819th CES construction area of the RMK and 819th Civil Engineering Squadron Air Force base project. Vietnamese workers at a nearly completed billet. Vietnamese workers pose. Vietnamese workers nail board to a nearly completed billet. Airman saws wooden planks and blocks with a power saw. 819th CES squadron 1 crest on shirt pocket. (Vietnam War period).
Construction and establishment of base a project of RMK and 819th civil engineering squadron 1. Base and runway under construction. Barracks and warehouse buildings on ground. Construction trucks,bulldozers and other construction machinery on ground. (Vietnam War period).
355th Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS) of United States Air Force moves to Phu Cat. F-100F 'Super Sabre' plane taxis left and parks in revetment area. Aircraft crew debarks from cockpit and is greeted by U.S. Air force officers. Pilot drinks from a can. F-100F is pushed in to revetment by tug. Another F-100F plane arrive at the Air Force base. Crew are greeted. Pilot drinks from a can while he talks. (Vietnam War period).
Broad view of the valley in which the Phu Cat base is taking shape during construction. Many structures are already complete. Hills visible in distance. Areas of newly cleared earth visible. Carpenters seen on roof of a building being framed, in a row of wooden buildings. Closeup of U.S. Airmen (members of 819th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, AKA RED HORSE). They are installing corrugated asbestos cement roofing sheets on a new building. View of Airmen on ground handing roofing sheets up to installers. View of a man in fatigues and cap smoking a cigarette, as he watches the airmen work. (He wears no military insignia, and is possibly a civilian working with the construction consortium: RMK-BRJ (Raymond International & Morrison-Knudsen, Brown & Root & J.A. Jones Construction.) The Airmen of 819th pause for the camera, then reach out and install some more roofing panels.
U.S. Air Force fighter planes of 355th TFS take off as it moves to Phu Cat. Two F-100D 'Super Sabre' Air Force planes take off directly overhead followed by a single F-100D which is followed by another single F-100D plane. View of the airstrip and mountain ranges in background. (Vietnam War period).
Tail view of two U.S. Air Force F-100D 'Super Sabre' planes of 355th TFS as it moves to Phu Cat in flight followed by two single F-100D planes. Fired up jet engine of the planes. Air Force planes climb into the sky through white clouds and disappear. (Vietnam War period).
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