Ubon Air Base, Thailand. U.S. Air Force Eighth Fighter Wing insignia displayed on the wall. A U.S. Air Force officer briefs a group of pilots in preparation for a mission over Vietnam during the Vietnam war. He points at a map on a board and speaks to men seated at a table listening to him. The briefing officer leaves. Air crews discuss the mission.
Several U.S. F4 pilots of the 433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Ubon Air Base, Thailand, are debriefed following a mission over Vietnam. A board on a wall in the background. Major Williams debriefs pilots seated at a table. A pilot fills out mission re-cap form. A group pf pilots at another mission briefing. Major Williams conducts the briefing. He points at various maps and charts. View of the unit patch on podium, displaying head of the devil and reads "433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, The Devil's Angels." Most of the pilots in the squadron have mustaches. (Vietnam War period).
Opening scene shows Vietnamese refugees, including women, children, and aged persons, being assisted by ARVN (Army of Vietnam) soldiers as they slowly proceed from their homes. One person weeps, while crouched beside pile of belongings. Vietnamese carrying belongings, including one with a child sitting in a cauldron, on poles across their shoulders. ARVN soldiers are seen burning buildings. Closeup of an M60 machine gun being fired on full automatic from door of a U.S. Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter (unseen). U.S. marines in a trench surrounded by sandbags. One is looking through binoculars toward a ridge where white smoke is rising. A C-123 of the U.S. Air Force 311th Special Operations Squadron (Tail Code WV) out of Phan Rang Air Base, lands at dirt field and soldiers hurry to board it. Partial glimpse closeup of pilot in cockpit of a U.S. Navy or Marine Douglas A-4 Skyhawk aircraft in flight. Aerial views from above, of ordnance being dropped on Viet Cong positions from U.S. warplanes. Explosions in trees on the ground. Small part of an aircraft seen from onboard camera, as it flies over cultivated part of South Vietnam, dropping bombs. U.S. soldiers walking into a wooded area where smoke is rising, and taking a blindfolded Vietcong prisoner.
A camera installation in a United States Lockheed U-2C aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. The camera bay of a U-2C aircraft on a trolley. An airman threads a film in a cassette and puts a cover on the cassette. He then works on a timer as he synchronizes it. A cover being placed on the cassette. Men push the camera bay on the trolley near the U-2C aircraft. They install the cassette in the U-2C camera bay of the aircraft.
A United States Air Force Lockheed U-2C at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. The U-2C aircraft being refueled at the air base. A van pull up. A pilot gets off and climbs up a ladder. He gets into the cockpit of the aircraft. The aircraft taxis along the air base and takes off.
Soviet aircraft and missiles in the Soviet Union. Soviet sailors and a captain inside the control room of a submarine off the coast of the Soviet Union. Soviet R-29 ballistic missile also known as Sawfly being launched by a submerged Soviet submarine. The missile takes off and moves upwards with a fiery flare at its tail section. Another R-29 missile being launched from the submarine.