A pilot of the 4th Special Operations Squadron inspects a Douglas AC-47 Spooky gunship in Pleiku Air Base during the Vietnam War. The pilot, 1st Lieutenant Lyle A. Sproul, walks to the gunship. The nose art of the aircraft depicts the ghost mascot of the 4th Special Operations Squadron. The pilot touches the propeller on the plane’s left wing. 1st Lieutenant Sproul inspects the undercarriage of the aircraft. Lieutenant Sproul looking up. The pilot walks away after the inspection is done.
A pilot of the 4th Special Operations Squadron inspects a Douglas AC-47 Spooky gunship in Pleiku Air Base during the Vietnam War. Pilot and crewmember, 1st Lieutenant Michael “Mike” L. Smithson, arrives to check and service the aircraft before a flight. 1st Lieutenant Smithson inspects the undercarriage of the gunship. Smithson looks up and inspects an aircraft part.
Flight crew of the 4th Special Operations Squadron inspects Douglas AC-47 Spooky gunship at Pleiku Air Base during the Vietnam War. Flight mechanic Charles A. Ragan climbs on to the wing of the Douglas AC-47 Spooky gunship. Ragan inspects the aircraft’s engine. The nose art of the aircraft depicts the ghost mascot of the 4th Special Operations Squadron. Close up view of flight mechanic while inspecting motors from wing. He climbs down from the aircraft wing and walks away. Ragan inspects the wing motors while holding a check list. Ragan shows the check list for inspecting wing motors. Man turns film slate upside down. A Douglas C-47 Skytrain takes off from the runway.
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. Officers receiving phone calls. Officers talking and checking a wall map against intelligence photographs.
Montagnard soldiers in Pleiku, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A Montagnard soldier blows up an air mattress. A Montagnard soldier digs a foxhole. Soldiers heat rations over an open fire. One soldier pounds a rations canteen cup with the handle of a shovel. The soldiers eat rations.
U.S. Mobile Strike Forces in Pleiku, Vietnam during Vietnam War. Shells explode on a mountainside. An Australian officer cleans his weapons. Two U.S. soldiers look at a map.
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