Views of civilian airlines and examples of how they and U.S. Air Force Reserve and National Guard aircraft augment the active U.S. military airlift Command capability in time of emergency. Civilian narrator speaks from inside the U.S. Air Force Military Airlift Command (MAC) Headquarters Command Center, at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Next scene shows U.S. commercial airline passenger airplanes parked on a ramp. United Airlines, Delta Airlines, American Airlines, and Pan American aircraft are seen, some taxi, some parked, some taking off. A Boeing 727 jet taxis on the ramp. A Western Airlines 727 taxis behind a set of baggage carts being pulled by a tractor. The Narrator is discussing the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) to which most U.S. airlines belong, and which can be activated by the Secretary of Defense, for airlift support in the event of a national defense emergency. The Western 727 aircraft takes off. A TWA 727 aircraft takes off. U.S. military personnel and dependent women and children are seen descending a stairway from a commercial airliner contracted by the Department of Defense. Military supplies are seen being offloaded by U.S. Airmen, onto a traveling cargo carrier, from a Flying Tigers Boeing 707 aircraft. Refugees from Southeast Asia are gathered and processed at an airport and then board an American Airlines Boeing 747 aircraft. Refugees from Vietnam and Cambodia boarding an Overseas National Airways Boeing 747. An American Airlines 747 taking off. A glimpse of the narrator in MAC headquarters, at Scott Air Force Base, is followed by a mix of private and military aircraft on a parking ramp, including a, presumably privately owned, Japanese Nakajima B5N Navy Type 97 Carrier Attack Bomber (Kate) with Japanese markings. U.S.Air National Guard C-130 and C-123 aircraft are seen taxiing, and taking off from this civilian airfield.
General James F. Collins Commander of United States Army, Pacific, visits 121st Aviation Company (former 93rd Transportation Company - Light Helicopter). He is seen walking across the ramp, accompanied by Major Edward C. Seymour, Commander of the unit. Members of his staff walk behind. Scene shifts to General Collins, pinning Air Medals and Purple Hearts on soldiers of the "Soc Trang Tigers" at their base in Soc Trang, Closeup of a Purple Heart medal. (Vietnam War period).
United States HH-53 helicopter crew on a mission in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Crew of United States HH-53 helicopter prepare for the flight. Pilot and co pilot wear helmets in the cockpit of the helicopter. HH-53 taxis along the air base with two other helicopters parked in th background. It lifts off and in flight.
United States Army General William C. Westmoreland visit a hospital ward at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. William C. Westmoreland with Commander of the 12th Tactical Fighter Wing Colonel Woodward E. Davis leave a building. They walk under a sheltered walkway. They enter a hospital. William C. Westmoreland pins purple hearts on casualties in different hospital wards.
U.S. "Brown Water Navy" men gather around a military hovercraft, aka Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle (PACV), at Dong Tam Base Camp, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. The engine is running and one of the men is making adjustments to it. (Images end at TC:00:25. Remainder is wild sound only.)
Airbase and houses damaged due to Russian rocket shelling in Vietnam. Jet planes halt at Da Nang Air Base. Soldiers watch a damaged military building with broken roof. People stand in street and watch damaged window of the building. People stand besides ruins of houses. Women observe ruins. A woman cooks while another sits besides her. A man sprinkles water. Children and people stand besides covered dead bodies. A woman comes and touches a body, sits and cry while others watch. (Vietnam War period).
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