Air strike on Viet Cong positions in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of a wooded area housing a Viet Cong training camp. A large column of smoke rises from the area as napalm and GP (General Purpose) bombs explode. Explosions occur in the woods and smoke rises. Four U.S. Air Force A-1E Skyraider aircraft in flight with empty wing racks. A pilot in a cockpit of an aircraft in the foreground. Four A-1E aircraft peel off. The aircraft approach the Bein Hoa Air Base. The aircraft land at the air base.
An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. The Cam Ranh Bay in the province of Khanh Hoa, Vietnam. The Bay area. Shoreline with mountains in the background. Waves breaking on the shore. (Vietnam War period).
An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. The Cam Ranh Air Base in the province of Khanh Hoa, Vietnam. A barb wire fence around an enclosure. Trees sway in the wind. A military jeep parked inside. USAF airmen and women serve themselves at the Base mess. Airmen prepare and serve food from behind a counter. Airmen in line. Food laid out on tables. A military jeep passes a building. An airman walks past a yellow barrier along the building. Airmen and a nurse emerge from the building. A helicopter flies overhead. A military jeep and bus drive past the building. (Vietnam War period).
Activities of Lieutenant Colonel Preston S. Flanagan of U.S. 31st TFW (Tactical Fighter Wing) who flies the same C-47 Skytrain aircraft from Tuy Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War that he had flown during World War II in Africa and Asia. Colonel Flanagan and a copilot at the controls of the C-47D Skytrain transport plane. They talk to each other. Colonel Flanagan works on throttle knobs and switches on an instrument panel.
Activities of Lieutenant Colonel Preston S. Flanagan of U.S. 31st TFW (Tactical Fighter Wing) who flies the same C-47 Skytrain aircraft from Tuy Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War that he had flown during World War II in Africa and Asia. The C-47D Skytrain transport aircraft parked in a revetment at the air base. Lieutenant Colonel Preston makes a preflight inspection of the aircraft. The Lt. Colonel at the landing gear of the aircraft. He inspects the propellers. He examines other sections and walks towards the tail section and inspects elevators at the back.
Activities of Lieutenant Colonel Preston S. Flanagan of U.S. 31st TFW (Tactical Fighter Wing) who flies the same C-47 Skytrain aircraft from Tuy Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War that he had flown during World War II in Africa and Asia. The C-47D Skytrain transport plane parked in a revetment at the air base. Lieutenant Colonel Preston makes a preflight inspection. He inspects the wings of the aircraft and walks towards the tail section and checks the elevators and the rudder at the back of the aircraft. The C-47D tail section with number 0-49572. The Lt. Col. boards the aircraft. The C-47D taxis on a runway for a take off as seen from the cockpit.