U.S. air strikes in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. USAF (United States Air Force) F-100 Super Sabre jet fighter aircraft in flight in the foreground. The aircraft drops Mark 82 high-drag bomb. The bomb descends and explodes in woods 10 miles to the west of Binh Thuy on 13th September. Smoke rises due to explosion.
View of parking ramp at Tan Son Nhut Air Base (Than Son Nhat International Airport, Trường Sơn, Phường 2, Tân Bình, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam) in Saigon, Vietnam. A jet airplane seen climbing in distance. A C-130 transport parked on the ramp. Scene shifts to front of passenger building, with flags of various airlines (including Pan Am, Air America, Thai Airways, and Swire Group/Cathay Pacific Airways) flying atop the building. "Saigon Tan Son Nhut Airport" is lettered across the building. Striped awnings cover two doorways. Two utility vehicles are parked in front. Closeup of three airline flags.
Vietnamese women and children at the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens (2B Nguyen Binh Khiem Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City) in Saigon, Vietnam. Vietnamese children visit the zoo. They look at a python in the cage. Children drink an energy drink. United States soldiers take pictures of the Vietnamese children. Vehicles parked in front of the City Hall building. Men ride bicycles. Board reads Capitol Military Assistance Command'. Antennas on roof of the building. (Vietnam War period).
United States Marine Corps pilot of Squadron VMF (AW) 232 (Red Devils), wearing flight suit and a red helmet, sits in the cockpit of an F-8E Crusader aircraft in Da Nang Vietnam. The name "Wheatley" is stenciled below the cockpit. The pilot raises two fingers to indicate start engine. Ground crewman wearing noise suppressor headset acknowledges with two fingers.Ground crewman collects gear pins. Another ground crewman pulls chocks, hangs them on a rocket tube, and signals for the pilot to taxi. He pulls the chocks off the rocket tube as the aircraft taxis past, with its wings folded. The pilot, Major Cronkrite, unfolds wings and taxis to join the other F-8E, piloted by Wheatley, on the active runway. (Note: On June 20, 1967 Major Charles Ligon Cronkrite experienced mechanical problems during a mission and ejected over water. He did not survive.) (Vietnam War period).
United States plane airdrops cargo during Vietnam War. Cargo with olive green parachutes. The cargo parachutes are seen descending and blowing after landing. Marines emerging from foxhole ringed with small ammunition crates. Marines inspect crates. An African American Marine pulls a strap from cargo container. Marines removing shipping straps from pallets and checking contents labels. A deflated parachute lying on the ground. A Marine inspects a shipping label from a crate. Close up of a shipping label for ammunition addressed to Lung Binh, Vietnam.
Naval bases in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Aerial view : a Market Time boat base in Cam Ranh Bay. Buildings at the base. Piers extend out from a beach. Hills and a water body near the base. A Coastal Group 26 Junk Base on Binh Ba Island.
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