'Deployment to Thailand': A documentary about deployment of United States 430th Tactical Air Command Fighter Squadron in Takhli, Thailand during the Vietnam War. A United States C-135 A lands and taxis along the runway at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base. United States Air Force personnel of 430th Fighter Squadron exit plane and climb down a ladder. Airmen stand at the base and wave a signal. A man emerges from bushes and hugs them. He guides them through a forested area. One of the airman carries all the bags. They arrive inside a building with beds lined up against the wall. An airman unrolls a mattress on the floor and lies down. Another airman takes off his shoes and gets into a bed. It comes crashing down on the floor.
View from a U.S. Marine bunker as enemy shell explodes nearby, during the siege of Khe Sanh in 1968 during the Vietnam War. The United States Marines in the Battle of Khe Sanh firing mortars and a 105mm howitzer from their bunker. Enemy shells exploding on the tarmac, where American Air Force C-130 aircraft are parked. Marines rushing wounded comrades on stretchers, to C-130s for evacuation. Scene shifts to U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel James P. Sheehan, standing at Camp Pendleton, California. (He was a company commander in the siege at Khe Sanh.) As he describes the C-130 aircraft support operations, a contingent of marines marches past, behind him. Scene shifts to a civilian narrator standing in the Military Airlift Command (MAC) Headquarters Command Center at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Among other things, he describes MAC support to the Tactical Air Command in Korea. Camera focuses on MAC air routes in the vicinity of the Philippines, Japan, and Korea. Next, is seen view of airfield at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, briefly at sunset, and then at night, as pilots of the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing and their F-111 aircraft prepare to depart for Korea, in response to border tensions, in August, 1976, after North Korean forces killed two American officers ("Korean Axe Murder Incident" and resulting "Operation Paul Bunyan"). Ground crewman directs a taxiing F-111 using lighted wands. The F-111s takes off. One of them is seen landing after the 7 thousand mile flight to Korea, as Major Paul Malandrino,Jr. (unseen) of the 366th Wing, speaks about MAC's airlift support. A C-141 MAC aircraft is seen landing. View of a C-141 with tail doors open and its cargo of military equipment on the ramp behind it. Glimpse of a marine with rifle and earphones, guarding equipment on the airfield ramp. Closeups of F-111 aircraft taking off.
Air attack in Vietnam during Operation Rolling Thunder of Vietnam War. United States Air Force F-105 Thunderchief fighter aircraft piloted by Captain Charles Loucks from the 34th TFS, Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, in flight over ammunition dump in Hoai An. Aircraft drop bombs. Smoke column rises from blasts. (Note: Captain Loucks completed 150 missions over North Vietnam in the F-105, receiving the Flying Cross with four oak leaf clusters during this time.)
Forward Air Controller (FAC) of U.S. 1st cavalry performs preflight checks of an O-1G aircraft at the An Khe Air Base in Vietnam. Pilot climbs in the cockpit and secures his gear. O-1G's engine starts. The aircraft is taxied to runway under direction of the FAC. The aircraft takes off.
A pair of RF-4C aircraft flying overhead to commence landing at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base during Vietnam War. Airmen downloading reconnaissance cameras from aircraft. Pilot fills out Form 1. Views of RF-4C Phantoms landing at Ubon Thai Air Force Base one by one, deploying drag chutes. RF-101 aircraft land and taxi to parking area.
United States Army CH-21 helicopter of 121st Aviation Company (AML), (formerly the 93rd Transportation Company - Light Helicopter) based in Soc Trang, Vietnam. It flies over trees and rice paddy fields in Vietnam as the crew chief stands at the doorway of the helicopter. It approaches Soc Trang air base as other helicopters are also seen parked at the base. (Vietnam War period).
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