United States Air Force (USAF) Forward Air Controllers (FACs) in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Sandbagged machine gun positions. USAF and SSF personnel manning the positions. A soldier aims a machine gun.
United States Air Force (USAF) Forward Air Controllers (FACs) in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. An aircraft in flight. FAC Captain Lawrence Reed at the controls of the aircraft. A USAF A-1E Skyraider on a dive bomb run over targets. The aircraft drops napalm bombs. Smoke rises up from the area.
United States Air Force (USAF) Forward Air Controllers (FACs) in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A USAF O-1F Bird Dog aircraft in flight overhead. The aircraft circles over a target area. Smoke rises up from the target area. A pilot in the cockpit of the aircraft. Leaflets are dropped from the aircraft.
U.S. Army 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade (Sep) on an operation in South Vietnam. Paratroopers advance through rice paddy fields and thick forest area. Officer speaks over radio phone on field. Next, soldiers are seen standing where they have popped a yellow smoke grenade to mark a landing zone.. More views of the troops making their way to the landing zone. Scene shifts to a group of Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopters approaching and landing in trail formation. The soldiers are dispatched in groups to board the choppers. After all are aboard, the helicopters take off in formation and depart. View from one of the helicopters as it is leaving. Soldiers are seen on the ground below. Glimpse of a helicopter pilot inside a cockpit. View of another helicopter flying above. View of helicopters flying in formation. Closeup of one flying nearby with door open.
Damage caused at Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam. Smoke rising from burning aircraft along the flight line. Damaged aircraft parts on flight line. Vietnamese Air Force personnel move near the aircraft. U.S. Air Force A-1E's and other planes being taxied to safety.
View from forward camera in a USAF A-1E aircraft on a mission in Vietnam. The aircraft descends toward an area where smoke is rising. As it reaches the area, a fiery explosion occurs and thick black smoke rises rapidly forcing the pilot to climb to avoid it. But he goes IFR as it engulfs the aircraft. Scene shifts to camera aircraft following another A-1E as it begins a strafing run on a target near a river. Another scene shows the camera aircraft descending over a group of buildings and a bridge over a river, and then pulling up into a climb. (Note: The A1E aircraft on this mission are believed to be from the 1st Air Commando Squadron, operating out of Bien Hoa Air Base.)