View of darkened Illuminator beam in the sky at Phu Cat Air Base, Vietnam. Illuminator controls aboard AC-119G Shadow aircraft.
Unit insignia on a board reads 17th Special Operations SQ Shadow-'Deny Him The Dark' at Phu Cat Air Base, Vietnam. Another insignia shows list of Unit officials.
A United States Air Force HH-53 helicopter test rescue operations in Vietnam. The crew boards the HH-53 helicopter and lifts off. The cockpit of the helicopter is seen along with its radar display. A cable is lowered to rescue a man during a simulated rescue operation. A crew member brings the rescued man into the helicopter. (Vietnam War period).
Activities at Soc Trang Army Air Base,Vietnam, on occasion of its turnover to VNAF forces. Major General McCown and Secretary of Air Force Robert C. Seamans speaking on the microphone. Soc Trang tower with flags of U.S. and Vietnam flying over it. Vietnamese General speaks on the microphone. Dr.Seamans and his group leaving,walking past Vietnamese troops and taking salutes. (Vietnam War period).
Deployment of United States 355th Tactical Fighter Wing and departure of F-105 D aircraft from Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. United States airmen watch as the aircraft taxi along the runway and take off. Men stand behind barbed wire fence as they watch the planes taking off. Some of them wear headphones as they look on. The aircraft taxi on the runway.
U.S. President Richard Nixon's press conference at White House in Washington DC. A press reporter questions preparations of the U.S. for any political settlement of war in Vietnam. President Nixon confirms the readiness of U.S. to accept any justified settlement at the Paris Peace Conference.