Two American airman standing alongside stacks of bombs in U.S. ammunition storage area at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy AirfieldThailand. One gives hand signals to fork operator to come forward. The airmen roll three bombs onto the Forklift blades, from an open wooden crate. After the forklift leaves, the airmen lift away the empty crate, and expose three more bombs ready to be picked up. The forklift returns and they roll three more bombs onto its blades. The airmen then pick up the empty bomb cradle and wooden skid underneath it, and carry them away. Sign over a building at base entry point reads "U-Tapao 635 MMS Munitions Storage Area". A couple of Air Force vehicles near the gate.
Film opens showing a blue crew bus moving on a ramp at U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand, during the Vietnam war. It stops near a B-52 bomber, and the crew members step from the bus. Some carry gear in A-3 bags. The crew members each begin their respective preflight inspections, as the aircraft commander looks over the aircraft's Form 1. Photographer slate is shown. Then the scene is retaken. The aircraft commander is seen looking over the bombs loaded on the aircraft.
A pair of RF-4C aircraft flying overhead to commence landing at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base during Vietnam War. Airmen downloading reconnaissance cameras from aircraft. Pilot fills out Form 1. Views of RF-4C Phantoms landing at Ubon Thai Air Force Base one by one, deploying drag chutes. RF-101 aircraft land and taxi to parking area.
Aerial views of Munitions Storage area in U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. B-52 F planes can be seen parked in revetments at the base. Many stacks of bombs are seen in the Munitions Storage area.
Film opens showing front of an M117 general purpose bomb with receptacle for fuse. Gloved hand of a munitions handler is then seen screwing fuses in two such bombs. Next, a team of munitions handlers is seen fastening tail assemblies onto bombs. One handler uses a pneumatic power tool to fasten the tail sections. Boxes of fuses are opened and some fuses taken out. Fused bombs are laid out with tags on their fuses. An airman installs a tagged fuse into a bomb.
A semi tractor truck drives into an open air munitions storage area at the U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. Numerous bombs are seen stacked behind bumker walls, and a flatbed truck trailer loaded with bombs is parked nearby. The airman driving the truck backs it up to the loaded trailer and hooks it up to his truck. Closeup of him making the necessry connections and then moving the trailer onto his truck and driving away. Next, a truckload of bombs is seen unloaded from a tractor trailer truck.
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