ANIMATED MAP OF WORLD SHOWS FIVE AREAS OF OPERATIONS
OF U.S. AWACS PLANES THROUGH THE WORLD.

CAPTAIN TED ROBINSON STAND IN FRONT OF AWACS HANGAR
AND EXPLAINS WHAT "AWACS MEANS TO YOU". INCLUDING
"BEAR (SOVIET BOMBER) INTERCEPT" AND MANY OTHER
ASPECTS OF E-3 AWACS SUPPORT SYSTEM.

FEMALE BLACK OFFICER SITS AT COMPUTER, SPEAKS OVER
HER HEAD PHONES.

SOVIET "BEAR" BOMBER IN FLIGHT ABOVE CLOUDS. CU FACE
SHOT WEAPONS DIRECTOR DIRECTING FIGHTER PLANES TO
INTERCEPT SOVIET BOMBER. CU FACE SHOT OF "WD" ZOOM IN
LIPS CLOSE TO SMALL MIC OF HEAD SET. CU TECHNICAL
DATA ON RADAR SCREEN.

PILOTS DROPPING BOOKS, JUMPING OUT OF SOFA CHAIRS AS
THEY SCRAMBLE OUT OF REC ROOM TO LOCKER ROOM. MONTAGE
CU SHOTS PILOTS PUTTING ON FLIGHT GEAR. SLIDING DOWN
PIPES LIKE FIREMEN, RUNNING TO PLANES. VARIOUS VIEWS
PILOTS IN COCKPITS, COMMUNICATING TO CONTROL TOWER.

MONTAGE VARIOUS ANGLE VIEWS SOVIET "BEAR" IN FLIGHT.
TWO U.S. F-14 FIGHTER PLANES FLYING ALONGSIDE HUGE
SOVIET 'BEAR' BOMBER DURING INTERCEPT. MORE OF
AWACS' RADAR SCREEN WITH DATA BEING EXPLAINED, NO
AUDIO.

MONTAGE ANIMATED DRAWINGS SHOWING AWACS IN AIR AND
RADAR BEAM REFLECTED FROM DISH TO GROUND, AIR
TARGETS.

ANIMATED DRAWINGS SHOWING RANGES, CAPABILITIES. BLACK
FEMALE OFFICER WITH EAR PHONES, AT COMPUTER. RADAR
TECHNICAL DATA ON SCREEN.

INTERCEPT PHASE: "HEADING", "ALTITUDE" "FORMATIONS",
"CONTACTS", "PROFILE". THREE F-14s IN FLIGHT HEAD
TOWARDS TARGET. CU AWACS "WD" COMMUNICATING AS HE
CHECKS RADAR SCREEN.

YOUNG AWACS WEAPONS DIRECTOR SPEAKS (NO AUDIO) OF
OPERATION. ANOTHER AT COMPUTER IN BKGD.

CREWMEN AT COMPUTER STATIONS INSIDE AWACS. AWACS CREW
AROUND TABLE AT BRIEFING.

AWACS IN FLIGHT PEELING OFF AS IT MAKES TURN.

FAA REGULATIONS , 5 MILE BUFFER ZONE TO PREVENT
SPILLOUTS.

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