Messing facilities at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in South Vietnam. Cooks work in the kitchen. They mix salad with hands. Another cook stirs spare ribs. Cooks mix food in large containers. They take food to the table in the officers mess.
Messing facilities at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in South Vietnam. Cooks serve food to officers inside the mess. Officers sit on the tables and eat their food after serving. Line of airmen waiting in line for food.
Dining hall at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in South Vietnam. Airmen dip mess plates in hot boiling water before entering the hall. They walk in line towards the mess. Board reads 'Please Sterilize Mess Gear Before Using'. Group of men dump food into garbage can and scrub mess gear. They sterilize the gear after use.
Messing facilities at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in South Vietnam. Airmen dip mess plates in hot boiling water before entering the mess. Group of men dump food into garbage can and scrub mess gear. They sterilize the gear after use. Vehicles parked outside the mess. Airmen wait in line at the Dining Entrance.
A helicopter flies over the runway as U.S. Army RU-8D Beechcraft Seminole aircraft, with olive drab paint job, and serial number 57-6053, makes a successful gear up landing on a foam-covered runway at Ton Son Nhut Air Base in South Vietnam. Ppilot walks away from the plane as firefighters and equipment move in. The aircraft is from the 146th Aviation Company, 224th Aviation Battalion (Radio Research) at Ton Son Nhut Air Base, Saigon. The many antennae, of various types seen on it, are typical of Special Electronic Mission Aircraft that flew so-called electronic intelligence (ELINT) missions.( Note: This landing was skillfully executed by the pilot with both engines feathered and props rotated to minimize contact with the ground..) (Vietnam War period).
Activities at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. A truck parked near an aircraft at the air base. Soldiers throw bags on ground as men load them onto the plane. A trailer near United States C-130 A aircraft as men push a pallet loaded with supply bags from the plane onto the trailer. (Vietnam War period).
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