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Tests of the BQM-34 Firebee drone's drogue and mid-air recovery system, at Edwards AFB. California

Tests to evaluate and improve the performance of the BQM-34 Firebee drone's drogue and mid-air retrieval system (MARS). Aerial view of a CH-53 helicopter in flight. with MARS equipment deployed. A Teledyne Ryan BQM-34 F Firebee drone descending by main parachute as small striped drogue chute trails high above. The CH-53 snags the drone's engagement chute and the main chute releases and flies away. The CH-53 tows the suspended drone.

Location: California United States USA
Date: 1971
Duration: 3 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067708
CH-3 helicopter, using MARS, retrieves Firebee drone, suspended below it, in tests at Edwards AFB. California

Teledyne Ryan BQM-34F Firebee drone being recovered by means of the Midair Recovery System (MARS) at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. Aerial view of a U.S. Air Force CH-3E in flight towing the Firebee after snagging it in the air. The Firebee is suspended far below the helicopter by a cable, and is seen trailing a striped drogue chute. It is gradually cranked closer, by means of an internally installed hydraulic winch system, until it appears to be within 20 feet of the CH-3 helicopter.

Location: California United States USA
Date: 1971
Duration: 4 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067712
A Firebee drone recovered by MARS equipped CH-3 Helicopter is deposited at Edwards AFB California, United States.

Teledyne Ryan BQM-34F remotely piloted vehicle (drone) being recovered at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. Aerial view of CH-3E helicopter at very low altitude, with BQM-34 Firebee drone suspended below it on a cable. The CH-3 hovers over the tarmac. The drone's drogue chute flutters about. The CH-3 slowly lowers the drone to the ground, releases it and flies away.

Location: California United States USA
Date: 1971
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067713
The Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord, the last major engagement in the Vietnam War

Elements of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division battle North Vietnamese regular Army forces at Fire Support Base Ripcord in the A Shau Valley, South Vietnam, in the last major confrontation of the Vietnam War. View of Fire Support Base Ripcord from inside an arriving helicopter. An OH-6A Cayuse / AH-6J (Little Bird) approaching to land at the Fire Support Base. The helicopter lands on a heli-pad. Another OH-6A is parked in the background. Scene shifts to a Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopter leaving the Fire Support Base. It has, white stripe on the top, behind greenhouse, and red dot on the tail boom. This identifies it as belonging to A Company, 158th Aviation Battalion (Assault Helicopter) "Ghost Riders." Views of much work going on to fortify the Fire Support Base. An American F-4 Phantom jet fighter aircraft flies overhead at hight speed and drops ordnance on a nearby hilltop. View from Ripcord Base of fire and smoke rising from the target. Soldiers setting up Claymore mines along side of the base, for nighttime protection. More views of fire and smoke at the target hill. A soldier sitting atop Support Base structure, speaking on radio telephone. Closeup shows "Screaming Eagle" patch of the 101st Airborne Division on his left shoulder. More views of defensive work going on, including the setting up of several 155mm howitzers by Battery B 2nd 319th Artillery. A UH-1 flies low overhead. A Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter is seen approaching with supplies suspended underneath in a net sling. Soldiers placing parcels in a UH-1 with engine running, about to depart. Glimpse of hooch with sign reading "FSB Ripcord" and displaying a large ace of spades. A CH-47 descending closeby. More views of bombs exploding on the neighboring hilltop.

Location: South Vietnam
Date: 1970, July 8
Duration: 2 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067835
U.S. Army 319th Artillery supports 101st Airborne Division defending Fire Support Base Ripcord, in the Vietnam war

U.S. Army 319th Artillery attached to 101st Airborne Division strengthens defenses of Fire Support Base Ripcord to combat North Vietnam forces in the A Shau Valley, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Opening scene shows Captain David F. Rich, Commander of Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 319th Artillery, conversing with Lieutenant Brennan, in very windy conditions atop the Fire Support Base. The carriage of a 105mm towed howitzer is seen in the foreground, with two shells set on it. View of howitzers and shells stacked atop the Base. The wind whipping aross the Base. African American soldier working on a howitzer. Another fighting the wind, as he carries canisters of propellant charges. He tosses them behind the sandbagged artillery position. Other soldiers join in moving gunpowder canisters. Closeup of two soldiers as the wind blows the hat off one.

Location: South Vietnam
Date: 1970, July 8
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067837
Aircraft take off and crew men on deck of USS Coral Sea underway in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War.

United States Navy 7th Fleet operations in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. A United States Navy aircraft RF-8A Crusader catted from USS Coral Sea. A United States Navy aircraft A-4E Skyhawk catted from deck of the ship. A United States Navy aircraft A-3B Skywarrior takes off. Cameramen on deck. A United States Navy aircraft F-4B swishes on catapult.

Location: South China Sea
Date: 1965, May 10
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067888
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