Activities of Lieutenant Colonel Preston S. Flanagan of U.S. 31st TFW (Tactical Fighter Wing) who flies the same C-47 Skytrain aircraft from Tuy Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War that he had flown during World War II in Africa and Asia. Colonel Flanagan and a copilot at the controls of the C-47D Skytrain transport plane. They talk to each other. Colonel Flanagan works on throttle knobs and switches on an instrument panel.
A documentary about deployment of United States 430th Tactical Air Command Fighter Squadron in Takhli, Thailand during the Vietnam War. A man of United States 430th Fighter Squadron gets up in the morning and wakes up other pilots as they sleep under mosquito nets. Men get off their beds. A pilot takes out a can from a refrigerator and drinks from it. Men brush their teeth in an open area and gargle out the water on the ground. The pilots get into a jeep and arrive at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base and put on their flight gear. A pilot carries helmet to the base. The pilots climb into the cockpits of United States F-100 D aircraft. Men preflight the aircraft. Men inside a room as they rest and a pilot runs out of the room.
ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) soldiers at Bien Hoa Air Base in Saigon. Men look through remains of buildings. Destroyed buildings in Bien Hoa. Men in rubble look around. Vietnamese woman walks on destroyed houses. Young Vietnamese girl look at rubble. (Vietnam War period).
United States Air Force ( USAF ) support for the evacuation of Cambodian refugees at Pleiku AB in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A building with signs 'Det 115th Aerial Port Sqdn, Pleiku Air Base, Air Cargo Section, Serving The Highlands' and '834th Air Division, aircraft Control Element' (ALCE). A crew in the control room. A C-7A aircraft and a truck in the background as seen from the control room.
View from forward camera in a USAF A-1E aircraft on a mission in Vietnam. The aircraft descends toward an area where smoke is rising. As it reaches the area, a fiery explosion occurs and thick black smoke rises rapidly forcing the pilot to climb to avoid it. But he goes IFR as it engulfs the aircraft. Scene shifts to camera aircraft following another A-1E as it begins a strafing run on a target near a river. Another scene shows the camera aircraft descending over a group of buildings and a bridge over a river, and then pulling up into a climb. (Note: The A1E aircraft on this mission are believed to be from the 1st Air Commando Squadron, operating out of Bien Hoa Air Base.)
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 perform on the stage. Anita Bryant, Joey Heatherton, Bob Hope and his wife perform on stage. (Vietnam War period).
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