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.
A visit by South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu, Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky and others to Pleiku Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. RVN (Republic of Vietnam) soldiers stand in formation at Pleiku Air Base. The soldiers hold flags. A sign on a building frame reads 'Welcome to Pleiku Air Base'. South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu deplanes followed by Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky. President Thieu shakes hands with RVN officers and reviews RVN troops. President Thieu and Vice President Ky come out of a building. President Thieu talks to a Vietnamese officer.
South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu and Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky visit Plei Me High School and review Montagnard troops in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. President Thieu and Vice President Ky walk past lined up group of school age girls. A Vietnamese band plays music at Pleiku airport. President Thieu reviews Montagnard troops. President Thieu, Vice President Ky and Commanding General Montagnard II Corps Lieutenant General Vinh Loc salute the troops standing in formation. President Thieu walks past crates of Japanese medical supplies. President Thieu and Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam seated. The Japanese Ambassador makes a speech at a podium.
Flatbed trailers being unloaded from a U.S. Navy ship at a pier in Da Nang, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. U.S. Navy ship Comet docked at a deep water pier. A flatbed trailer being unloaded from the ship. A cab backs up into position and hooks up to the flatbed. The truck being driven away from the pier. Ship's crewmen hook cable onto a flatbed. A truck drives away from the pier. Flatbeds waiting to be off-loaded. A sign reads 'Deep Water Piers #1 in Vietnam'.
Close-up view of the Vietnam War 8th Bomb Squadron emblem on side of auxiliary power unit (APU). The APU moves out, revealing a United States Air Force Martin B-57 Canberra tactical bomber with its pilot starting the engines. Dark smoke in the background. Camouflaged B-57B closes its canopy. The APU moves out of the way. High angle view of two camouflaged B-57B Canberra bombers as they taxi out to runway of Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. The second B-57 Canberra aircraft is seen carrying four 750-lb bombs.
View of Camp Holloway, Pleiku in Vietnam, where numerous helicopters of the First Aviation Brigade are seen parked. One rises up from near a revetment, passing the camera and casting a shadow on the ground. View from end of pierced steel plank runway marked "5" in white paint. UH-1 helicopters lined up along both sides of the runway, with their rotors neatly aligned. Closeup of some of them. View from control tower overlooking the field, showing revetments in foreground and parked aircraft and buildings on other side of the runway. Mountains in the background. View from control tower deck, of a UH-1 flying low along the length of the runway. View in different direction from control tower. Closeup of aircrews of 1st Aviation Brigade standing in front of a UH-1, with its door open. They are being briefed by an officer with an elaborate logo painted on the back of his jacket which contains the 1st Aviation Brigade insignia, as part of it. Next, the flight crews gather together to discuss their instructions and mark information on their aerial charts. Some are crouched down on marsden matting. Groups of crew members in discussions. Two brown dogs (obviously mascots) approach one group of crewmen and are welcomed.