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U.S. Air Force Transport and munitions handling at U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand

Film opens with view from left side of a U.S. Air Force truck moving in munitions storage area at U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. The moving truck passes a team of Air Force munitions handlers off loading bombs from a flat bed truck, using a mobile crane. A crate of bombs has just been set on the ground. Next, the camera truck approaches an entrance gate of the facility, where an Air Force surveyor stands with a transit on a tripod. Several Thai persons stand in the shade of the entrance guard shack. One carries a camera. A guard is posted at the roadway. A sign atop the guard shack reads: "U-Tapao, 635 MMS, Munitions Storage Area." Closeup of the armed guard as he checks the camera truck and motions it to proceed. Scene changes showing a Thai truck carrying explosives, approaching to enter the Storage area. It is waved on by the armed sentry. Closeup of the sign at the Storage area entrance, shows logos of the U.S. Air Force Pacific Air Forces and the 13th Air Force. A U.S. Air Force tractor trailer truck, loaded with bombs, drives in an area of the facility containing racks of M117 General Purpose Bombs on low trailers in yellow steel shelters. Closeup of an Airman moving a bomb into a cradle that carries it up into the rack. An Air Force munitions handler rolling M117 bombs by their fins. Next, a munitions handling team is seen using a mobile crane to move a crate of bombs from a flat bed truck. The Team supervisor (a Staff Sergeant) spreaks into a walkie talkie radio during the operations.

Date: 1969, April 23
Duration: 3 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675039067
Interview of USAF Lt. Col. Joseph M Valenti about C-5A Airlift at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield,Thailand.

U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand. Lieutenant Colonel Joseph M Valenti, Commander of the 618th Military Airlift Support Squadron, is asked about U.S. Air Force Airlift operations. He is seated in an easy chair, with a photograph of a C-5 aircraft on the wall behind him. The Colonel speaks about the C-5 as part of the Air Force strategic airlift fleet comprising C-5s, C-141s and the CRAF (Civil Reserve Airlift Fleet). Asked about the impact of the C-5, he mentions the variety of military equipment it is capable of carrying worldwide. He mentions how C-5s and C-141 aircraft were able to move a complete U.S. Air Force Tactical Fighter Wing to Thailand in 9 days.He contrasts that to more than a month required for a similar move during the Korean war.

Date: 1972, August 29
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034379
Munitions handlers installing fuzes in bombs at the U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand

View of assembly area at U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. A trailer-truck with load of bombs stops at assembly area where United States Air Force airmen and Thai personnel are installing fuzes. Thai worker, uses a type of lug wrench on fuze wells of M117 bomb bodies. On another truck load of M82 bombs, a Thai worker performs the same work on M82 bomb fuze wells while US Air Force munitions handlers insert nose fuzes in them. Extreme closeup of a Thai young man working on munitions.

Date: 1969, April 23
Duration: 3 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675039077
A damaged United States OV-10A aircraft lands at Nakhon Phnom Air Base in Thailand during rescue operations.

A damaged United States Air Force OV-10 A aircraft and an A-1H aircraft at Nakhon Phnom Air Base in Thailand during rescue operations of the 4th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron. A United States OV-10A aircraft in flight. The aircraft lands at the Nakhon Phnom Air Base and taxis along as a man signals. A damaged engine of the aircraft. The pilot gets off from the cockpit of the aircraft. A United States A-1H aircraft with white phosphorus bomb, mini guns and SUU-14/A dispensers is parked and then taxis. The A-1 H aircraft taxis followed by an A-1E aircraft.

Date: 1972, August 19
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042944
Men of United States 430th Fighter Squadron preflight a plane at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand.

A documentary about deployment of United States 430th Tactical Air Command Fighter Squadron in Takhli, Thailand during the Vietnam War. A jeep arrives at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base and men enter the building. A Thai airman at a desk working on papers. An American pilot orders him. The two of them walk out of the building as they carry flight gear. Men inspect a United States Air Force plane. The Thai airman climbs into the cockpit. A man hands over papers to the Thai airman and they discuss. The Thai airman gets onto the wing of the aircraft and climbs into the cockpit. He drinks from a can as he stands onto the aircraft. He gets down from the plane and gets into the jet engine. A pilot climbs into the cockpit of an aircraft and works on controls. The pilot preflights the aircraft. An aircraft being refueled.

Date: 1964
Duration: 6 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042580
General John P. McConnell decorates officers at Takhli Royal Thai air force base in Thailand during the Vietnam War.

U.S. Air Force General John P. McConnell at Takhli Royal Thai Air Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. A sign reads ' Briefing for General McConnell '. A Silver Star, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, Airmen's Medal and Air Force Commendation Medal on a pillow. General John P. McConnell pins the medals on four officers. (The second officer is Captain Mike Gilroy. The third in line is Lieutenant Ed McCaffery.) A Chief Master Sergeant in the 355th TFR Wing headquarters briefing room. Commander of 7th Air Force, Lieutenant General William W. Momyer; Commander of 13th Air Force, Lieutenant General James W. Wilson; and Commander of 13th Air Force, Major General Charles R. Bond, Jr. are present. (The officer handing the medals to General McConnell is Colonel Robert Scott, who assumed command of the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing , on August 4, 1966.)

Date: 1966, August 28
Duration: 2 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042569