U.S. Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopters carrying U.S. 20th Helicopter Squadron and Montagnard paratroopers over Vietnam during the Vietnam War. An HH-3E drops paratroopers.
U.S. Air Force CH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopters carrying U.S. 20th Helicopter Squadron and Montagnard paratroopers over Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of an CH-3E in flight. Rotors of the CH-3E turning.
U.S. Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopters carrying U.S. 20th Helicopter Squadron and Montagnard paratroopers over Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of an HH-3E flying low over a Vietnamese jungle. An HH-3E drops paratroopers on cable.
U.S. Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopters carrying U.S. 20th Helicopter Squadron and Montagnard paratroopers over Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Interiors of an HH-3E shows a pilot at controls. View of another HH-3E in flight. A jumpmaster inspects the paratroopers before they board the HH-3E.
Medical evacuation and first aid operations for injured United States soldiers in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. An air ambulance UH-1 Huey helicopter arrives at a landing zone and U.S. Army soldiers run towards it. Wounded being unloaded from the helicopter. A soldier speaks on wireless. Wounded being loaded onto an ambulance. Wounded on litters being unloaded from helicopters and loaded onto an ambulance van. Pilot in the cockpit of the helicopter. A soldier places a box onto a jeep.
Air Force Test pilot, Major R.L. Johnson, boards North American F-86A armaments test Sabrejet aircraft number FU-611 at Muroc Air Base (soon after renamed Edwards Air Force Base). Ground crew assists the pilot with chute. Pilot puts on the helmet and oxygen mask. Aircraft taxis. Aircraft in level flight -- extends and retracts speed brakes. Plane rolls to its right and dives. Men at monitoring post on the ground. Aircraft performs several low level high speed passes.Plane lands, and Major Johnson hops out of cockpit all the way to ground where he is congratulated by another Air Force major and ground crew personnel. He puts cigarette in his mouth and feels in his flight suit for a lighter. Major Johnson set an official record of 670.981 mph by flying four times over a 1.86-mile course at altitudes below 150 feet.
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