U.S. Air Force pilot puts helmet on edge of windscreen, then climbs down ladder in Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The navigator is seen in station. 8th Bomb Squadron navigator Captain Pickerel putting on helmet in aircraft. Captain Blackwell checking napalm tanks on Martin B-57B Canberra tactical bomber. Lieutenant Colonel Daniel E. Farr II giving crew chief signal to pull chocks. Front view of crew chief running to front of B-57 aircraft and signaling the aircraft out.
Hoa Khanh Childrens Hospital in Da Nang, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Vietnamese civilians and children seeking medical care wait in Hoa Khanh Childrens Hospital. Women and children are sitting in benches. A woman feeds her child while waiting. A United States Marine Corp (USMC) Marine talks to patients. A female doctor checks the sick child. Lieutenant Commander Dr. John Karnoupakis, director of Hoa Khanh Children’s Hospital, speaks about the origins of the Hoa Khanh Childrens Hospital through the United States Marine Corps (USMC) Marines. United States Marines deliver medical supplies to a village via Jeep. Vietnamese civilians gather to watch the Marines deliver the supplies. Some civilians are seen wearing the nón lá or conical hats. Marines prepare medical supplies inside a clinic. A Marine distributes medicine pills to children. Signage reads “Phòng Phát Thuốc” or “Drug Distribution Department”. A ward at the Hoa Khanh Childrens Hospital. A pair of Marines examine an infant. Another child is handed over to their parent. A recovered child and his mother returns home. A female doctor sees them off. A Marine with a child patient with eyes covered by gauze. ‘Combat Art’ depicts a United States Air Force aircraft in flight.
A Martin B-57 Canberra bomber aircraft of the U.S. Air Force 8th Bomb Squadron is seen in flight over Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Wingtip tanks of extra fuel seen on aircraft. Various close up views of the B-57 aircraft in flight seen from its left and ride side. The B-57 aircraft banks to the left near end of clip.
B-52 D planes in revetments at U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base. B-52 D planes taxiing out from revetments. Various views of B-52 Ds taxiing out.
Anti-war groups hold a moratorium march in Washington D.C., United States. Peace activists and peace demonstrators outside Department of Justice building in Washington D.C. A boy on a pedestal. Policemen lined up during the rally. A number of people on a platform as they take pictures. A girl sits on the pedestal. People outside an official building. People with banners bearing names around their neck. A banner reads 'Free all political prisoners'. People walk towards the U.S. Capitol.
Opening scene shows two U.S. Air Force F-105 Thunderchief aircraft taking off in pre-dawn from Vietnam on a bombing mission, in 1966, during the Vietnam War. Next, the F-105s are seen diving and dropping bombs that explode into fire and smoke on the ground. Closeup of a Strategic Air Command (SAC) KC-135 aircraft in flight. It has been modified to serve as as a "Combat Lightning" aircraft that serves as a communication link between the Tactical Air Reporting Center at Monkey Mountain, near Danang, Vietnam and ground radar, airborne radar and any U.S. aircraft operating over North Vietnam. KC-135 "Combat Lightning" crew members are seated in a briefing room at the U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, in Thailand. A briefing officer explains their mission, using charts and a map labeled SECRET Noforn (no foreign access) showing Vietnam and the Gulf of Tonkin. The briefer points to an area in the Gulf, and sketches a figure eight, showing where and how the KC-135 should maneuver in a holding pattern during its mission. Crew members rise and leave at the end of the briefing. View of a Strategic Air Command EC-135L that arrived on May 29, 1967, along with another, to support 24 hour "Combat Lightning" operations. Ground crewman directs the EC-135L as it taxis out and then takes off, past a C-130 aircraft holding short of the active runway. (Narrator notes that by the end of July, 1967, there were four "Combat Lightning" C-135 aircraft operating at U-Tapao airfield.) View from above of EC-135L aircraft in flight above clouds, en route to its assigned location over the Gulf of Tonkin. View of radio operator inside the aircraft, who is in radio contact with U-Tapao and the aircraft they are going to relieve. View of map showing their destination figure-eight holding pattern. Radio operator establishes the same contacts used by the aircraft they are relieving, to assure continuity of communications. Remainder of the film contains extended views of the radio operator at his station and of the EC-135 aircraft in flight. Near the end, the crew's Armaments and Electronics Technician is seen pulling a piece of malfunctioning electronic gear from a rack and replacing it with a spare, stored nearby.
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