United States Air Force General Jack J. Catton on a walking tour of Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam. General Catton and other officers enter the 3rd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group building. The [party comes out of another building. Photographic equipment on display in the foreground and officers walk past them in the background. General Catton examines outdoor photographic equipment. (Vietnam War period).
366th Fighter Wing crew members at Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam. A number of F-4E Phantom II Aircraft take off in succession f from runway. (Note: An open mike in the control tower causes communications with aircraft, as well as personal conversations to be heard in background through entire film. A Vietnamese Air Force tower operator is heard participating in the operations) (Vietnam War period).
Missions by 463rd Air Division in support of humanitarian and combat operations in South East Asia. C-130 Hercules aircraft takes off from Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in Vietnam. United States soldiers with rifles in their hands relax near the airstrip. Soldiers drive army jeeps on dirt road. C-130 aircraft lands and taxis with soldiers in the foreground. (Vietnam War period).
Covers crash landing of U.S. Air Force F-105D Thunderchief, a fighter bomber on foamed runway at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Camouflaged F-105D skids on a foamed runway and catches fire as it skids to a stop. F-105D burns as fire-fighters spray foam. Fire truck moves to extinguish fire of a burning aircraft. American helicopter flies over a crash site. A fireman on a fire truck and signals. Scenes of fire at tail of F-105D and smoke rises. Fire-fighters spray foam on fire and on a bomb under the wing of aircraft.
Removal of damaged USAF C-130 Hercules, a military transport aircraft after crash landing at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam. HH-43F and FSK on ground. Fire truck is driven away. Damaged C-130B on ground. Air force personnel move around the damaged C-130B. Shows cargo inside damaged aircraft. Personnel work at foam-splattered C-130B. Tow bar being attached to nose wheel. Damaged C-130B is being towed. One personnel signals. Damaged wing of C-130B. (Vietnam War period).
Activities of members of USAF (United States Air Force) SP (Security Police) in providing perimeter defense for Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A truck loaded with members of USAF Security Police arrives at a bunker and relives those going off-duty. A jeep with four SPs and an M-50 machine gun leaves a compound. An NCO (Non-Commissioned Officer) reads orders. The SPs put their gear in the truck. An SP removes the M-60 machine gun from the truck and mounts the gun on the jeep.
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