B-52 D planes in revetments at U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base. B-52 D planes taxiing out from revetments. Various views of B-52 Ds taxiing out.
Deployment of United States 355th Tactical Fighter Wing and F-105 D aircraft take off from Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. The aircraft ascend fast immediately after take off from the air base. An F-105 D aircraft taxis along and takes off. F- 105 Ds take off from the air base.
Construction of CE (Civil Engineering) administration building at Air as a part of U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield Sattahip Complex in Thailand. A huge cement mixer truck pulls up at the construction site. It pours out cement into hand carts. Cement being poured out as workers look on. Workers pour out cement for building foundation and floor. A Thai driver at the steering wheel of the cement mixer truck.
View of the first three U.S. B-52 bombers (of a force of 15) landing at U-Tapao Airbase, Thailand on April 10, 1967. These bombers hit targets in Vietnam on their way to U-Tapao. (The entire force arrived during the period from April through July, 1967, on temporary assignment from the Strategic Air Command 4433rd Bomb Wing at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam.) The B-52s are under the command of the SAC 3rd Air Division. The aircraft land with wing flaps down and deploy drag chutes to slow their ground rolls.Officers of the 4258th Strategic Wing,and Royal Thai Air Force greet the arriving aircrews. The event is recorded by photographers, along with newsmen from Japan, Thailand, United States and Philippines. (Vietnam War period).
View of Ubon Airport Terminal. Airplane T-30A taxis in. Lieutenant General James W. Wilson emerges from T-30A. He is greeted by Major General Charles R. Bond and other staff officers. Close view of a three-star ID plate on front of the car. General Wilson and others get into car and car is driven away. All the officers reach Base theater in car. NCOs can be seen standing as General Wilson and General Bond enter. General Wilson and General bond walks out of theater and depart by car.
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.
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