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U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base Thailand 1972 stock footage and images

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First three B-52 aircraft of the U.S. Strategic Air Command 4433rd Bomb Wing land at U-Tapao Air Base in Thailand

View of the first three U.S. B-52 bombers (of a force of 15) landing at U-Tapao Airbase, Thailand on April 10, 1967. These bombers hit targets in Vietnam on their way to U-Tapao. (The entire force arrived during the period from April through July, 1967, on temporary assignment from the Strategic Air Command 4433rd Bomb Wing at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam.) The B-52s are under the command of the SAC 3rd Air Division. The aircraft land with wing flaps down and deploy drag chutes to slow their ground rolls.Officers of the 4258th Strategic Wing,and Royal Thai Air Force greet the arriving aircrews. The event is recorded by photographers, along with newsmen from Japan, Thailand, United States and Philippines. (Vietnam War period).

Date: 1967, April 10
Duration: 3 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047098
Interview of USAF Lt. Col. Joseph M Valenti about C-5A Airlift at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield,Thailand.

U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand. Lieutenant Colonel Joseph M Valenti, Commander of the 618th Military Airlift Support Squadron, is asked about U.S. Air Force Airlift operations. He is seated in an easy chair, with a photograph of a C-5 aircraft on the wall behind him. The Colonel speaks about the C-5 as part of the Air Force strategic airlift fleet comprising C-5s, C-141s and the CRAF (Civil Reserve Airlift Fleet). Asked about the impact of the C-5, he mentions the variety of military equipment it is capable of carrying worldwide. He mentions how C-5s and C-141 aircraft were able to move a complete U.S. Air Force Tactical Fighter Wing to Thailand in 9 days.He contrasts that to more than a month required for a similar move during the Korean war.

Date: 1972, August 29
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034379
U.S. Air Force tractors pull racks of bombs to B-52 bombers parked in revetments at U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, during the Vietnam war.

Air Force tractor pulls a rack of bombs under the wing of a B-52 bomber and to the front of the aircraft, parked on a ramp at U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand, during the Vietnam war. Photograpner slate interrupts, followed by view of another tractor pulling several racks of bombs under and past the B-52. The train of bomb racks continues moving along the ramp toward other B-52s parked in revetments.

Date: 1969, April 23
Duration: 3 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675039084
U.S.Air Force B-52 bombers taxiing from revetments at .U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand, during the Vietnam war.

B-52 D planes in revetments at U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base. B-52 D planes taxiing out from revetments. Various views of B-52 Ds taxiing out.

Date: 1969, April 23
Duration: 2 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675039086
Thais and U.S. airmen offloading cargo pallets and jet engines on dollies from C-5A at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield

K-loader behind C-5A, and moving to rear of aircraft at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand. Some officers stand at Air Base. Thais and U.S. Airmen, of 6th Aerial Port Squadron, pushing cargo pallets and jet engines on dollies from C-5A across K-loader and onto trailer. Men pulling cargo.

Date: 1972, August 30
Duration: 3 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034384
C-5 showing Thais and airmen pushing cargo pallets and jet engines at U-Tapao Air Base in Thailand.

C-5 showing Thais and airmen pushing cargo pallets and jet engines on dollies from aircraft, across K-loader and onto trailer.

Date: 1972, August 30
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034391