" SPLASH ONE " NORTHROP GRUMMAN F-14 TOMCAT U.S NAVY FLEET FIGHTER ACM READINESS PROGRAM XD70405

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Produced by Northrop Corporation, “Splash One” (1979) is a short, color commercial film that takes the viewer on site to Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana to observe trainees enrolled in the Fleet Fighter Air Combat Maneuvering (ACM) Readiness Program. The film includes various practice maneuvers between Grumman F-14 Tomcats, Northrop F-5E, and Douglas A-4E Skyhawk jets.

Film opens, group of Navy pilots in uniform seen walking out onto tarmac towards group of Grumman F-14 Tomcats; Various close-ups of men as they get into jets and discuss their combat experience/ experiences with the F-14 (0:08). POV from inside cockpit of aerial F-14, aerial view as rockets pierce ocean below and cause big splash (0:46). Title page (0:55). Member of United States Navy delivers lecture to room of cadets on Fleet Fighter ACM Readiness Program (0:59). Simulation of threat in combat situation using Northrop F-5E and Douglas A-4E Skyhawk jets (1:15). Radar used in real time to track presence of enemy jets, deployment of weapons (1:50). Commander of VF-43 (U.S. Navy fighter squadron) at NAS Oceana disembarks from jet, narrates segment (2:08). Segment showing classroom instruction received by trainees in the VF-43 squadron (2:31). Interview with instructor, explains lesson on 1v1 maneuvers (3:17). Another lecture talks about a 4v4 scenario (four F-14s v. two F-5s and two A-4s) and strategic tactics (3:50). Close-up view of trainees as they change into pilot uniforms in locker room and walk out onto tarmac; Montage quick shots of various personnel that hand them equipment, fuel jets, inspect mechanics (5:46). The F-14s drive along tarmac and take off one-by-one followed by two F-5s and two A-4s (6:44). View of airborne F-14 jets in four finger formation; Discussion over radio narrates scene (7:26). Back in classroom setting, class analyses the flight on radar and sees F-5 attacking F-14, assess their strategy and improvement for next mission (8:44). Montage close-up shots of the different trainees, personal anecdotes about their experience in the training program (9:53). Frame freezes on trainee inspecting wing of jet, “Northrop” text appears (10:12).

Northrop Grumman Corporation, headquartered, in Los Angeles, is a major American manufacturer specializing in defense and commercial aerospace, electronics, and information-technology products and services. Formed in 1939 as Northrop Aircraft, Inc., the company was later renamed Northrop Corporation in 1958. Its present name, Northrop Grumman Corporation, was adopted in 1994 following the acquisition of Grumman Corporation.

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