U.S. Navy McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II crashes at Saint Louis, Missouri. F-4J test flight aircraft #155557 MAC 2833 lifts off from runway, climbs steeply and goes into a vertical attitude. Pilot and co-pilot eject. Plane continues climbing and levels off. F-4J crashes, wheels down, and explodes into a big fireball. Black smoke billows upward from flames, and drifts upward. (Both crew members survived the ejection: Pilot C. D. "Pete" Pilcher, Production Test Pilot, McDonnell Douglas Corporation; and Radar Observer Harvey A. Begay in backseat position.)
U.S. Navy McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II crashes at St. Louis, Missouri. It was test flight #155557 MAC 2833. The F-4J aircraft taxis for take off, lifts off and climbs steeply. Pilot and co-pilot eject. (Both survived: Pilot C. D. "Pete" Pilcher, Production Test Pilot, McDonnell Douglas Corporation; and Radar Observer Harvey A. Begay in backseat position.) Plane moves flatly through air in vertical position. It loses all speed. Aircraft falls flatly, impacts runway and explodes into a huge fireball. Black smoke billows up from impact area. Plane continues to burn. F-4J ablaze. Crash crew makes way to fire. Ambulance on ground. Pilot Pilcher and Radar Observer Begay meet-up together with other personnel on the airfield and observe the blazing aircraft from which they had ejected. They walk around a military station wagon. The two crew members examine ejection seat on runway. Ejection seat resting on runway. Two pilots get into a station wagon with other civilian personnel. Collapsed chute laying on grass. View of ejection seat. Blown canopy, other debris lying about runway in the background. F-4J still ablaze. Fire engine enters and moves down a runway. Firemen wade knee-deep through foam while fighting fire. Heavy smoke rises from wreckage. Crashed F-4J, heavy foam in the foreground. Fireman direct more foam into opening of F-4J while smoke is pouring out.
Activities of the members of USAF (United States Air Forces) SP (Security Police) in providing perimeter defense at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. SPs withdraw weapons at an armory. SPs leave the building with the weapons. They stand in formation outside the building. A sign reads 'Security Police SQ Armory'.
Activities of members of USAF (United States Air Force) SP (Security Police) while providing perimeter defense for Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. An SP clears an M-60 machine gun in a firing barrel. An SP withdraws an M-16 rifle with grenade launcher from an armory. The SP returns the M-16 rifle to an armorer. An NCO (Non-Commissioned Officer) reads orders to mount guard.
Activities of members of USAF (United States Air Force) SP (Security Police) in providing perimeter defense for Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. SPs mount guard in formation. An NCO (Non-Commissioned Officer) talks to a group. The SPs get into a truck and the truck pulls away.
Activities of members of USAF (United States Air Force) SP (Security Police) in providing perimeter defense for Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A truck loaded with members of USAF Security Police arrives at a bunker and relives those going off-duty. A jeep with four SPs and an M-50 machine gun leaves a compound. An NCO (Non-Commissioned Officer) reads orders. The SPs put their gear in the truck. An SP removes the M-60 machine gun from the truck and mounts the gun on the jeep.