Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Paul McConnell visits Cam Ranh Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. UH-1B helicopter from the 20th SOS (Special Operation Squadron) lands. General McConell disembarks from the helicopter and heads for the staff car. General and party enter the 12th United States Air Force hospital. He speaks to patients in the 11th Ward. Board reads '483rd Tactical Airlift Wing'. General McConell arrives at the 12th TFW (Tactical Fighter Wing) and departs after inspection. The General takes a look at Dehavilland C-7A Caribou aircraft and speaks with Colonel Turk.
Activities of the members of USAF (United States Air Forces) SP (Security Police) in providing perimeter defense at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. SPs withdraw weapons at an armory. SPs leave the building with the weapons. They stand in formation outside the building. A sign reads 'Security Police SQ Armory'.
Activities of members of USAF (United States Air Force) SP (Security Police) while providing perimeter defense for Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. An SP clears an M-60 machine gun in a firing barrel. An SP withdraws an M-16 rifle with grenade launcher from an armory. The SP returns the M-16 rifle to an armorer. An NCO (Non-Commissioned Officer) reads orders to mount guard.
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. An SP in a jeep scans the area as seen from a moving jeep. An M-60 machine gun mounted on the jeep. The jeep on the perimeter road.
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. Interiors of a bunker in the perimeter area shows faces of SPs and muzzles of a .50 caliber machine gun and an M-60 machine gun. An SP in a moving jeep scans the perimeter area. Bunkers and barbed wire as seen from the moving jeep. U.S. MIM-23 Hawk missile site as seen through barbed wires.
An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. Son Nhut Air Base near Saigon in Vietnam. U.S. Air Force officers and airmen lined up at the entrance. The waiting airmen board a bus. A sign on the bus reds 'CBPO Processing'. Airmen in the background walk towards the Air Base entrance. An airman stands by the bus door as the newly arrived airmen line up with their luggage. A board reads '900 area, DEET 1 Billeting'. An airman briefs the seated airmen and officers. Stationary military trucks and buses in the background. Another airman takes over and speaks to the group. Officers and airmen enter the Vietnamese Tan Son Nhut Air Base Dining Hall #3. (Vietnam War period).
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