Korat Royal Thai Air Base in Thailand. United States F-105 aircraft parked in revetments at the air base. Planes parked on the runway. An aerial view of the aircraft in revetments. The surrounding area.
United States F-105D aircraft of 34th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Korat air base in Thailand during Vietnam War. Three United States F-105D aircraft armed with 750 lb general purpose bombs taxi to the arming area at the Korat air base in Thailand. Airmen remove safety pins from the bomb rack and arm the gun nose. Aircraft lined up. A F-105 D aircraft named Dragon with a 750 lb general purpose bomb. F-105 Ds loaded with bombs and rocket pods taxi from arming area and start the take off run as they leave for a mission.
Items contained in F-105D aircraft survival kit, backup survival kit and tropical aid kit being displayed in Thailand. A chart with a sign reads 'F-105 survival kit' as items contained in the kit are being displayed. Another chart displays items contained in a tropical aid kit. A chart with a sign 'SRU-16P aid kit and displays various items included in the kit. United States Air Force Sargent Charles Henderson explains the various items required for F-105 missions. He points out to various items of the survival kit, tropical kit and SRU-16P aid kit. Items include radio set, tablets like painkillers, water purifying tablets,signal cloth, matches, safety pins, pocket knife, day night flare.
United States Air Force Major James Walbridge being interviewed at Korat air base in Thailand during Vietnam War. Major James S. Walbridge being interviewed by Captain Charles D. Pellow with a United States F-105D aircraft in the background. Major Walbridge narrates his experiences of a mission in North Vietnam during the Vietnam war. He talks about how while carrying 750 lb bombs to strike North Vietnam his aircraft caught fire. He jumped from the plane with a parachute and landed up on the trunk of a tree. He speaks about the rescue from the jungle. He stresses upon the importance of radio as he states how he called for help from his radio. Audio explains about Walbridge's rescue from the jungle. Walbridge emphasizes upon the importance of a survival kit.
Three Apollo I astronauts, Rogers Chaffee, Edward White and Gus Grissom die due to a flash fire at a grounded space capsule in Cape Canaveral, Florida. File pictures of the three in an Apollo command module.
Six Yugoslavian embassies bombed through out United States and Canada. Damaged embassy building in Washington after the blast. Broken window glasses of consulate off Fifth Avenue in New York.