TV picture of target area on forward looking infra-red screen of AC-119K aircraft can be seen. January 1970.
101st Air Cavalry Dv. of Operation Somerset Plain. Flying and landing of UH-1H helicopter. August 1968.
Views from tail camera of a USAF A-1E aircraft strafing enemy targets at low altitude amidst groves of coconut trees. White smoke rising from the ground, behind the aircraft. The A-1E is flying at tree-top level. Simple structures are seen, occasionally, amongst the trees. Exploding White phosphorus bombs and fires erupting from napalm, seen in the wake of the aircraft. More huts seen as the aircraft exits the coconut plantation and passes over a river bank. Fires burning in the background. The A-1E climbs out over the river. (Note: The A1E aircraft on this mission is believed to be from the 1st Air Commando Squadron, operating out of Bien Hoa Air Base.)
Bad Weather conditions due to monsoon rains. Maintenance work goes on at Tuy Hoa Air Base despite bad weather. Maintenance building surrounded by water near ramp. A man rides a bicycle through standing water around brick factory. Concertina barbed wire fence at the edge. A woman wearing a conical hat wades in water across the barbed wires. A camouflaged C-130 E plane takes off during inclement weather. Maintenance men work on a small bomb carrier hooked up to warehouse tractor as it rains. A saddle panel secured on F-100 D in a revetment. Water runs near a ramp, it runs under a sand drift fence. A camouflaged C-130 E plane taxis along the runway at the Air Base.
Various scenes in unedited mix covering arrival of USO troupe aboard the USS Hancock. View of pilot in the cockpit of H-46 Sea Knight helicopter approaching the aircraft carrier USS Hancock ( CVA-19) as seen through the cockpit window. View from hovering helicopter as sailor crosses deck to assist landing. Sailors securing the chopper. Sailors gathered around USO Troupe members, and H-46 Sea Knight helicopter of HC-3 "Packrats.". Sailors and USO troupe members on flight deck overlooking open hangar deck below. Carrier island in background. Vought F-8 Crusader of Navy Squadron VF-24 on the flight deck. Douglas A-4F Skyahawk aircraft is seen displaying Logo of Squadron VA-212 ("Rampant Raiders"). USO troupe members walk about on deck. H-46 Sea Knight helicopter lands on the USS Hancock.
AC-119G Gunship in flight. View of field on the ground.
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