The United States 355th Tactical Fighter Wing at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. A U.S. Air Force pilot wearing orange scarf, climbs ladder to cockpit of an F-105D aircraft, followed by the crew chief, who stands on upper part of the ladder. View of pilot doing preflight check of switches in the cockpit. Closeup of him donning his helmet and oxygen mask. A shoulder patch on his flight suit reads: "Vietnam, 100 Missions F-105." Scene shifts to another pilot doing a walk-around preflight inspection on his aircraft. He climbs ladder to his cockpit. Next scene shows pilots seated in a briefing room. Several converse. Closeup of one pilot with 333rd Fighter Squadron (Lancers) patch on his flight suit. Insignia of the 333rd and 44th fighter squadrons are displayed on the back wall of the briefing room. Closeup from side of seated pilots. One smokes a cigarette. Briefing officer is seen at a podium.
An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. USAF airmen at the Binh Thuy Air Base near the city of Can Tho in Vietnam. U.S. aircraft taxis and turns on the runway. A sandbag bunker. An aircraft passes overhead. An airman works on the engine of a U.S. aircraft parked on the runway. A Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota parked in the background. Airmen near a sandbag bunker. A sign behind them reads: '22nd TASS Flight Line Maint.' A Tech sergeant talks on the radio. Airmen including Airmen Second Class and Airmen First Class look on. A fire extinguisher on the road. A barrack in the background. Vietnamese Air Force Fin Flash flag on a pole. The fluttering flag. A sign reads: 'Khong Boan 74 - 74th Wing Headquarters'. (Vietnam War period).
Routine activities of United States Air Force Colonel Richard C Catledge, Commander of the 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing at Bien Hoa Air Base in the Republic of Vietnam. Richard C Catledge speaks that he won the first Air Force Diving Championship. View of Colonel Catledge diving into swimming pool at the Officers' Club. He swims and comes out from swimming pool. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. personnel at Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam. Personnel standing in line outside the chapel and dining hall Cross sign on chapel at Bien Hoa AB. Personnel standing in line outside chapel. Air force personnel go towards chapel. Personnel stand in line outside dining hall. Air force personnel put down from van. Van pass away. Personnel are in line. (Vietnam War period).
A Forward Air Controller (FAC) helps a United States Air Force pilot don a flight suit at the An Khe Air Base in Vietnam. Pilot checks map and enters the cockpit of O-1E aircraft. O-1E taxis down flight line and then parks under directions of the FAC. (Vietnam War period).
Vietnamese Air Force personnel clean up an area at Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Airmen load bombs onto truck from damaged Vietnamese Air Force A-1H. Front hoeloader with bulldozer blade, scraping wreckage from flight line. Airmen walk to bulldozer blade to check for explosive materials. Airmen move at debris and wrecked equipment in the foreground.
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