United States Air Force (USAF) Forward Air Controllers (FACs) in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. USAF A-1E Skyraider aircraft parked at an air base. Pilots run towards the aircraft and board them. The engines start. They aircraft taxi down a fight line and take off.
U.S. 1st Aviation Brigade III Corps in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A soldier sitting beside an M60 machine gun at the entrance door of a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter. A sling load of ammunition hooked on to the underside of the helicopter. A soldier beside a square open area on the base of the helicopter where 'Hook Stowage Strap' is written. Unusual camera point of view shot of hooked load as it descends toward ground. The helicopter in a low flight over Bien Hoa Air Base airfield where a load is placed. A few 1st Aviation Brigade soldiers on a field. The soldiers talking beside the helicopter. An army truck moves from the field. A soldier seated on a container on the airfield preparing it to be hooked. The container is hooked to the helicopter and the helicopter lifts. The helicopter in flight over fields and wooded regions.
U.S. 1st Aviation Brigade Corps in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A container is lowered to the ground and is unhooked from a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Bien Hoa Air Base. A soldier holding a baggage gets off from the helicopter onto the airfield. Several army trucks in view. A square open area at the base of the helicopter and a sling hook in view. The helicopter in a low flight over an airfield where several loads are arranged. A soldier looking through the area. A sling load of ammunition supplies being hooked on to the helicopter. The helicopter in flight over fields. The sling is unhooked and is dropped on a field. The helicopter in flight over a wooded region and a few fields. A water body in the fields.
Aerial view of an LKA (Amphibious cargo Ship) with barge at her starboard side, in extremely calm waters of Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. Several fast-moving 15 foot Boston Whaler (Skimmer) boats are seen crossing the bay. (Note: Such boats were assigned to Inshore Undersea Warfare Group One, Western Pacific Detachment, AKA, IUWG-1 WESTPAC DET. The first 4 Skimmers arrived in country on January 3, 1967 and were assigned to Unit 2 at Cam Ranh Bay. Reportedly, the one seen armed with the M60 machine gun, is boat # 72.) Aerial views of the coastline, with shoals, are seen, and a freighter anchored in the bay, surrounded by barges. On a promontory overlooking the bay, are seen buildings and a lookout and searchlight tower, that are part of the Harbor Entrance Control Post (HECP).
Activities of USAF (United States Air Forces) 377th Air Police Security Squadron at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. VNAF (Viet Nam Air Force) MP (Military Police) directs traffic at a gate. U.S. Air Force AP (Air Police) directs vehicle traffic at a gate. Vietnamese girl guard check passes at a pedestrian gate. Vehicles enter and a bus is stopped and checked by VNAF MP and USAF AP.
Activities of USAF (United States Air Force) 377th Air Police Security Squadron at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A pick up truck pulls up in front of a U.S. Air Force C-123B Provider transport aircraft. A dog and a handler get off the truck and the truck pulls away past a row of camouflaged C-123Bs and drops another AP (Air Policemen) off at his post along a perimeter fence. The AP takes the muzzle off his dog and patrols near the fence.
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