Views from tail camera of a USAF A-1E aircraft strafing enemy targets at low altitude amidst groves of coconut trees. White smoke rising from the ground, behind the aircraft. The A-1E is flying at tree-top level. Simple structures are seen, occasionally, amongst the trees. Exploding White phosphorus bombs and fires erupting from napalm, seen in the wake of the aircraft. More huts seen as the aircraft exits the coconut plantation and passes over a river bank. Fires burning in the background. The A-1E climbs out over the river. (Note: The A1E aircraft on this mission is believed to be from the 1st Air Commando Squadron, operating out of Bien Hoa Air Base.)
Air attack in Vietnam during Vietnam War. United States Air Force (USAF) F-100 Super Sabre fighter aircraft piloted by Captain Conway in flight over grasslands. Aircraft circles over rising smoke after strafing in DaNang. United States Navy A-1E Skyraider bomber aircraft piloted by Captain Shag drops napalm bombs in Bien Hoa,Phuoc Tuy Province.
Activities of Lieutenant Colonel Preston S. Flanagan of U.S. 31st TFW (Tactical Fighter Wing) who flies the same C-47 Skytrain from Tuy Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War that he had flown during World War II in Africa and Asia. An aerial view of a coastline as seen from the C-47D Skytrain transport plane. Aerial views of a small island, a beach and a U.S. Army supply area. The C-47D lands on an airstrip at Tuy Hoa Air Base as seen from the cockpit.
Air attack in Vietnam during Vietnam War. United States Navy A-1E Skyraider bomber aircraft piloted by Major Reilly in flight over village in Bien Hoa,Can Tho. Smoke column rises from General Purpose (GP) bomb blasts on village and edge of canal during strafing run. Smoke rises from bomb hits on village Mountains in the background.
An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. The Cam Ranh Bay in the province of Khanh Hoa, Vietnam. The Bay shoreline. Clouds over mountains in the background. The Cam Ranh Air Base. Two towers on the Base. U.S. aircraft parked on the runway. Runway lights on either side of the runway. A plane taxis and takes off. (Vietnam War period).
Bad Weather conditions due to monsoon rains. Maintenance work goes on at Tuy Hoa Air Base despite bad weather. Maintenance building surrounded by water near ramp. A man rides a bicycle through standing water around brick factory. Concertina barbed wire fence at the edge. A woman wearing a conical hat wades in water across the barbed wires. A camouflaged C-130 E plane takes off during inclement weather. Maintenance men work on a small bomb carrier hooked up to warehouse tractor as it rains. A saddle panel secured on F-100 D in a revetment. Water runs near a ramp, it runs under a sand drift fence. A camouflaged C-130 E plane taxis along the runway at the Air Base.
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