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Pilots arrive at Phan Rang Air Base in Vietnam.
614th Tactical Fighter Squadron arrives at Phan Rang Air Base in Vietnam. F-100's in flight. Crew personnel wait for F-100's landing. F-100 taxis. Crew personnel directs to F-100. Pilots welcomed by crew personnel. Pilots and crew personnel talk. Crew personnel pull luggage out from F-100.
U.S. Navy pilots in advanced training on their specialized aircrafts and getting their wings in the United States.
Naval aviator in training seen flying a F9 Cougar aircraft and practicing air to air gunnery and bombing and low level navigation. Aircraft landing on USS Lexington (CV-16) in Gulf of Mexico near Corpus Christi, Texas. Pilot Point of view (POV) shot from inside cockpit of aircraft as it descends approaching aircraft carrier deck for landing. Pilot performs arrested landing on deck of aircraft carrier. Two Grumman F-11 Tiger jet aircraft taking off from a ground runway, in tandem. Aerial views of formation of F-11 Tiger aircraft as they perform aerial rendezvous operations and fly in formation and in hunter-killer formation. Two F-11 aircraft perform strafing operations and aerial tactics and high altitude radar intercepts. View of pilot in cockpit of US Navy S-2 Tracker anti-submarine aircraft, and then aerial view of S-2 Tracker aircraft in flight over water. Pilots training in helicopters. A pilot flying a Bell H-13 Sioux helicopter at Ellyson Field near Pensacola. Close-up view of pilot and instructor inside Bell H-13 helicopter in flight. View of H-34 Seahorse helicopter in flight and landing. Pilots get their wings pinned on during ceremony. African American naval aviator has his wings pinned on him by his wife. Senior captain representing chief of naval air advance training pins wings on pilot's uniform in a ceremony. View of P-3 Orion aircraft parked on airfield and pilot walking away from aircraft. View of P-3 Orion aircraft taking off directly overhead of viewer at end of runway. SH-2 Seasprite helicopter taking off and in flight out of Key West, Florida. F4B Phantoms. Navy pilots in briefing on an aircraft carrier learn about a training operation.
Various U.S. Air Force missiles and intercepter aircraft of 1956
U.S. Airmen uncrate an AIM-4 Falcon heat-seeking guided air-to-air missile. Closeup as they remove it from its box. Next, an animated segment shows a fighter interceptor firing such a missile at a high flying bomber. it strikes and destroys the bomber. A Falcon missile on a test stand. It is launched for a short distance and then hits the ground. A brief animated segment illustrates an airborne missile being fired at another airplane, from a fighter aircraft. Glimpse of an Air Force aircraft dropping a parachute delayed bomb. A Convair F-102 Delta Dagger interceptor aircraft parked on a ramp. A MGM-1 Matador Cruise Missile being launched from a test stand. An F-102 interceptor aircraft taking off and in flight. It fires a missile straight ahead. Another F-102 firing a missile in flight, and a target drone tumbling to the ground and exploding. Airmen drive a forklift truck up to a parked F-102 aircraft, and remove a crate containing a Hughes AIM-4 Falcon missile. They remove it and place it in a firing test stand. A suspended net target in the desert is destroyed by a missile passing through it. Air Force mechanics work on an F-102 aircraft. A MGM-1 Matador Cruise Missile being fired. It travels some distance before breaking up. View of Matador Cruise Missile in flight. A drone target aircraft being struck by a missile in flight, and falling to earth.
Documentary of United States Air Force capabilities
Documentary. Numerous U.S. Air Force aircraft in operation, including: F-100s; B-47s; B-52s; F-106s; and F-105s. U.S Air Force alert crews run from barracks in response to Klaxon horn signal. They board their aircraft in snow. An F-100 makes takeoff with rocket boost. F-100s fire rockets. Wide variety of rockets fired from USAF aircraft. A Saturn rocket launch.
U.S. aircraft in flight over USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in the Caribbean.
USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) during Operation Springboard in the Caribbean. A U.S. Grumman S2F tracker aircraft dives and fires a rocket. The target is towed by USS Valley Forge and hit is made by an S2F. U.S. Navy Douglas AD Skyraiders aircraft in a dive bearing a rocket. The S2F in flight and fires a rocket. The S2F drops a 500 lb unarmed rocket. An S2F squadron in formation. Douglas AD Skyraiders fly in a formation over the ship.
The battle of Khe Sanh in the Vietnam War.
Film begins showing two U.S. Air Force McDonald Douglas F4 Phantom jet fighters in flight. Narrator says American intelligence reports on January 29, 1968, of a 4th North Vietnamese Regular Army Division in the Khe Sanh area, bringing total enemy strength to about 40 thousand regular troops. View of photo interpreter rolling large wet film taken by Air Force surveillance aircraft. Map of Hue, area of South Vietnam, showing disposition of American forces in the region. American Marine Colonel David E Lownds, Commander of Khe Sanh garrison, describes North Vietnamese offensives against some American held positions. Views of North Vietnamese attacks being repelled by artillery and air strikes as well as organic infantry weapons like the A1 millimeter mortars, 3.5 rockets, and M79 machine guns. U.S. aircraft drop munitions on enemy positions. Infantry firing guns mounted on vehicles. An F4 Phantom drops napalm that creates a swath of fire. Closeup of North Vietnamese newspaper warns that the Americans face a defeat comparable to that of the French at Dienbienphu. American newspapers express concerns about the fate of the Marine Garrison at Khe Sanh. U.S. Army General William Westmoreland, Commander of U.S. troops in Vietnam, is seen and heard expressing confidence that American forces would win the battle of Khe Sanh. American troops listen as he speaks. Marines in briefings and in combat, including African American Marines. American artillerymen load and fire a 175 mm field gun at Camp Carrol, and a location called the Rock pile with a network of trenches. Inside that base, are seen Ontos M50A1 multi barrel anti-tank tracked vehicles armed with 105 mm recoiless rifles. A marine fires a 4.2 inch mortar, and another fires a recoiless rifle. Marines firing a 155mm howitzer. Scene shifts to deck of an aircraft carrier. View of Navy F4J phantom fighter aircraft being launched from the USS Ticonderoga (CVA 14) (Note: this may be an anachronism. Reportedly, the F4J was not operating from aircraft carriers in the Vietnam until after 1968). F-4 Phantom fighters taking off from an Air Force base. Aerial view of a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber dropping conventional bombs on North Vietnamese targets. View from the air of bombs exploding on the ground over battlefield terrain. A C-130 transport plane dropping supplies to U.S. marines on the ground. View from below of the parachutes descending with supplies. Closeup of C-130 dropping mail from above. More views of parachute drops from C-130 aircraft to Khe Sanh. C-123 transport landing at a Marine base and a C-130 taking off. Another C-123 landing. Another having load delivered by low level extraction. Marines on the ground at Khe sanh opening packages of supplies and using a tractor to transport large boxes. On February 13, Marines suffered casualties when a platoon was ambushed just outside the base perimeter. View of Marine on a litter. Heavy black smoke rises at the base from shelling by North Vietnamese artillery. A C-123 aircraft takes off with dense black smoke in the background. Another napalm attack by a U.S plane creates a large conflagration. View from above of a B-52 dropping bombs only yards outside the Khe Sanh perimeter. Marines patrolling close in the base. More views of B-52s bombing North Vietnamese targets. View of nighttime bombing operations. A Marine plotting enemy movements on a plexiglass chart. Marines manning machine guns as enemy rockets and mortars continue to pound the garrison. Officers are seen in CINCPAC Command center. Continued U.S. bombardment and air strikes appear to prevent massing of enemy forces for an assault. Marines controlling hills in the area. A UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopter flying low over the base. During a lull in battle Marines fill sand bags, maintain their weapons, play cards, and keep occupies as they sit and wait. Some play basketball with an outdoor improvised backboard and net. Some marines select books from a library. A marine plays a guitar as some others listen. Closeups of Marines in trenches including white and African American Marines. Marines doing their wash and having a meal of C rations. Marines preparing their own combinations of ingredients into meals being cooked over open fires. Views of many marines eating the various mixes of C-rations they called "casseroles." Marines in trucks pursuing retreating elements of North Vietnamese on Highway 9 that had been opened by Marine engineers. U.S. Army First Air Cavalry reinforcements arrive in operation Pegasus. Marine engineers working to restore bridges and roads needing repairs. Soldiers detecting and neutralizing mines. Bell UH-1 helicopters ferry troops. Captured enemy arms and ammunition. Surrendered North Vietnamese soldier prisoners of war marched under guard.