Pilot students look on as United States army instructor explains the various components of AH-1G helicopters better known as Cobra. A sign of Cobra is seen on the helicopter. Instructor explains the engine of the helicopter to the students and then he talks about the portion just below the wings of the helicopter (Vietnam War period).
United States Army instructors explains certain components lying below the tail of helicopter Cobra to American pilot students. Another officer takes over from the instructor and climbs up a ladder to explain the details about the tail of AH-1G better known as Cobra. (Vietnam War period).
An aircraft flies over the Vung Tau air base in Vietnam. It flies over houses in the town. Smoke emerges from a hill. Before landing it flies over helicopters and an air craft at the air base. It lands and moves over the runway.
HH-3E Jolly Green Helicopter in flight around Da Nang, Vietnam. Two A-1H Skyraider aircraft in flight with thick green forests on ground. Aircraft in flight.
HH-3E Jolly Green Helicopter in flight refueling by HC-130 P at Da Nang, Vietnam. HH-3E Jolly Green Helicopter and HC-130 P aircraft in flight. HC-130 P aircraft with its trailing drogues. HH-3E Jolly Green Helicopter attaches its pointed tube to the trailing drogues of HC-130 P aircraft. Pilot seated in cockpit operates controls.
(Clip opens with a brief view of a "color girl" or "china girl" for color television calibration.) Military and commercial aircraft land and take off from Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. An F-4E Phantom takes off from the runway. A Volpar Beechcraft Model 18 takes off. A C-130A Hercules and an O-2A Skymaster land and taxi on the runway. OV-10A Bronco, T-39A Sabreliner and O-1E Bird Dog take off from the Da Nang Air Base runway. C-123K Provider taxis on landing.