Paveway I laser guided bomb carried by fighter bomber in Vietnam. Aerial view over wooded terrain of a U.S. Air Force F-4D Phantom jet, from Ubon Air Base in Thailand, descending and, while still at fairly high altitude, releasing a 2000 lb Mk 84 laser guided bomb against Viet Cong ground target.
Aerial view of American airbase at Duc Pho in Vietnam. View of section of a runway. View of billets in the base. View of the whole runway. C-130 transport aircraft is seen on the runway apron. View from air of defensive installations on Duc Pho mountain. View of seacoast in distance.
Two officers of United States 720th military police battalion inspect two night clubs- Star light bar and Melody to ensure everything is in order in Vung Tau, Vietnam. After inspection officers get into the jeep and move away. They reach the entrance of Vung Tau air base amidst heavy downpour. The jeep stops at the entrance and a 720th military police officer on duty talks to the officers in the jeep.
Crew of a U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) aerial refueling KC-135 tanker aircraft stand on a stage. They stand at attention as a Lieutenant Colonel at a podium reads the citation accompanying their award , in recognition of a unique refueling mission they performed during the Vietnam War. The crew members are Major John H. Casteel, Aircraft Commander; Captain Richard L. Trail, Pilot; Captain Dean L. Hoar, Navigator; and Master Sergeant Nathan C. Campbell, Boom Operator. During Operation "Daisy Chain," they performed the first ever three-level aerial refueling operation that saved six carrier-based U.S. Navy aircraft critically low on fuel, over the Gulf of Tonkin. Each crew member is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by SAC Commander in Chief. General Joseph J. Nazzaro. Closeup of the medal on Sergeant Campbell.
United States Army CH-21 helicopter also known as flying banana, flies over trees and rice paddy fields in Vietnam. The helicopter is part of the 121st Aviation Company (Air Mobil Light), (formerly the 93rd Transportation Company - Light Helicopter) based in Soc Trang, Vietnam. It lands and injured Vietnamese civilians are unloaded from the helicopter and put into a military jeep. CH-21 prepares to move away and lifts off. (Vietnam War period).
Supplies are parachuted to French troops battling Viet Minh in Diên Biên Phu. A bulldozer is air dropped using five parachutes, on November 21, 1953. A French fighter bomber dives low over a Viet Minh position. French troops fire field artillery piece. Smoke rises all around the battlefield. French infantry fight their way up a wooded hillside (many trees broken from combat effects). They fire small arms and mortars. They cook over open fires. Aerial view of French encampment at Diên Biên Phu, in February, 1954, with smoke rising from many small fires.
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