The United States Air Force was only 5 years old when Air Cadet was made. Shortly after the Air Force would be fighting its first war in Korea as a separate
service.
The film was dated by 1954 when the Air Force Academy was founded in Colorado Springs by act of Congress. Until then what you see here is how pilots were made.
Air Cadet follows the story of four enlistees Robert Arthur, Richard Long, Alex Nicol and James Best and their time in training. The main plot line involves Richard Long and his infatuation with the separated wife of his training officer Gail Russell. Said training officer Stephen McNally isn't quite ready to let Russell go and therein lies the plot.
Aviation buffs will like the training scenes with the latest in planes in 1951. The aerial shooting is well done and nicely integrated into the story.
Rock Hudson is in this film as an upper classman whomakes our cadets especially Robert Arthur jump. Alex Nicol was the most interesting character, a veteran infantryman from World War II who wants a taste of the glamour that pilots had in the last war. I wish we had more of him.
I'm sure Air Cadet was a fine tool for recruitment for the newest of our Armed Services.
The film was dated by 1954 when the Air Force Academy was founded in Colorado Springs by act of Congress. Until then what you see here is how pilots were made.
Air Cadet follows the story of four enlistees Robert Arthur, Richard Long, Alex Nicol and James Best and their time in training. The main plot line involves Richard Long and his infatuation with the separated wife of his training officer Gail Russell. Said training officer Stephen McNally isn't quite ready to let Russell go and therein lies the plot.
Aviation buffs will like the training scenes with the latest in planes in 1951. The aerial shooting is well done and nicely integrated into the story.
Rock Hudson is in this film as an upper classman whomakes our cadets especially Robert Arthur jump. Alex Nicol was the most interesting character, a veteran infantryman from World War II who wants a taste of the glamour that pilots had in the last war. I wish we had more of him.
I'm sure Air Cadet was a fine tool for recruitment for the newest of our Armed Services.