Rescue activities of United states 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron in Thailand. A sign reads '40th ARRS Jolly Green'. A wooded area in the background. Based on the terrain, this could be Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base (NKP). Home of the HH-53 Rescue Helicopters
Final approach cockpit view to runway 18 at U-Tapao Air Base in Thailand. View of air strip. Aircraft parked at the air base. Plane approaches air strip for landing. This is the final clip in a series of 9 in a row showing approach for landing at the following Thai Air Base locations: Don Muang AB runway No. 21; Korat AB runway No. 24; Udorn AB runway No. 30; Phitsanulok AB runway No. 33; Takhli AB runway No. 36; Ubon AB runway No. 05; Chiang Mai AB runway No. 36; Nakhon Phanom AB runway No. 15; U-Tapao AB runway No. 18.
An aircraft flies over muddy fields in Thailand as it approaches the runway at Nakhon Phanom Air Base in Thailand. It lands on runway number 15 and taxis along the runway after landing. Water along the sides of the runway.
A tractor trailer load of MK 82 General Purpose bomb arrives at a receiving depot in the munitions storage area of U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. A Thai worker and an Air Force munitions handler install chocks ahead and behind the trailer wheels as other Thai workers climb aboard the flat bed trailer. Thai workers roll the bombs to an Air Force munitions handler who uses a pneumatic power tool to fasten tail assemblies onto the bombs. Another tractor trailer of bombs pulls into an adjacent lane of the receiving depot. Closeup of the Air Force munitions handler using his pneumatic tool to fasten the tail assemblies on the bombs.Thai helpers place tail assemblies on each bomb for the munitions handler and roll the completed assemblies into a line. View of assembled MK 82 bombs with tail fins and nose fuses installed and tagged.
Munition operations at U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. Closeup of U.S. Air Force munitions handlers and Thai assistants installing fuzes in bodies and noses of M82 bombs on a flat bed truck in a bomb assembly area of U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. When they finish the driver climbs into the truck cab. Closeup of writing on truck door reading: "U.S. Air Force, 67B 1362, For Oficial Use Only." It pulls out of the assembly bay. Closeup of driver speaking on mobile telephone in the truck, as he drives.
Film opens with view from left side of a U.S. Air Force truck moving in munitions storage area at U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. The moving truck passes a team of Air Force munitions handlers off loading bombs from a flat bed truck, using a mobile crane. A crate of bombs has just been set on the ground. Next, the camera truck approaches an entrance gate of the facility, where an Air Force surveyor stands with a transit on a tripod. Several Thai persons stand in the shade of the entrance guard shack. One carries a camera. A guard is posted at the roadway. A sign atop the guard shack reads: "U-Tapao, 635 MMS, Munitions Storage Area." Closeup of the armed guard as he checks the camera truck and motions it to proceed. Scene changes showing a Thai truck carrying explosives, approaching to enter the Storage area. It is waved on by the armed sentry. Closeup of the sign at the Storage area entrance, shows logos of the U.S. Air Force Pacific Air Forces and the 13th Air Force. A U.S. Air Force tractor trailer truck, loaded with bombs, drives in an area of the facility containing racks of M117 General Purpose Bombs on low trailers in yellow steel shelters. Closeup of an Airman moving a bomb into a cradle that carries it up into the rack. An Air Force munitions handler rolling M117 bombs by their fins. Next, a munitions handling team is seen using a mobile crane to move a crate of bombs from a flat bed truck. The Team supervisor (a Staff Sergeant) spreaks into a walkie talkie radio during the operations.
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