Activities at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. A truck parked near an aircraft at the air base. Soldiers throw bags on ground as men load them onto the plane. A trailer near United States C-130 A aircraft as men push a pallet loaded with supply bags from the plane onto the trailer. (Vietnam War period).
A helicopter flies over the runway as U.S. Army RU-8D Beechcraft Seminole aircraft, with olive drab paint job, and serial number 57-6053, makes a successful gear up landing on a foam-covered runway at Ton Son Nhut Air Base in South Vietnam. Ppilot walks away from the plane as firefighters and equipment move in. The aircraft is from the 146th Aviation Company, 224th Aviation Battalion (Radio Research) at Ton Son Nhut Air Base, Saigon. The many antennae, of various types seen on it, are typical of Special Electronic Mission Aircraft that flew so-called electronic intelligence (ELINT) missions.( Note: This landing was skillfully executed by the pilot with both engines feathered and props rotated to minimize contact with the ground..) (Vietnam War period).
VNAF (Vietnam Air Force) and USAF (United States Air Force) officers in a combat control room at a U.S. base in Pleiku, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. VNAF and USAF officers discussing a request for an air strike against Viet Cong positions. They check a wall map for location. Officers make telephone calls at a table.
2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503 Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade (Sep) prepares for a mission. Soldiers use camouflage stick on each other's faces. They wait next to helicopters. Bell UH-1D and Bell UH-1B "Huey" helicopters take off from Bien Hoa Air Force Base, South Vietnam. Ground view of a line of UH-1B helicopters in flight. Point of view shot inside helicopter from just behind the cockpit of a "Huey" shows a number of other helicopters flying ahead. Helicopters fly above green fields. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. soldiers at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Vietnam. A soldier holds up red panties with 'Merry Christmas' written on it. A soldier holds up a box with a small tree on it. Gifts are taken out of an ammunition box. A soldier places a cardboard star on a tree. Another soldier squirts shaving cream on the branches. A chaplain on a make shift altar near a bunker. The soldiers listen to the chaplain. Two soldiers sit near a 50 caliber machine gun. One soldier holds up the box with the Christmas tree on it. The other man holds up the red panties. A soldier leans against sandbags and writes a letter. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. soldiers at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon, Vietnam. A U.S. sentry walks past a barbed wire fence. A puppy follows him. The sun sets behind tents in the background. The sentry pets the puppy. The puppy is on the sandbags of an emplacement. The sentry walks to his post. He looks out over the barbed wire fence. (Vietnam War period).
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