Flood relief operations being carried on in Vietnam. Lieutenant Colonel L.K. Cuong, Colonel Gibney, United states Air Force commander AFAT no.1 and Vietnamese officer stand near an aircraft at Rach Gia airport, Vietnam. They walk away and get into a car and leave the airport. Men offload bulgur bags from Vietnam Air Force C-47 aircraft onto a truck. Girl scouts under the wing of C-47 aircraft. Groundsman signals and C-47 being parked. Planes parked at the airport and a C-47 taxis along. (Vietnam War period).
Bombardment of target areas by U.S. AirForce A-1E aircraft around Bien Hoa in Vietnam during Vietnam War . Aerial views of trees on both sides of a canal, 6 miles Southwest of Bien Hoa Province in Vietnam. General-purpose bomb being dropped on the area by a U.S. A-1E aircraft. Smoke from the blast fills the air. Napalm bombs dropped on a few target areas causes white smoke to rise. A White Phosphorus bomb dropped in another area. The flares and smoke from the blast arise. Green fields in an area. The U.S. Air Force A-1E aircraft in flight.
United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel talks about AC-130 aircraft in the Pave Pronto configuration. Views inside an AC-130 during combat operations over Vietnam. The Fire Control Officer and Pilot viewing screens inside AC-130. The computer correction capabilities are discussed by narrator. Fire control officer clicks miss-distance. The computer computes proper elevation correction for the next shot to be accurate. The co-pilot monitors air speed and altitude. He also coordinates with the gunship fighter escorts. The navigator is in contact with the air borne command force. The fire control officer is responsible for pin pointing corrections and advising the pilot. The flight engineer coordinates with the gunner through intercom and arms the gun. The gunner fires on the target. (Vietnam War period).
Activities of United States Air Forces Forward Air Controller (FAC) aircraft of the 20th Tactical Air Support Squadron at Danang airbase in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of target area during bomb runs. Pilot in the cockpit of airplane. United States Air Forces F-100 Super Sabre making strafing runs over ground targets. Smoke arises due to bombardment.
U.S. and Republic of Vietnam soldiers (ARVN) walk around and peruse a vast display of captured Viet Cong (VC) weapons, displayed on an airfield ramp, in South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. The display comprises numerous small arms and mortars, all of which are stacked against or on tables, and on the ramp itself. A pair of UH-1 Huey helicopters take off in background. ARVN soldiers walk from UH-1s that are hovering in the background. Scene shifts toward vehicles gathered on a sandy area nearby. Camera shows several suspected VC being interrogated by a Vietnamese Air Force officer, and an American officer. Several ARVN in steel helmets stand with them. (Note: Silent except for brief comment by someone about VC suspects being interrogated.)
The activities of the United States Navy in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States Navy Sea, Air and Land Forces (SEAL) members in Vietnam. Three SEAL officers get aboard a United States Army UH-1B Iroquois helicopter. A member of the SEAL recon team talks to pilot and direct him by a map. Helicopter in flight over heavy jungle in Rung Sat area along the Lon Tau river. Aerial view of a barren patch of ground amidst the jungle growth, taken during the recon. Small tributaries of the Lon Tau river. Mekong area, river in the background.
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