U.S. Air Force General John P. McConnell at Takhli Royal Thai Air Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. A sign reads ' Briefing for General McConnell '. A Silver Star, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, Airmen's Medal and Air Force Commendation Medal on a pillow. General John P. McConnell pins the medals on four officers. (The second officer is Captain Mike Gilroy. The third in line is Lieutenant Ed McCaffery.) A Chief Master Sergeant in the 355th TFR Wing headquarters briefing room. Commander of 7th Air Force, Lieutenant General William W. Momyer; Commander of 13th Air Force, Lieutenant General James W. Wilson; and Commander of 13th Air Force, Major General Charles R. Bond, Jr. are present. (The officer handing the medals to General McConnell is Colonel Robert Scott, who assumed command of the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing , on August 4, 1966.)
Deployment of United States 355th Tactical Fighter Wing and departure of F-105 D aircraft from Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. A pilot leaves a van and walks towards a United States F-105 D aircraft. He checks a log book. Men work on the plane as he inspects it. The pilot climbs up the ladder into the cockpit. He prepares for a flight and puts on the flight gear. The aircraft with its engine switched on. Smoke rises as the plane taxis from revetment and turns. It taxis along the flight line.
Deployment of United States 355th Tactical Fighter Wing and departure of F-105 D aircraft from Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. United States airmen watch as the aircraft taxi along the runway and take off. Men stand behind barbed wire fence as they watch the planes taking off. Some of them wear headphones as they look on. The aircraft taxi on the runway.
Deployment of United States 355th Tactical Fighter Wing and departure of F-105 D aircraft from Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. United States Air Force pilots don cutaways and parachutes in a PE room. The crew chief places a parachute into an aircraft. A pilot climbs up the stairs of an F-105 D aircraft.
Deployment of United States 355th Tactical Fighter Wing at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. A United States Air Force officer briefs as he stands on a podium. An arm insignia reads ' Republic F-105 D '.
The United States 355th Tactical Fighter Wing at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. A U.S. Air Force pilot wearing orange scarf, climbs ladder to cockpit of an F-105D aircraft, followed by the crew chief, who stands on upper part of the ladder. View of pilot doing preflight check of switches in the cockpit. Closeup of him donning his helmet and oxygen mask. A shoulder patch on his flight suit reads: "Vietnam, 100 Missions F-105." Scene shifts to another pilot doing a walk-around preflight inspection on his aircraft. He climbs ladder to his cockpit. Next scene shows pilots seated in a briefing room. Several converse. Closeup of one pilot with 333rd Fighter Squadron (Lancers) patch on his flight suit. Insignia of the 333rd and 44th fighter squadrons are displayed on the back wall of the briefing room. Closeup from side of seated pilots. One smokes a cigarette. Briefing officer is seen at a podium.
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