the budget to buy the tape for everyone's uniforms...

@conradsieber7883 Месяц назад

This is from 1968? They knew enough about nuclear arms then to understand DIY protection from nuclear fallout was futile. If you have blast damage on your base from a nuke I'd say you can call it a day.

@trob0914 6 лет назад

COOL, F-101 Vodoos, 10 years on I was in SAC. Does anyone recognize the base at

@trob0914 6 лет назад

My comment should've said " does anyone know what base that is w/ the "Vodoos"??

@seattlestars 6 лет назад

This was at the (now closed) Oxnard AFB from what I see and hear in the film.

@trob0914 6 лет назад

Thx, it makes since in keeping filming( for training) in So. CAL, besides if I'd bothered to check aprox. 10min in the dosometer states Oxnard AFB.

@timmensch3601 4 года назад

It looks like the Oxnard navy base that is now camarillo airport

@Stucknthe80z 4 месяца назад

Usually aircraft are dispersed prior to nuclear attack, Cuban missile crisis as example

@user-pp1ni2jy3f 4 месяца назад

Nice vintage film, but all would be dead within 72 hours from radiation sickness.

@Goodboy0953 4 месяца назад

Cannon the narrator to those of you lode enough to remember. 😂😂

@butchbroussard8468 5 месяцев назад

So why rig-up shelters after the attack? Why wouldn't they build purpose-built shelters stocked and ready to go with all the equipment they might need beforehand?

@aboutwhat1930 3 месяца назад

They bounced back and forth in time during the film. Shelters are quite expensive. Expedient shelters work almost as well and can be made in hours or days. They stated at one point that the unwashed runways were like 600 rads/hr, so likely lethal in about an hour or two. The goals became to survive long enough to send additional waves. Standing on the ramp unprotected for hours meant death is imminent in hours to days. Protected it may be prolonged to week, months, or even many years. A pf500 shelter brings that down to about 1.2 rads/hr, so quite safe inside. If the radiation stays at that level, they could have several days of basically complete safety inside. Radiation levels are likely to decrease so hopefully these people all survive. PF40 is nowhere near as protective. In the case of a war, these are likely the fighting casualties. Firefighters, pilots, ramp personnel, etc-- they're going to be exposed, so try and keep them useful as long as you can. At 600 rads/hr, they have under half a day in a pf40 shelter before sickness and a 50% chance for death within weeks. Doses are tracked to spread the risk but they'll be a statistic soon. But if they can be kept useful for some hours or a couple days even, then that's enough for Uncle Sam. Roughly 200 rads means sickness, 400 rads means a 50% chance of death without prompt treatment, and 1000 rads means basically guaranteed to die in weeks.

@jamesrice6096 3 месяца назад

All you need is a poncho. Everybody knows that.

@AdmiralPreparedness 6 лет назад

That film is still being shown in boot camp!!

@briankistner4331 2 года назад

And it's so out of touch with reality. Like at 18:00. It's expected bases will be fully intact able to service returning bombers and fighters? Homie don't think so.......

@thecoolestofthe834s2 9 месяцев назад

@@briankistner4331 nah most targets wont actually be millitary tho this isnt an airbase its an outpost the blast wasnt direct lol

@jasonjbowker 3 месяца назад

Haha 😂 I’m sure it is … makes you feel safe eh?

@mamarussellthepie3995 7 месяцев назад

Maybe dramatic in description, but like Yeah Nukes are quite dramatic in nature. . . Besides BEING NUKED, though, like Imagine how much it would suck to somehow sleep through those sirens or to forget a step in last moment preparedness! Let alone being nuked in the first place xD

@harlech2 5 месяцев назад

Yeah, like the clsoing of windows, lowering the blinds then shhutting the curtains... that had me howling.....

@planecrazy242 Месяц назад

wow, the naiveté

@simonjackson7269 5 месяцев назад

Why can’t Americans say Vehicle???

@briankistner4331 4 месяца назад

So this "base" took a direct hit? If so THERE WOULD BE NOTHING LEFT OF IT!!!!!!!! Even those in the underground bunker might be toast.

@aboutwhat1930 3 месяца назад

Depends on topology. Oxnard was primarily for interceptor fighters, basically trying to knock down Russian bombers, fighters, and anything ballistic that the pilot can target. As far as hits, they were probably a low enough priority target (not generally hosting bombers) that it was something targeted for LA. Or it did deserve it's own nuke either later in the exchange or the single nuke targeting it was inaccurate (just a 50% chance it being of within 1.5 miles) or was a fizzle (maybe the 800kt desired was only good for 50kt because of a defect).

@tdore5794 7 месяцев назад

2 question ❓❓ year & base??

@cape51 7 месяцев назад

1968ish, Oxnard AFB

@tdore5794 6 месяцев назад

@@cape51 where was this base location? State, what is it now? Thank you

@jimmysweet8907 5 месяцев назад

Oxnard AFB California. It is now a small civil airport.@@tdore5794

@eddievhfan1984 5 месяцев назад

@@tdore5794 Camarillo, CA. The base was deactivated in 1970.

@tdore5794 5 месяцев назад

@@eddievhfan1984 what was the name of the base, thank you for your information.

@Scandibilly 2 года назад

A freaking ad every 2 minutes makes this unwatchable.

@whirledpeas3477 Год назад

Imagine having to be able to afford. 20 cents a day for premium youtube. 😆

@thecoolestofthe834s2 10 месяцев назад

Imagine being such a nothing nobody that you have to shit on people for 20 cents friggin npc clones man just have to be different

@jasonjbowker 3 месяца назад

😂 yeah I wouldn’t watch RU-vid if not for the premium subscription for sure

@Mark-qq7io Месяц назад

Nobody had any mask

@loki23521 2 года назад

What's with the guys with the masking tape around their crotch and waist? dude that's supposed to stop you from getting irradiated? Not even mopp level 4 gear and mask it would be better to hand them garbage bags to crawl in after radiation poisoning sets in. They have got to be kidding.

@Tuppoo94 2 года назад

It's to prevent radioactive dust from getting into their overalls through seams and zippers. It's not going to save anyone from radiation sickness, but it may keep them working for a little bit longer, and possibly stop them from accidentally bringing radioactice material into the shelters. At 600 röntgens per hour, every man who goes outside for 1 hour will most likely die within days or weeks.

@eddievhfan1984 5 месяцев назад

The tape is to keep fallout dust from getting inside one's clothes. It won't stop you getting irradiated while you're out there, but it does mean the dust won't be stuck to your underclothes or skin, and the clothes can be disposed of. Face and hair are a different matter, and would require covers or wash stations as part of decontamination.