South Vietnamese Regional forces or Popular forces being trained during the Vietnam War. A sign on a building in Vietnamese read 'Noi Lauchui Vukai' South Vietnamese Regional Forces trainees clean M-16 rifles in a weapons cleaning building. Trainees disassemble and clean rifles with a piece of cloth. A trainee smokes a cigarette as other clean M-16 rifles.
South Vietnamese Regional forces or Popular forces being trained during the Vietnam War. A sign at an entrance gate reads 'Tieu Doan Thanh Thai' South Vietnamese Regional forces trainees sit with rifles. A trainee works on a helmet as others talk to him. Men smile and laugh. Trainees try to catch hold of a fellow trainee as he lies on the ground.
U.S. Project Combat Trap/Commando Vault using outsized bombs to create helicopter landing zones in the jungle, during the war in Vietnam. (At first, the project used 10,000 pound World War II M121 bombs. In 1970, it switched to the 15,000 pound BLU-82/B bomb, also called a "Daisy Cutter".) View from another aircraft, of a C-130 aircraft in flight overhead. View inside the cargo compartment of the C-130 flying , with its rear cargo door open, above a layer of clouds. A parachute trails behind the aircraft, attached to a large pallet on which a BLU-82/B (Bomb Live Unit-82) is fastened. The load is released and the parachute pulls the pallet and bomb out of the plane. Scene reverts to the view of the C-130 from another aircraft. The parachute and bomb are seen falling from the C-130. Camera follows them as they fall through the cloud layer. Next, a huge ball of fire is seen in the jungle below. Dense gray smoke billows upward. Scene shifts to view from a helicopter flying closer to the ground, which is obscured by dense tree canopy below. View of the explosion site shows depression in the jungle canopy, but the helicopter doesn't get close enough to reveal more.
C-130 aircraft and crew, employed in Project Combat Trap/Commando Vault to drop outsized bombs to create helicopter landing zones in the jungle, during the Vietnam War. Pilot seen in left seat at the controls of a C-130 aircraft in flight. Closeup of the navigator peering into a shielded radar scope, and making measurements on a chart with a pair of compasses. Camera pans over pilot to forward view out the cockpit window. Closeup of the pilot at the controls. Screen of a plan position indicator (PPI) radar images being painted by revolving scan on the scope. Closeup of the copilot in the right seat. Loadmaster in the cabin holding radar beacon.
United States B-57B aircraft during Vietnam War. United States B-57 B aircraft in flight. Aerial view of the plane in flight and the ground below. Bomb bay of the aircraft opens while in flight and bombs being released.
HH-53C Super Jolly Green Helicopter in flight refueled by HC-130 P aircraft at Da Nang, Vietnam. Aircraft in flight. Pilot seated in cockpit with HH-53C Super Jolly Green Helicopter in the background. HC-130 P aircraft with its trailing drogues. HH-53C Jolly Green Helicopter attaches its refueling probe to the trailing drogues of HC-130 P aircraft.
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