A documentary about deployment of United States 430th Tactical Air Command Fighter Squadron in Takhli, Thailand during the Vietnam War. Sunsets and a view of the sky at dusk. A silhouetted aircraft. Men of United States 430th Fighter Squadron seated outside the End O' Line club. They watch a movie. Projector running behind them. Scenes from the movie shown as the men cheer a scene. Closer view of an operator or projectionist sitting next to the motion picture projector as it runs.
A documentary about deployment of United States 430th Tactical Air Command Fighter Squadron in Takhli, Thailand during the Vietnam War. Men stand on the bonnet of a jeep as they hold a banner. A United States KC-135 A taxis at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base after landing. Troops get off the plane. United States airmen smoke cigarettes. Troops board a flight. The KC-135 A taxis and takes off. A man on the runway runs. The aircraft in flight.
U.S. Airmen (figefighters) of the 430th Tactical Fighter Squadron are seen performing maintenance on fire truck and equipment in their firehouse at the Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, during the Vietnam War. Glimpse of airmen relaxing in a ready room. Others are sunbathing on cots outdoors. Parked aircraft and fuel trucks are seen on an airfield apron. One taxis forward, slightly. Suddenly, an airman in a flight suit is seen running as fast as possible to the firehouse. He runs into a shower locker room where some airmen are seated, grabs a roll of toilet paper, and runs outside, dropping the roll, once, in his haste. Next, several airmen run from the shower locker room Camera focuses on a coiled cobra snake sitting in the sun, at the shower facility. It jumps towards the building. An airman with a hooked pole, pulls the snake from an awning, onto the ground, where others surround it and use shovels, clubs, and other implements to kill it. the airman with the hook poses, holding the dead snake aloft. It appears to be about 8 feet long. Glimpse of sunbather lying unperturbed on his cot.