Vietnam Air Force personnel board U.S. Air Force O-1E liaison aircraft at an U.S. airbase in Vietnam during Vietnam War. Crew members of O-1E put on gear, leave the building and board the aircraft during a mission. Engine of O-1E starts.
Return of U.S. Air Force B-57 Canberra bomber aircraft after air strike missions in Vietnam during Vietnam War. Aerial views of U.S. Air Force B-57 Canberra bomber returning after striking Viet Cong bases in Vietnam.
United States Air Force (USAF) Forward Air Controllers (FACs) in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A Vietnamese observer seated in a USAF O-1F Bird Dog aircraft. The wheel of the aircraft move. An FAC team is briefed in a forward area. ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) troops firing in the background. A briefing map shows troops positions and suspected Viet Cong positions. A Province Chief briefs SSF and USAF personnel on a field. An O-1F aircraft circles overhead. ARVN troops firing in a battle line.
Flood relief operations being carried on in Vietnam. Aerial views of flooded villages in Mekong Delta area in Vietnam. Houses surrounded by water, fields filled with flood waters. Houses submerged in water. Vietnam air Force C-47 aircraft flies low as it approaches the landing strip at Rach Gia airport. Plane lands and taxis along the strip. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Air Force pilot, FAC (Forward Air Controller) imbedded with U.S. Army unit, directs air strikes from a forward position on the ground in Vietnam War. Another FAC Pilot in cockpit of an O-1 Bird Dog aircraft in flight over Vietnam. F-100 Supersaber fighter defending a U.S. and Montagnard outpost in Vietnam, under assault by North Vietnamese troops. Loose formation of Douglas Skyraider aircraft in flight. U.S. tactical fighters strafe the assaulting North Vietnamese ground targets only 40 yards from friendly forces .RF-4 reconnaissance aircraft taking off and views from cockpit. RF-4 returns and parks. RF-4 camera and equipment. View inside cockpit of RF-4. Soldier records intelligence information gleaned from reconnaissance mission. Men in photo interpretation control room viewing aerial photographs from panoramic, oblique, vertical and radar cameras. Major General William B. Rosson, Chief of Staff to General William Westmoreland, in Vietnam. Intelligence Officer briefs commanders, using a chart. Tactical Airlift C-130s in flight and dropping paratroops. Sky filled with descending parachutes. Paratroopers land. Heavy equipment being pulled by parachutes from rear of C-130, in flight. Pilots in cockpit of C-130 making an assault landing. C-130s landing on rough dirt strip, using short field landing techniques.Troops and vehicles rush out of plane while its engines are still running. Troops march in field.
Big Picture depicts the U.S. soldiers in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Paintings of United States soldiers and firing of artillery during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. A CH-47 helicopter lands at hilltop fire base. U.S. troops on patrol First Lieutenant leads a squad. They ignite orange smoke flare to mark landing zone for Huey chopper (Bell UH-1 helicopter) that lands and picks them up. View of squad inside helicopter. U.S. troops sweep for mines. U.S. tanks equipped for mine clearing. Huey chopper fires missiles. Tank fires artillery. U.S. artillerymen fire 155 mm long tom gun. Soldier fires fully automatic hand-held weapon.