A documentary about deployment of United States 430th Tactical Air Command Fighter Squadron in Takhli, Thailand during the Vietnam War. A jeep arrives at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base and men enter the building. A Thai airman at a desk working on papers. An American pilot orders him. The two of them walk out of the building as they carry flight gear. Men inspect a United States Air Force plane. The Thai airman climbs into the cockpit. A man hands over papers to the Thai airman and they discuss. The Thai airman gets onto the wing of the aircraft and climbs into the cockpit. He drinks from a can as he stands onto the aircraft. He gets down from the plane and gets into the jet engine. A pilot climbs into the cockpit of an aircraft and works on controls. The pilot preflights the aircraft. An aircraft being refueled.
U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson visits Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base (Korat RTAFB) in Thailand. Night scenes of President Johnson pinning DFCs (Distinguished Flying Crosses) on Major Myron L. Savage, Major Winiford L. Bazzell, Major James R. Bassett, Major Lloyd W. Boothby and Lt. George H. McKinney, Jr.. The President speaks from a podium. The Presidential Seal on a lectern. Royal Thai Air Force personnel listen and applaud.
View from cab of Thai truck traveling toward U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. Thai children watch as truck passes them standing their simple abodes. A sign identifies a construction project in progress. A religious temple is seen in background. Truck passes buildings in a town. Closeup of Thai driver at the wheel in truck cab. Several views of photographer slates are followed by roadside scenes, again. A sign advertises "Turtle Wax." View from side of road of trucks passing both ways.
U.S. Air Force McDonnell RF-101C Voodoo aircraft on flight line at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base. Yellow auxiliary power units providing power for each airplane. A sergeant working at open hatch in side of fuselage. An airman cleaning canopy. Yellow fuel truck in front of the airplanes. Pilot conversing with ground crewmen under nose of aircraft. . Pilot gets into cockpit of the aircraft. Another pilot walks to his airplane. Glimpse of him starting his preflight walkaround inspection. He climbs into cockpit and dons his helmet. The plane seen taxiing out and along the flightline.
An aircraft flies over houses and trees in Thailand as it approaches runway number 5 at Ubon Air Base for landing. View from cockpit as It taxis along the runway after landing. Tankers and other vehicles at the base.
Activities at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. United States Air Force and Thai personnel inside the control tower at the air force base. A Thai personnel looks through binoculars. A U.S. KC-135 A aircraft taxis past the control tower to a flight line parking. Men in the control tower speak over the phone. KC-135 A aircraft lined up in the background as vehicles move about on the base. The tail section of a KC-135 aircraft in the foreground. Other aircraft lined up in the background. Troops get off the KC-135 A aircraft and carry their baggage along.
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