Activities of United States Army 173rd Airborne Infantry Brigade during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. The U.S. Air Force Douglas A-1E Skyraider, U.S. bomber dives at Vietcong position. Soldier on ground in the foreground. Group of soldiers on ground. One man speaks over a radio. Helicopter lands. Shells burst on Vietcong positions. Explosions on Vietcong positions. Smoke rises due to explosions. American soldiers in grass in the foreground.
Activities of United States Army 173rd Airborne Infantry Brigade during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. Rubber fuel tanks (bladders) are rolled out of U.S. Air force C-123 Provider, American military transport aircraft. Forklift loads artillery shells into the C-123. C-123 on ground. Soldiers 173rd Infantry Brigade stand in the foreground.
Remains of United States Army Air Forces B-29A Super fortress that crashed on March 30, 1945, at North Field, Tinian,in the Northern Mariana Islands, during World War 2. Scattered debris on ground. Remaining piece of tail section displays serial number 265283 indicating it is B-29 number 42-65283, nicknamed "Big Wheel," from the 9th Bomb Group, 99th Bomb Squadron. Reportedly, it experienced mechanical problems during a mission to drop mines in Japanese waters. After jettisoning its munitions, it returned to Tinian, but crashed on the shore. Of the 12 crew, only the radar operator survived.
U.S. Navy McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II crashes at St. Louis, Missouri. It was test flight #155557 MAC 2833. The F-4J aircraft taxis for take off, lifts off and climbs steeply. Pilot and co-pilot eject. (Both survived: Pilot C. D. "Pete" Pilcher, Production Test Pilot, McDonnell Douglas Corporation; and Radar Observer Harvey A. Begay in backseat position.) Plane moves flatly through air in vertical position. It loses all speed. Aircraft falls flatly, impacts runway and explodes into a huge fireball. Black smoke billows up from impact area. Plane continues to burn. F-4J ablaze. Crash crew makes way to fire. Ambulance on ground. Pilot Pilcher and Radar Observer Begay meet-up together with other personnel on the airfield and observe the blazing aircraft from which they had ejected. They walk around a military station wagon. The two crew members examine ejection seat on runway. Ejection seat resting on runway. Two pilots get into a station wagon with other civilian personnel. Collapsed chute laying on grass. View of ejection seat. Blown canopy, other debris lying about runway in the background. F-4J still ablaze. Fire engine enters and moves down a runway. Firemen wade knee-deep through foam while fighting fire. Heavy smoke rises from wreckage. Crashed F-4J, heavy foam in the foreground. Fireman direct more foam into opening of F-4J while smoke is pouring out.
Airborne action in Korea during the Korean War. During Operation Tomahawk paratroopers of U.S. Army 187th Airborne prepare and board aircraft in Japan. U.S. Air Force aircraft on the ground. The aircraft in flight. They drop parachutes over Munsan-Ni in Korea. A view of Munsan-Ni area. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur arrives for his visit to the front.
An air aid to Indochina during the Indochina War. A U.S. carrier anchored. U.S. aircraft aboard the carrier. The aircraft are lowered onto a pier. Navy fighter and bomber aircraft are towed by trucks on roads to bomb and strafe Red ( Communist ) positions.
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