Activities of Lieutenant Colonel Preston S. Flanagan of U.S. 31st TFW (Tactical Fighter Wing). Flanagan flies the same C-47 Skytrain from Tuy Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War, which he had flown during World War II in Africa and Asia. Colonel Flanagan and a copilot in the cockpit of C-47D. Colonel Flanagan is interviewed. He speaks about his experiences in this particular C-47, his duties in World War II and presently in the Vietnam War.
Vietnamese paratroopers at Bien Hoa Air Base in Bien Hoa, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. South Vietnamese paratroopers board U.S. Air Force C-130A Hercules aircraft at Bein Hoa Air Base. Crew members aboard the aircraft.
Air attack in Vietnam during Vietnam War. United States Air Force (USAF) F-100 Super Sabre fighter aircraft piloted by Captain Conway in flight over grasslands. Aircraft circles over rising smoke after strafing in DaNang. United States Navy A-1E Skyraider bomber aircraft piloted by Captain Shag drops napalm bombs in Bien Hoa,Phuoc Tuy Province.
Helicopters on an airfield during the Vietnam War. Wreckage of a destroyed plane with debris. A nose art of a destroyed plane. Bombed soldiers’ barracks at a United States airbase in South Vietnam. Photographs of soldiers’ loved ones, including a portrait of a young girl, among debris in bomb site. Vietcong car bombing of the United States Embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam on March 30, 1965. A 1962 Chevrolet C10 Suburban ambulance arrives in the scene. A bloodied embassy worker covers his face. Another embassy worker is taken away. A bleeding victim holds his cigarette as he’s carried on a stretcher. A United States Army Bell UH-1 Iroquois “Huey” helicopter in flight. U.S. Army soldier in helicopter fires machine gun. Soldiers advancing in field and an upturned helicopter is seen in the foreground. Soldiers escape from the upturned helicopter. United States soldiers recuperate in makeshift hospital beds. A soldier with head covered in bandage. A shirtless soldier sleeps with his mouth open. Coffins draped with the United States flag at an airfield in South Vietnam. Soldiers and sailors pay tribute to the fallen soldiers. Soldiers carry the coffin of a fallen colleague to an aircraft. Vietnamese civilians look on. A pair of poor Vietnamese children. Vietnamese men and women praying. Drafted soldiers onboard a ship arrive in Vietnam. They unload supplies, one of them holding a banner. Soldiers holding the United States flag and a banner. Combat units of the United States Marine Corps onboard ship heading to Vietnam. The Marines disembark a landing craft upon landing on beach head in Vietnam. A Lockheed C-130 Hercules taxiing at an airfield in Vietnam. Army combat unit soldiers disembark and unload weapons from the transport plane. Trucks carrying combat soldiers moving.
Film opens showing a U.S. Air Force F-100 in flight. Its SE tail code identifies it as belonging to the 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 31st Tactical Fighter Wing, out of Tuy Hoa, Vietnam. This is a two-seater F-100F training aircraft employed as a fast Forward Air Controller (FAC) in Operation Commando Sabre. Its back seat is empty. Various views of the aircraft are shown, some with brilliant blue sky background. Background radio transmissions sound like a Navy or Marine GCA unit giving approach guidance to an aircraft. Beginning at TC: 01:50, an F-4E of the 366th Fighter Wing is seen, flying on the wing of the F-100. The flight of two continues in formation to the end of the film.
Activities of Lieutenant Colonel Preston S. Flanagan of U.S. 31st TFW (Tactical Fighter Wing) who flies the same C-47 Skytrain aircraft from Tuy Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War that he had flown during World War II in Africa and Asia. Colonel Flanagan and a copilot at the controls of the C-47D Skytrain transport plane. They talk to each other. Colonel Flanagan works on throttle knobs and switches on an instrument panel.
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