A change of command at 2nd Field Force Artillery Headquarters at Long Binh, Vietnam. A U.S. 2nd Field Force soldier poses. A sign reads 'Headquarters II Field Force Vietnam Artillery'. Soldiers walk around outside the headquarters. Unit flags at the headquarters. Passing of colors to the new commander. Troops lined up on a field. Brigadier General Leo D. Kinnard speaks to the troops. Brigadier General Francis J. Roberts addresses troops. Lieutenant General Julian J. Ewell shakes hands with both of the brigadier generals. (Vietnam War period).
During the Vietnam War, airmen are seen lifting a Night Observation Device (NOD) or Starlite Scope, into an AC-130 Gunship. Closeup of airman's hand fastening cable connection and sleeve, to install it. Views of two airmen connecting additional cables as part of the installation. One of the airmen seated at the controls rotates the unit around and checks its vertical motions. He tightens two connections and then steps away from the unit.
Paveway I laser guided bomb carried by fighter bomber in Vietnam. Aerial view over wooded terrain of a U.S. Air Force F-4D Phantom jet, from Ubon Air Base in Thailand, descending and, while still at fairly high altitude, releasing a 2000 lb Mk 84 laser guided bomb against Viet Cong ground target.
Major Williams gives information about laser guided bombs at Ubon Air Base in Thailand . He points to photographs, maps and tactics charts. He provides information about Paveway, the laser guided bombs and their tactics. He explains a diagram to describe the operations.
Interpretation of the photographs of laser guided bomb strikes. U.S. Air Force Photo interpreters, Major Mills and 1st Lieutenant Davison view the prints and KB-18 negatives. The photographs are pasted on a board on a wall at Ubon Air Base in Thailand.
Ubon Air Base, Thailand. U.S. Air Force Eighth Fighter Wing insignia displayed on the wall. A U.S. Air Force officer briefs a group of pilots in preparation for a mission over Vietnam during the Vietnam war. He points at a map on a board and speaks to men seated at a table listening to him. The briefing officer leaves. Air crews discuss the mission.