United States Air Force General Joseph J Nazzaro visits Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. KC-135A Stratotanker taxis on arrival. General Joseph J Nazzaro along with other officers disembark from the aircraft. General Nazzaro being greeted by United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General Herman Nickerson. Army of Republic of Vietnam Lieutenant General Xuan Lam, Colonel Roberts and staff. General Nazzaro converses with Lieutenant General Herman Nickerson and Lieutenant General Xuan Lam. General Nazzaro shakes hands with group of Vietnamese Air Force airmen of the 41st Vietnamese Air Force Wing.
Preflight and post flight activities at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States Marine Corps tents. Man ride a bicycle on road beside the tents. Traffic on road. The 23rd Air Base Group Headquarters. Building under construction. Truck tows loaded bomb trailers on the road.
Training of the German Shepherd sentry dogs at the Da Nang airbase in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A sign board reads: 'Sentry Dogs'. Handlers taking the dogs in a field to train them. German Shepherd dog panting with tongue out. The dog undergoes training at the field and runs across an obstacle course. German Shepherd dog attacks a man wearing padded suit. Handler controls the dog.
Covers crash landing of U.S. Air Force F-105D Thunderchief, a fighter bomber on foamed runway at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Camouflaged F-105D skids on a foamed runway and catches fire as it skids to a stop. F-105D burns as fire-fighters spray foam. Fire truck moves to extinguish fire of a burning aircraft. American helicopter flies over a crash site. A fireman on a fire truck and signals. Scenes of fire at tail of F-105D and smoke rises. Fire-fighters spray foam on fire and on a bomb under the wing of aircraft.
Airbase and houses damaged due to Russian rocket shelling in Vietnam. Jet planes halt at Da Nang Air Base. Soldiers watch a damaged military building with broken roof. People stand in street and watch damaged window of the building. People stand besides ruins of houses. Women observe ruins. A woman cooks while another sits besides her. A man sprinkles water. Children and people stand besides covered dead bodies. A woman comes and touches a body, sits and cry while others watch. (Vietnam War period).
Number of United States aircraft take off from Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States aircraft RF-4C Phantom II, EC-135A Stratospheric ,RF-101C Voodoo, Douglas AC-47 Spooky, T-39 Sabreliner and C-123B Provider taxi and take off from the runway.