View from a U.S. Marine bunker as enemy shell explodes nearby, during the siege of Khe Sanh in 1968 during the Vietnam War. The United States Marines in the Battle of Khe Sanh firing mortars and a 105mm howitzer from their bunker. Enemy shells exploding on the tarmac, where American Air Force C-130 aircraft are parked. Marines rushing wounded comrades on stretchers, to C-130s for evacuation. Scene shifts to U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel James P. Sheehan, standing at Camp Pendleton, California. (He was a company commander in the siege at Khe Sanh.) As he describes the C-130 aircraft support operations, a contingent of marines marches past, behind him. Scene shifts to a civilian narrator standing in the Military Airlift Command (MAC) Headquarters Command Center at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Among other things, he describes MAC support to the Tactical Air Command in Korea. Camera focuses on MAC air routes in the vicinity of the Philippines, Japan, and Korea. Next, is seen view of airfield at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, briefly at sunset, and then at night, as pilots of the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing and their F-111 aircraft prepare to depart for Korea, in response to border tensions, in August, 1976, after North Korean forces killed two American officers ("Korean Axe Murder Incident" and resulting "Operation Paul Bunyan"). Ground crewman directs a taxiing F-111 using lighted wands. The F-111s takes off. One of them is seen landing after the 7 thousand mile flight to Korea, as Major Paul Malandrino,Jr. (unseen) of the 366th Wing, speaks about MAC's airlift support. A C-141 MAC aircraft is seen landing. View of a C-141 with tail doors open and its cargo of military equipment on the ramp behind it. Glimpse of a marine with rifle and earphones, guarding equipment on the airfield ramp. Closeups of F-111 aircraft taking off.
Air attack in Vietnam during Operation Rolling Thunder of Vietnam War. United States Air Force F-105 Thunderchief fighter aircraft piloted by Captain Charles Loucks from the 34th TFS, Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, in flight over ammunition dump in Hoai An. Aircraft drop bombs. Smoke column rises from blasts. (Note: Captain Loucks completed 150 missions over North Vietnam in the F-105, receiving the Flying Cross with four oak leaf clusters during this time.)
Forward Air Controller (FAC) of U.S. 1st cavalry performs preflight checks of an O-1G aircraft at the An Khe Air Base in Vietnam. Pilot climbs in the cockpit and secures his gear. O-1G's engine starts. The aircraft is taxied to runway under direction of the FAC. The aircraft takes off.
United States HH-53 helicopter crew on a mission in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Crew of United States HH-53 helicopter prepare for the flight. Pilot and co pilot wear helmets in the cockpit of the helicopter. HH-53 taxis along the air base with two other helicopters parked in th background. It lifts off and in flight.
United States Army General William C. Westmoreland visit a hospital ward at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. William C. Westmoreland with Commander of the 12th Tactical Fighter Wing Colonel Woodward E. Davis leave a building. They walk under a sheltered walkway. They enter a hospital. William C. Westmoreland pins purple hearts on casualties in different hospital wards.
American comedian Bob Hope performs for United Service Organization (USO) at Tan Son Nhut air base in Vietnam. The U.S. Army troops watch the show and applaud. Bob Hope's entertainment troupe performs on the stage. Carroll Baker, Anita Bryant, Joey Heatherton, the Korean Kittens, Phyllis Diller seen on stage. A troupe member seen wearing a sari. (Vietnam War period).
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