Rescue activities of United States 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron in Thailand. A United States Air Force HH-53C helicopter in flight. The helicopter taxis along a runway at Nakhon Phnom Air Base. The wheels of the helicopter as it taxis along. The helicopter in flight. The tail rotor hub and the main rotor hub of the helicopter.
Rescue activities of United States 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron in Thailand. A United States Air Force HH-53C helicopter taxis along at the Nakhon Phnom Air Base as a beacon lights up under the fuselage of the helicopter. A pilot flips switches on the instrument panel of the HH-53C helicopter. He moves the floor controls of the helicopter. A beacon lights up under the fuselage of the helicopter. Intake louvers of the helicopter open and close. The main rotor pitch actuators move. A pitch gauge between a hub and a rotor blade during control check out.
Rescue activities of United states 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron in Thailand. A sign reads '40th ARRS Jolly Green'. A wooded area in the background. Based on the terrain, this could be Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base (NKP). Home of the HH-53 Rescue Helicopters
Rescue activities of United states 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron in Thailand. Para rescue men board a jitney at Nakhon Phnom Air Base. A bill board reads ' If you are down and out and need a pick up call for Jolly Green'. The jitney pulls up at the 40th ARRS headquarters and men enter the building. A green giant figure, insignia of 40th ARRS on a wall.
Rescue activities of United states 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron in Thailand. Pilots make preflight checks on a United States Air Force OV-10A aircraft. The pilots look at the propellers of the aircraft. Men walk past rows of OV-10A aircraft at Nakhon Phnom Air Base.
1st Australian Task Force in Vietnam.. A medic treats an injured soldier of 1st Australian Task Force in a jungle. Bandages being tied to the soldier's arm. Wounded being helped to a helicopter landing area. Australian soldiers wait in the jungle. The soldiers move through brush as they look through binoculars. The soldiers move across a burned out area. (Vietnam War period).
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