Film opens showing a blue crew bus moving on a ramp at U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand, during the Vietnam war. It stops near a B-52 bomber, and the crew members step from the bus. Some carry gear in A-3 bags. The crew members each begin their respective preflight inspections, as the aircraft commander looks over the aircraft's Form 1. Photographer slate is shown. Then the scene is retaken. The aircraft commander is seen looking over the bombs loaded on the aircraft.
Aerial views of Munitions Storage area in U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. B-52 F planes can be seen parked in revetments at the base. Many stacks of bombs are seen in the Munitions Storage area.
Film opens showing front of an M117 general purpose bomb with receptacle for fuse. Gloved hand of a munitions handler is then seen screwing fuses in two such bombs. Next, a team of munitions handlers is seen fastening tail assemblies onto bombs. One handler uses a pneumatic power tool to fasten the tail sections. Boxes of fuses are opened and some fuses taken out. Fused bombs are laid out with tags on their fuses. An airman installs a tagged fuse into a bomb.
A semi tractor truck drives into an open air munitions storage area at the U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. Numerous bombs are seen stacked behind bumker walls, and a flatbed truck trailer loaded with bombs is parked nearby. The airman driving the truck backs it up to the loaded trailer and hooks it up to his truck. Closeup of him making the necessry connections and then moving the trailer onto his truck and driving away. Next, a truckload of bombs is seen unloaded from a tractor trailer truck.
View at U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. Boeing B-52D bomber taxiing towards active runway, before take off on an Arc Light mission during Vietnam war.
View at Munitions Storage area. Loaded Thai trucks passing through guard gate at Munitions Storage area. Various views of storage area.
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