Security police QRT (Quick Reaction Team) members board V-100 vehicle at Pleiku Air Base, Vietnam. Another airman at his post. V-100 vehicle driven past perimeter guard tower. Tracers fired at night.
Film opens showing a U.S. Air Force F-100 in flight. Its SE tail code identifies it as belonging to the 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 31st Tactical Fighter Wing, out of Tuy Hoa, Vietnam. This is a two-seater F-100F training aircraft employed as a fast Forward Air Controller (FAC) in Operation Commando Sabre. Its back seat is empty. Various views of the aircraft are shown, some with brilliant blue sky background. Background radio transmissions sound like a Navy or Marine GCA unit giving approach guidance to an aircraft. Beginning at TC: 01:50, an F-4E of the 366th Fighter Wing is seen, flying on the wing of the F-100. The flight of two continues in formation to the end of the film.
View of a low mountain in snow-covered landscape of Norway, during NATO exercise "Arctic Express" in 1970. A NATO soldier, wearing arctic clothing, is seen behind a light machine gun with tripod on its barrel. Another trooper stands on porch of a house, holding an automatic weapon. View of him from the ground. A red Coca cola sign on building behind him. An armored personnel carrier backing up under direction of a NATO soldier. Troops placing white camouflage on vehicles. A soldier moves a vehicle out of a snow revetment and installs a radio antenna. A silver wreath insignia enclosing what looks like "ER" is pinned to his hat. He looks up (probably at a passing aircraft) and then steps into the vehicle, which resembles a land rover with spare tire fastened to its hood.
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia prepares to defend his empire against Italian invasion in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The emperor seated on throne with his wife, Empress Menen Asfaw. Ethiopian troops prepare for battle against Italian army. Men march with swords in their hands. Troops in uniform marching with rifles in their hands.
463rd Airlift Operations in support of humanitarian and combat operations in South East Asia. Interiors of C-130 Hercules aircraft in flight. BLU-82 bomb ("Daisy Cutter") dropped by a parachute. 15000 pound bomb explodes in thick forest area for creation of a landing zone.
463rd Airlift Operations in support of humanitarian and combat operations in South East Asia. Interiors of C-130 Hercules aircraft in flight. BLU-82/B bomb ("Daisy Cutter") dropped by a parachute to create a landing zone area in vegetation. The 15000 pound bomb explodes in thick forest area around Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam. Cloud of smoke arises from explosion. Aircraft in flight over forest area.
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