UC-123Bs of the U.S. Air Force 12th Air Commando Squadron (Ranch Hand) spraying defoliant Agent Orange, during Operation Tired Bill in Vietnam. UC-123Bs in flight over mountains and forests and then.descending in trail to target area. Ten UC-123Bs flying wing-to-wing in two waves, spraying defoliant agent orange over a ten mile strip between Con Thien and Gia Linh. An F4C can be seen briefly, high in distance, flying cover for the operation. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Attleboro II, Dau Tieng Airstrip, Vietnam. View from another aircraft of U.S. Air Force Cessna O-1"Bird Dog" Forward Air Controller(FAC) aircraft in flight (tail number 72813). Aerial view of target area in jungle. Smoke rising from bombs dropped on target area. A U.S. jet fighter streaks low over the target and drops napalm. Several more U.S. jets fly over the area and climb out rapidly. View inside cockpit of FAC airplane. Pilot holding map as aircraft flies over jungle, seen below through cockpit window. (Note: this film is reversed) (Vietnam War period).
New class of replacements go through the 3 day course at the 1st Air Cavalry Division Combat Training Center in Vietnam. Two soldiers distribute clips of M-16 ammunition to the replacement soldiers of 1st Air Cavalry. A soldier fires M-16 rifle. (Vietnam War period).
New class of replacements go through the 3 day course at the 1st Air Cavalry Division Combat Training Center in Vietnam. Soldiers (replacements) of 1st Air Cavalry load and fire M-16 rifle. Views of soldiers fire M-203 grenade launcher attached to M-16 rifle. Soldiers fire M-203 grenades. (Vietnam War period).
United States Air Force radar site at Monkey Mountain in Vietnam. United States Air force personnel drive a jeep to the site. Jeep en route to the mountain. Jeep enters the radar site compound. A radar antenna on top of a building as jeep pulls near it. Antenna rotates. (Vietnam War period).
Air strike missions in Vietnam during Operation Wheeler of the Vietnam War. Aerial view of a target area as seen from a United States Air Force (USAF) F-100 Super Sabre fighter aircraft piloted by Jerry W. Tietge of the 31st Tactical Fighter Wing, 309th Tactical Fighter Squadron. Aerial view of Mark Snakeye bomb explosions on the ground.
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