General James F. Collins Commander of United States Army, Pacific, visits 121st Aviation Company (former 93rd Transportation Company - Light Helicopter). He is seen walking across the ramp, accompanied by Major Edward C. Seymour, Commander of the unit. Members of his staff walk behind. Scene shifts to General Collins, pinning Air Medals and Purple Hearts on soldiers of the "Soc Trang Tigers" at their base in Soc Trang, Closeup of a Purple Heart medal. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Navy Lockheed SP-2H Neptune aircraft at an airfield in Vietnam during Operation Market Time of the Vietnam War. Two men stand on a work stand as they work on the engine of an SP-2H aircraft. Another man climbs up on a work stand at Da Nang airfield. Two men on a work stand as they work on the cockpit area of a SP-2H aircraft. An armed crewman signals in the foreground. Port engines of the SP-2H aircraft turn over. A man pulls a fire bottle in the foreground. A captain walks towards the under part of the aircraft and climbs aboard. SP-2H aircraft of the VP-4 (Patrol Squadron) at Ton Son Nhut Air Base. A barbed wire fence in the foreground. Vietnamese workers work on a runway using shovels. An SP-2H aircraft turns and taxis on the runway.
Aerial view of American airbase at Duc Pho in Vietnam. View of section of a runway. View of billets in the base. View of the whole runway. C-130 transport aircraft is seen on the runway apron. View from air of defensive installations on Duc Pho mountain. View of seacoast in distance.
Crew of a U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) aerial refueling KC-135 tanker aircraft stand on a stage. They stand at attention as a Lieutenant Colonel at a podium reads the citation accompanying their award , in recognition of a unique refueling mission they performed during the Vietnam War. The crew members are Major John H. Casteel, Aircraft Commander; Captain Richard L. Trail, Pilot; Captain Dean L. Hoar, Navigator; and Master Sergeant Nathan C. Campbell, Boom Operator. During Operation "Daisy Chain," they performed the first ever three-level aerial refueling operation that saved six carrier-based U.S. Navy aircraft critically low on fuel, over the Gulf of Tonkin. Each crew member is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by SAC Commander in Chief. General Joseph J. Nazzaro. Closeup of the medal on Sergeant Campbell.
Dramatic aerial views from rear camera mounted on a U.S. Air Force Douglas A-1E Skyraider aircraft flying low over a coconut forest by a river in Vietnam. Several White Phosphorus and napalm bursts occur on the ground behind the aircraft as it makes a strafing and bombing run over enemy positions. Huts can be seen interspersed in the forest. The aircraft pulls up and climbs at the end of the attack run. (Note: The A1E aircraft [unseen] on this mission is believed to be from the 1st Air Commando Squadron, operating out of Bien Hoa Air Base, and piloted by Captain Chipdo, USAF).
Aerial views shows marker rocket smoke over jungle in Vietnam. American F-100D aircraft strafing and bombing targets in jungle. General Purpose (GP) bombs and Napalm bombs are dropped over several targets in the dense jungle. Smoke rises from GP bomb bursts. Cockpit view of the pilot landing on a runway at the An Khe Air Base in Vietnam.
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