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.
Activities aboard the USS Ranger aircraft carrier in Alameda, California. Three crewmen talk on flight deck of USS Ranger. Tail section of plane parked on flight deck. Two A-7E Corsair II aircraft in flight over sea. A-7E Corsair lands on flight deck of USS Ranger. Man signals pilot of plane. Man signals second A-7E Corsair II VA-25 landing on flight deck. An F-14A Tomcat makes touch-and-go landing on flight deck.
Airman along catwalk of USS Ranger. Men walk in the background along flight deck. Landing gears of A-7B Corsair II aircraft while it taxis along flight deck. Airman climbs up from catwalk to carrier's flight deck. Trucks and aircraft parked along flight deck. F-14 Tomcat aircraft taxis along flight deck. Pilots get out of plane.
Activities aboard USS Ranger in Alameda, California. Airman talks with a man in red shirt along flight deck of USS Ranger. F-14 Tomcat aircraft parked along flight deck in the background. An airman walks along deck and joins other airmen. Airmen converse with each other. Airmen on plane with opened canopy. Carrier's Island as seen from flight deck with aircraft taxiing in the foreground.
Activities aboard USS Ranger in Alameda, California. Aircraft warms up along flight deck of USS Ranger. A-6 Aircraft catapulted from flight deck. F-14 Tomcat aircraft of VF-1 Wolfpack Squadron taxis. A-6 aircraft taxis.
Smoke arises in jungle. Troops treat a wounded soldier. Black smoke rises over trees. F-4 aircraft makes bomb run. Smoke arises from jungle. Troops carry stretcher with body bag across jungle. (Vietnam War period).
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