463rd Airlift Operations in support of humanitarian and combat operations in South East Asia. Sign board reads '283rd Air Division Col W S Freesland, Jr Commander'. United States Airman walks towards Operations building. Insignia of 834th Air Division. Board reads 'Flight Planning'. Airman enters the flight planning office and converses with other members. They look at a map and books. (Vietnam War period).
Mid air fueling of airplanes in Vietnam. The U.S. Navy's twin jet A 3 'Sky warrior' works as a flying gas station. Airplanes in flight. The twin jet provides mid air refueling facility to the bombers.
Air strikes on Viet Cong positions in Vietnamese jungles by U.S. Air Force aircraft during Vietnam War. F-100, over a mountain, turns to attack a target deep in jungle foliage in a valley. Explosion and smoke are seen.A flare of fire erupts. Another F-100 drops napalm that creates flash of fire on ground. Fighters continue to pummel targets, raising fire and smoke. F-100 is silhouetted against white sky.
U.S. Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopters carrying U.S. 20th Helicopter Squadron personnel, Special Forces personnel and Montagnard troops over a Vietnamese jungle during the Vietnam War. U.S. Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopters in flight over the jungle. A HH-3E hovers over the jungle.
A United States Air Force transport plane drops leaflets over a jungle during the Vietnam War, in a campaign to convince Vietcong fighters to surrender. A soldier dropping leaflets into a chute. Leaflets being flown towards a mountain. Soldier inspects a reel-to-reel tape player inside a reconnaissance plane. Reconnaissance plane takes off from air strip. Reconnaissance plane drops leaflets and surrender passes over enemy territory. A Vietcong rebel surrenders to South Vietnamese and U.S. Army troops. Vietcong rebel holding a safe conduct pass. Soldier searches the rebel and accepts his surrender pass, then shakes his hand. The soldiers and surrendered Vietcong rebel leave.
Views from tail camera of a USAF A-1E aircraft strafing enemy targets at low altitude amidst groves of coconut trees. White smoke rising from the ground, behind the aircraft. The A-1E is flying at tree-top level. Simple structures are seen, occasionally, amongst the trees. Exploding White phosphorus bombs and fires erupting from napalm, seen in the wake of the aircraft. More huts seen as the aircraft exits the coconut plantation and passes over a river bank. Fires burning in the background. The A-1E climbs out over the river. (Note: The A1E aircraft on this mission is believed to be from the 1st Air Commando Squadron, operating out of Bien Hoa Air Base.)
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