Crew arranging bombs on rack in front of B-57 aircraft at Da Nang Air Base during the Vietnam War. An armament crew loading a 100-lb bomb on bomb lift truck MJ-1 from bomb trailer. Man drives MJ-1 to aircraft. The MJ-1 bomb lift truck carries bomb to aircraft. Crewmen assist MJ-1 in moving bomb to the United States Air Force Martin B-57B Canberra tactical bomber. The bomb is raised into the bomb bay. Crewmen connect bomb into bomb rack. Bomb lift truck brings another bomb to the bomber aircraft.
U.S. Air Force (Strategic Air Command) B-52 bombers land back in the U.S. after 6 months deployment in Southeast Asia, during the Vietnam War. United States 306th Bomb Wing planes and crews return back to McCoy Air Force Base in Florida, and those of the 91st Bomb Wing return to Glasgow Air Force Base, in Montana. Both units had been operating out of Andersen Air Force Base, in Guam. The commander of 306th, Colonel Earl L. Johnson steps from the last B-52 to return to McCoy AFB. He meets his daughter and wife. Men take pictures in the background. Officers stand in the a group. He shakes hand with local officials. Crewmen with their luggage. A KC-135 Stratotanker taxis as it brings home ground crews and other support personnel. Relatives of the crewmen wait to meet them. They step from the plane. A banner reads '306th Bomb Wing Reception Center Happy Day'. The airmen enter a hangar and go through customs. The airmen meet their relatives. The scene changes from Florida, to Montana, where the final U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress of 91st Bomb wing arrives at Glasgow Air Force Base. "McNamara's Band," playing kazoos, pot, and other contrived instruments, greets the arrivals. Colonel George Phieffer Jr., Commander of 91st bomb Wing greets his wife and others. Ground crews and other support personnel also meet their families.
A man talks about American MAC medical missions from the MAC command headquarters. A map shows the path taken by a medically equipped C-141 from Irkutsk to Yokota Air Base hospital, Japan. Ground crewmen signal to a United States Air Force Military Airlift Command (MAC) aircraft. MAC planes deliver relief material to people during the floods in Pakistan. Men move towards the helicopter along with supplies. Supplies delivered during the famine and drought in North Central Africa. Men carry sacks of China rice. Destruction caused due to an earthquake in Guatemala. Cartons of clothes and other supplies loaded into a MAC plane. Plane taxis and takes off. Pilots talk on radio. U.S. prisoners of war brought back from Vietnam during Operation Home Coming. U.S. President Jimmy Carter exits a helicopter at Andrews Air Force Base and shakes the hand of a general. President Jimmy Carter climbs steps to Air Force One and enters the aircraft. Air Force One takes off from Andrews Air Force Base.
UC-123B aircraft spread defoliant agent orange in Vietnam. Ranch Hand UC-123Bs of the 12th Air Commando Squadron, flying side by side, make a single pass over a ten mile strip of land that lies between Con Thien and Gia Linh. Shows aircraft in flight to target area, descending, and spraying defoliant agent. They generate a continuous unbroken cloud of agent orange over the area.. The aircraft return to base as evening begins, flying in loose trail formation.
101st Air Cavalry Dv. of Operation Somerset Plain. UH-1H flying and landing. U.S. Soldiers unloading the cartons from UH-1H helicopter. African American soldier hoisting a box. Aerial view of fire support base from a mountain can be seen. August 1968. (Vietnam War period).
Captured Viet Cong (VC) film shows VC applauding as families enter camp with food and supplies. VC families eat at long tables outdoors under cover of jungle. Vietnamese families carrying supplies walk across a clearing holding branches of foliage, as camouflage, over their heads, to avoid detection from the air. They discard the branches as they enter the jungle cover at the VC base camp, where they are greeted with applause. A mother looks approvingly at her VC son. (Vietnam War period).
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