Missions by 463rd Air Division in support of humanitarian and combat operations in South East Asia. Revetment area at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in Vietnam. Number of C-130 Hercules parked at the revetment area. Aerial view of buildings and beach at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base. (Vietnam War period).
Missions by 463rd Air Division in support of humanitarian and combat operations in South East Asia. United States Army Rangers talk to C-130 Hercules crew at Kontum in Vietnam. ARVN (Army of Republic of Vietnam) troops sit next to C-130 Hercules aircraft. The U.S. Rangers and ARVN troops board C-130 Hercules. ARVN troops stand with rifles in hand. (Vietnam War period).
Missions by 463rd Air Division in support of humanitarian and combat operations in South East Asia. C-130 Hercules aircraft takes off from Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in Vietnam. United States soldiers with rifles in their hands relax near the airstrip. Soldiers drive army jeeps on dirt road. C-130 aircraft lands and taxis with soldiers in the foreground. (Vietnam War period).
Missions by 463rd Air Division in support of humanitarian and combat operations in South East Asia. C-130 Hercules aircraft parked outside hangar at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in Vietnam. Disaster Relief Supplies donated by Philippines government loaded onto C-130 Hercules aircraft by small transport vehicles. 463rd Air Division troops load supplies. 'Rural Medical Program' written on boxes. (Vietnam War period).
Film begins showing silhouettes of some U.S. soldiers sitting in shade under wing of a C-130 transport aircraft, parked with engines running, on an airport at Naga City, the Philippines. A brightly colored commercial aircraft is seen parked in the background. Next, two red cars are seen with people milling about them. Then the military C-130 is seen isolated on the ramp, with engines still running. Local Filipinos are being organized and pose for cameramen. Closeup of a group of Filipino children posing. Closeups of many children. Glimpse of a C-130 crew member. Filipino men stand on the lowered rear door of the C-130, to which an orange trucks has been backed into the aircraft. They load boxes from the aircraft into the truck. A number of Filipinos gather around a C-130 crew member. Some Filipino men jump on the open rear door of the C-130 as another truck backs into it. The men begin loading sacks of grain into the truck, as a supervisor checks off the items on a bill of laden. Closeup of "Naga City" stenciled on bumper of truck. Long shot of the C-130 and several orange trucks, as well as other vehicles on the airfield ramp. Men jump out of the C-130 into an orange truck behind it, where they catch a few last food items tossed to them by two men still in the aircraft. (Note: the 463rd Airlift Wing was based at Clark Air Force Base, Philippines.)
463rd Airlift Operations in support of humanitarian and combat operations in South East Asia. Sign board reads '283rd Air Division Col W S Freesland, Jr Commander'. United States Airman walks towards Operations building. Insignia of 834th Air Division. Board reads 'Flight Planning'. Airman enters the flight planning office and converses with other members. They look at a map and books. (Vietnam War period).