Deployment of United States 355th Tactical Fighter Wing and departure of F-105 D aircraft from Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. A pilot leaves a van and walks towards a United States F-105 D aircraft. He checks a log book. Men work on the plane as he inspects it. The pilot climbs up the ladder into the cockpit. He prepares for a flight and puts on the flight gear. The aircraft with its engine switched on. Smoke rises as the plane taxis from revetment and turns. It taxis along the flight line.
Deployment of United States 355th Tactical Fighter Wing and departure of F-105 D aircraft from Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. United States airmen watch as the aircraft taxi along the runway and take off. Men stand behind barbed wire fence as they watch the planes taking off. Some of them wear headphones as they look on. The aircraft taxi on the runway.
Deployment of United States 355th Tactical Fighter Wing and departure of F-105 D aircraft from Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. United States Air Force pilots don cutaways and parachutes in a PE room. The crew chief places a parachute into an aircraft. A pilot climbs up the stairs of an F-105 D aircraft.
Deployment of United States 355th Tactical Fighter Wing at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. A United States Air Force officer briefs as he stands on a podium. An arm insignia reads ' Republic F-105 D '.
Deployment of United States 355th Tactical Fighter Wing and pilots being briefed at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. A pilot climbs into the cockpit of a United States F-105 D aircraft at the air base. He works on controls and wears his helmet. An arm insignia on pilot's uniform reads '100 Mission F-105 '. The pilot preflights the F-105 D and climbs into the cockpit. Pilots are briefed and they take down notes. An officer briefs the pilots as he speaks from a podium.
Deployment of United States 355th Tactical Fighter Wing and F-105 D aircraft take off from Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. The aircraft ascend fast immediately after take off from the air base. An F-105 D aircraft taxis along and takes off. F- 105 Ds take off from the air base.