Covers TET observance program by VNAF (Viet Nam Air Force) 33rd Wing and USAF (United States Air Force) Advisory Team No.1 at Tan Son Nhut School in Saigon, Vietnam. A sign reads 'AFAT-1 TET CARNIVAL'. A Vietnamese girl sings at a stage show. Vietnamese children look on. USAF and VANF officers seated. A magician puts on an act. (Vietnam War period).
Klaxon horns sound alert signals and U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) flight crews, on alert, stop what they are doing and rush from their quarters to jeeps, that take them to their aircraft. They are seen clambering aboard their bomber aircraft. Closeup of a B-47E-30-LM Stratojet bomber, tail number 52-264, taxiing. Closeup of its wheels. The B-47 taking off from a base in the continental United States. In Alaska, a B-52 bomber taxis on a plowed taxiway in a snowy airfield. Local people watch as two B-52 bombers take off from a SAC base in Africa. Formations of B-52 bomber in flight. View of Air Force personnel inside the SAC headquarters Command and Control Center at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Scene shifts to a B-47 bomber flying directly overhead and an Atlas missile being launched. Glimpse of pilot and copilot inside the cockpit of a SAC bomber in flight. A nuclear bomb dropping from an open bomb bay viewed from inside the aircraft. An atomic explosion during one of the tests conducted by the United States, in the Pacific, from 1946 to 1958.
Allied Air Front invasion bombers of the 9th Air Force of United States Army Air Force raid German held positions on French coast during World War II. B-26 planes take off from a base during dawn and bomb Nazi targets on French coast. Nazi antiaircraft guns fired at them and a plane gets crippled by it. The pilot returns and makes crash landing at the base. Airmen rush for help. The airmen ready planes for another raid on the Nazi French invasion coast. Guided bombs dropped from the bombers destroy Nazi bases. Commanding officer of the 9th Air Force, Major General Lewis H Brereton from the war room in England speaks about the success of Allied bombers in Europe.
Missions by 463rd Air Division in support of humanitarian and combat operations in South East Asia. United States Army Rangers talk to C-130 Hercules crew at Kontum in Vietnam. ARVN (Army of Republic of Vietnam) troops sit next to C-130 Hercules aircraft. The U.S. Rangers and ARVN troops board C-130 Hercules. ARVN troops stand with rifles in hand. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Air Force (USAF) Combat Control Team in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. USAF Sergeant Smith stands near sacks and talks about missions in Vietnam and about their jobs in the missions. Stacked sacks in the background. He also speaks about the security given to them during the missions. He speaks about the facilities given at a camp.
Covers TET observance program by VNAF (Viet Nam Air Force) 33rd Wing and U.S. Air Force Advisory Team No. 1 in Tan Tru village, Vietnam. Villagers receive boxes of food gifts. VNAF men carry boxes. An old Vietnamese woman stands with children. The villagers queue up. (Vietnam War period).
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