United States Army soldier raises his hands to direct a CH-47 helicopter carrying a firing platform in its sling. The CH-47 delivers the platform and flies away. Another CH-47 brings another platform and delivers it near a 105mm howitzer and flies away. Activities of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne. (Vietnam War period).
Ground scenes and hook from hatch of a hovering CH-47 helicopter are seen. Hook is taken by a hand and a firing platform is attached to it. A firing platform in paddy field is seen from a CH-47. Vehicles are parked at a base. U.S. Army 101st Airborne Pilot at the control panel of the helicopter. (Vietnam War period).
Rigger landing on ground. Firing in a forest area. Smoke and dust arise after a bomb blast. Officials shake hands with Detachment Commander in a meeting. The Detachment Commander shows them a map marked with landing-zones (LZ). Men level a LZ. Thick vegetation exists on one side of the LZ. Men remove shrubs and weeds from the LZ. A man carries another man as a piggy-bag, on the runway to check sub-soil firmness.
Animation showing runway specifications for landing. Specifications for landing of light and medium aircrafts during day and night are displayed. Runway length and breadth and safety area are marked in steps for various aircrafts in the animation. 25 feet strip along length of the runway is marked in the animation. A landing-zone cleared in a forest area is animated. It has 1-2 nautical miles turning zones. Mountain on one side of the runway is animated. Light and medium aircrafts along the slope of the mountain are shown in animation. Climb and glide ratios are marked for them. Safe distances of the obstruction from the runway and the permissible height of the obstruction are animated.
Detachment Commander in meeting with officials. He wraps the map and men exit from the hut located in forest. A coded message carrying specifications required by Special Forces for air operations is written on a page. Map of landing-zone (LZ) is created on ground with various marks. Detachment Commander along with soldiers surrounds the map. Detachment Commander explains the landing operations to be carried out. Red chips are used to mark the stations on runway. Detachment Commander uses a stick to indicate these. RCL (Reception Committee Leader) is shown with blue chips. A soldier submits a document to an officer. Two other soldiers come to him. The officer gives the document. Detachment Commander receives a document brought by a soldier. Soldiers move on LZ and check the security. Men move on LZ. An aircraft approaches LZ. Two enemy soldiers see the air craft. One of them talks on phone. In an enemy base a soldier looks at a map. Another soldier notes down on a pad. Soldier at LZ see his watch. RCL burns a marker light lasting 4 minutes to signal the plane. The aircraft lands. Animation shows the pathway of landing taken by the aircraft on LZ. RCL man moving on runway signals approaching aircraft to parking area. Soldiers move to the parked aircraft. A signal is blown off as the aircraft takes off.
Detachment Commander discuss with another official. Soldiers move to an aircraft. It takes off. Soldier carries a wounded on stretcher over a LZ (Landing-Zone). A signal bomb releases blue smoke for day time landing. Two soldiers stretch orange panels as signals to the approaching plane. The plane lands on the runway. The plane unloads and wounded are transferred to the plane. It takes off, leaving behind a cloud of dust.
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