View of United States Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52 bombers parked at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. They taxi to positions closer to the runway to facilitate quicker launch in the event of an enemy attack without much early warning. Electrical power and heat or air conditioning is suppliied to each aircraft from motorized ground units. Yellow conduits are seen extending into the aircraft cockpits. Various views ot the B-52s in position. Scene shifts to the base alert facility, where an alarm sounds and aircrews respond to vehicles pre-parked on the ramp outside. Closeup of responding aircrew members boarding their vehicles. Next, they are seen boarding their respective aircraft that then start engines and begin to taxi out for takeoff. Views of B-52s taxiing toward the runway. Since this is only an exercise, upon reaching the runway, the aircraft taxi down it and thrn return to their parking places.
Vietnamese flags on flag poles at the base area and in front of Chan Tho Training base in South Vietnam. A small monument on the left. A large group of Popular Forces troops in a karate class. Men spread their legs and jab with their hands. Instructor stands on the right. Karate techniques practiced during the class. (Vietnam War period).
Activities of Lieutenant Colonel Preston S. Flanagan of U.S. 31st TFW (Tactical Fighter Wing) who flies the same C-47 Skytrain from Tuy Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War that he had flown during World War II in Africa and Asia. An aerial view of a coastline as seen from the C-47D Skytrain transport plane. Aerial views of a small island, a beach and a U.S. Army supply area. The C-47D lands on an airstrip at Tuy Hoa Air Base as seen from the cockpit.
Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States Air Force 366th Combat Support Group Headquarters building. Personnel move about outside the building. Vehicles drive past the headquarters. American flag and Republic of Vietnam flags flutter on two poles. Personnel walk inside the dining hall. Bicycles parked outside the hall. Vehicles drive past on road. The CBPO (Consolidated Base Personnel Office) in a quonset hut.
United States personnel at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Airmen seated outside 'Theater' building. Vehicles drive past on road. Personnel walk along the road. Jeeps, trucks, scooters and bicycles on the road. A Vietnamese guard stands at Da Nang Air Base exchange entrance. Airmen walk past the gate.
United States Air Force 366th Tactical Fighter Wing at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Army jeeps, trucks and buses drive past on a dirt road. 366th Tactical Fighter Wing Warriors Command Post building. Sandbags wall and emblems of units assigned to the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing. Ambulances and army trucks parked outside United States Air Force dispensary and 22nd Casualty Staging Center. Vehicles drive past the Da Nang Air Base Operations building.
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