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).
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).
United States Army soldiers swim at rest and recreation site during Vietnam war. Soldiers dive and swim in Tiger lake in Cam Ranh Bay in Khanh Hoa in Vietnam. Cam Ranh Bay is a deep water bay at an inlet of South China Sea. Other people swim and sit by the beach side to relax. War weary soldiers swim and enjoy in water along with girls to relax.
Entrance gate of in-country rest and recreation center with a board on top which reads Tiger lake recreation area in Khanh Hoa in Vietnam. Two United States Army soldiers walk into the recreation area. Soldiers of United States Army 101st Airborne Division dressed in their uniforms walk into the area and sit on benches placed under trees. Soldiers take off their shoes and uniform and get into Tiger lake at Cam Ranh Bay to swim and relax. (Vietnam War period).
VNAF (Vietnam Air Force) and USAF (United States Air Force) officers in a combat control room at a U.S. base in Pleiku, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. VNAF and USAF officers discussing a request for an air strike against Viet Cong positions. They check a wall map for location. Officers make telephone calls at a table.
Different types of aircraft at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Most ot them are civilian aircraft. An Airlift International Airways Boeing 727 parked and then taxiing. Pan American Boeing 707 (cargo version) aircraft, Numerous Douglas DC-3s and one civilian Curtiss C-46 Commando transport aircraft parked. A Thai Airways Caravelle jet taxiing. A Douglas DC-6 with "United States of America" painted on its side. A DHC-4 (C-7A) Caribou aircraft crosses the intersection of a road and taxiway. DC-3s and U-1A Otter aircraft taxi past the intersection. Yellow fuel truck and several vehicles holding short, waiting to cross active runway. Vortac transmitter in grass field beside them.
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