Overhead view of dense foliage in Vietnam. Aircraft drops Mk 82 Snakeye bomb and bomb explodes. Aircraft passes over smoky area. GP bomb explodes beneath.
Aircraft B-52 taxiing. Aerial view of two United States Air Force B-52 aircraft high over clouds. Vapor trails coming off the wings. Crew members seen inside the aircraft at their respective crew positions. Aerial bombs away view of Bombs falling in great numbers from B-52s and exploding on enemy position in jungles below. Air Force tower operator looks through binoculars as B-52s return to land at their home airfield in Guam. B-52s in landing approach and landing after mission. (Vietnam War period).
Aircraft B-52 lands on airfield, using drag chute to help decelerate. B-52 releases parachute on runway during landing roll. Ground crews quickly retrieve the chute and clear runway. Inside hangar, they repack the drag chute for reuse. Plane taxies on airfield. Ground crewman hooks up hose to underground fuel supply for refueling the B-52 airplane. (Vietnam War period).
Trailer trucks loaded with bombs enters the munitions loading docks at a Strategic Air Command Base in Guam, during the Vietnam War. Armorers assemble tail fins and insert fuses in AN-M113A1 thousand pound bombs. Caps being removed and fuses being screwed into bomb noses. Arming wires fastened to the fuses. 750 pound bombs being unloaded from racks and mounted under wings of B-52. Loaded B-52s taking off from airfield in darkness and climbing to high cruise altitudes from where the setting sun is still visible, as they fly West.
Flare drop missions at Bein Hoa Air Base. Parachute flares descend at night. Muzzle flashes from mini-guns. Smoke drift from flares.
Aircraft AC-47 takes off from runway at Bein Hoa Air Base. AC-47 in flight. Crewmen place parachute flares in flare rack aboard AC-47.
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