United States Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress bombers in action in Thailand during World War II. Men work in a plant in the United States as they manufacture B-29 bombers. Men work on the body of the aircraft. In China, fuel barrels being loaded onto an aircraft for transporting. Chinese troops roll the barrels and pile them up at an air base for refueling B-29 aircraft. Fuel being unloaded from the barrels into a huge storage tank. Piled up barrels. A B-29 aircraft takes off and in flight. The Rama VIII Bridge in Bangkok, Thailand being bombarded by the B-29s. Bombs impact and billows of smoke rise up.
Aerial view of U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield in Thailand. B-52s can be seen on the base. Red color seen on earth all around the facility (possibly from new construction or from an applied insecticide or pesticide?)
Munitions ships tied up at DeLong Pier near Camp Vayama, Thailand. Thai trucks moving back and forth on pier. Trucks loaded with Mk 82 bombs and other ammunition move ahead on the route to munitions storage area. Various views of loaded trucks moving on road. (Note: opening slate indicates munitions are destined for U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base.)
Rescue activities of United States 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron in Thailand. A United States Air Force HH-53C helicopter taxis along at the Nakhon Phnom Air Base as a beacon lights up under the fuselage of the helicopter. A pilot flips switches on the instrument panel of the HH-53C helicopter. He moves the floor controls of the helicopter. A beacon lights up under the fuselage of the helicopter. Intake louvers of the helicopter open and close. The main rotor pitch actuators move. A pitch gauge between a hub and a rotor blade during control check out.
Rescue activities of United states 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron in Thailand. Para rescue men board a jitney at Nakhon Phnom Air Base. A bill board reads ' If you are down and out and need a pick up call for Jolly Green'. The jitney pulls up at the 40th ARRS headquarters and men enter the building. A green giant figure, insignia of 40th ARRS on a wall.
C-5 showing Thais and airmen pushing cargo pallets and jet engines on dollies from aircraft, across K-loader and onto trailer.
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