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. A pilot leaves a van and walks towards a United States F-105 D aircraft. He checks a log book. Men work on the plane as he inspects it. The pilot climbs up the ladder into the cockpit. He prepares for a flight and puts on the flight gear. The aircraft with its engine switched on. Smoke rises as the plane taxis from revetment and turns. It taxis along the flight line.
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 Air Force pilots don cutaways and parachutes in a PE room. The crew chief places a parachute into an aircraft. A pilot climbs up the stairs of an F-105 D aircraft.
Deployment of United States 355th Tactical Fighter Wing at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. A United States Air Force officer briefs as he stands on a podium. An arm insignia reads ' Republic F-105 D '.
Deployment of United States 355th Tactical Fighter Wing and F-105 D aircraft take off from Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. The aircraft ascend fast immediately after take off from the air base. An F-105 D aircraft taxis along and takes off. F- 105 Ds take off from the air base.
United states Secretary of Defense address the press in Washington D.C., United States. A Department of Defense emblem at a door with the nameplate of Secretary Melvin R Laird below it. United States Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird addresses the press with American Ambassador to South Vietnam Ellsworth Bunker and American Ambassador to Paris Habib in the background. Secretary Laird talks about the reorganization program and its implications. He also talks about the awards being given to Ambassador Bunker and Habib.
USS Ranger underway in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War. A U.S. Navy SH-3D Sea King helicopter in flight off the side of USS Ranger. The helicopter lifts off. A U.S. Navy KA-3B Skywarrior aircraft being launched. A U.S. Navy A-7B Corsair II being launched from the angle deck and becomes airborne. An F-4J Phantom II aircraft taxis on the deck of USS Ranger, turning completely around. The A-7B seen airborne in the background after being launched from the angled deck. U.S. Navy A-6A Intruder aircraft taxiing on the deck. Two A-6As on the angle deck being prepared for a launch. One A-6A is launched. The second A-6A on launch. U.S. Navy C-1A Trader aircraft taxiing slowly on the deck. The F-4J aircraft in flight. The A- 7B in flight with its wheels down.