Rescue activities of United States 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron in Thailand. A United States Air Force HH-53C helicopter in flight. The helicopter taxis along a runway at Nakhon Phnom Air Base. The wheels of the helicopter as it taxis along. The helicopter in flight. The tail rotor hub and the main rotor hub of the helicopter.
Rescue activities of United States 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron in Thailand. A United States Air Force HH-53C helicopter taxis along at the Nakhon Phnom Air Base as a beacon lights up under the fuselage of the helicopter. A pilot flips switches on the instrument panel of the HH-53C helicopter. He moves the floor controls of the helicopter. A beacon lights up under the fuselage of the helicopter. Intake louvers of the helicopter open and close. The main rotor pitch actuators move. A pitch gauge between a hub and a rotor blade during control check out.
Rescue activities of United states 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron in Thailand. Para rescue men board a jitney at Nakhon Phnom Air Base. A bill board reads ' If you are down and out and need a pick up call for Jolly Green'. The jitney pulls up at the 40th ARRS headquarters and men enter the building. A green giant figure, insignia of 40th ARRS on a wall.
Rescue activities of United states 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron in Thailand. Pilots make preflight checks on a United States Air Force OV-10A aircraft. The pilots look at the propellers of the aircraft. Men walk past rows of OV-10A aircraft at Nakhon Phnom Air Base.
Major Mack stands in front of EC-121 Aircraft at Ubon Air Base in Thailand during College Eye airborne radar surveillance mission. He talks about the 552nd Airborne Early Warning Control Wing Unit. The crew consists of 18 member team. The senior director supervises all the members performing their tasks. Major Mack talks about the individual tasks of each crew member. The radar station gives complete coverage to friendly areas.
Major Mack at Ubon Air Base in Thailand during College Eye airborne radar surveillance mission. He talks about the 552nd Airborne Early Warning Control Wing Unit. Major Mack speaks about individual duties and performances of the 18 member team. Radar technicians detect any airborne target in North Vietnam.