Aircraft AC-47 takes off from runway at Bein Hoa Air Base. AC-47 in flight. Camouflaged AC-47 parked at air base. Crewmen aboard AC-47. Pickup trailer loaded with parachute flares arrives. Trailer is detached from truck. Crewmen place parachute flares in flare rack aboard AC-47.
Aerial view of two areas in Toy Bien in Nam Phan Province being bombed by U.S. Air Force aircraft during Vietnam War in Vietnam. The fields in Toy Bien in Nam Phan Province in Vietnam. White smoke rises from the fields in two areas due to napalm bomb explosion from American aircraft.
A U.S. Air Force aircraft drops bombs on target areas during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. White smoke rises over fields due to napalm bursts in Vietnam. A U.S. Air Force A-1E aircraft drops bombs over huts along the sides of the canal in Toy Bien in Nam Phan Province in Vietnam. Smoke rises from the bombed areas. The aircraft in flight.
An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. USAF airmen walk with their baggage. Bags lying outside a building. Airmen seated at a table. A Vietnamese in a coolie hat pulls a wheel barrow. An airman stands on a bench and talks to the others. An airman takes notes near a bus. Sign on bus reads 'CBPO Processing'. Airmen including Airmen First Class and Senior Airmen board the buses. Papers on the bus read 'Phan Rang', 'Cam Ranh Bay', 'Nha Trang', and 'Tan Hoa.' (Vietnam War period).
Air attack on Viet Cong concentration in Vietnam during Vietnam War. United States Navy A-1E Skyraider bomber aircraft piloted by Major O Gorman in flight over fields and huts in Bien Hua. Aircraft drops napalm bomb on huts.
Film opens showing a U.S. Air Force F-100 in flight. Its SE tail code identifies it as belonging to the 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 31st Tactical Fighter Wing, out of Tuy Hoa, Vietnam. This is a two-seater F-100F training aircraft employed as a fast Forward Air Controller (FAC) in Operation Commando Sabre. Its back seat is empty. Various views of the aircraft are shown, some with brilliant blue sky background. Background radio transmissions sound like a Navy or Marine GCA unit giving approach guidance to an aircraft. Beginning at TC: 01:50, an F-4E of the 366th Fighter Wing is seen, flying on the wing of the F-100. The flight of two continues in formation to the end of the film.
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