VNAF (Vietnam Air Force) and USAF (United States Air Force) officers in a combat control room at a U.S. base in Pleiku, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Viet Army officers receive phone calls at a desk. They check wall maps. VNAF and USAF officers discussing a request for an air strike against Viet Cong positions. A USAF officer typing. Signs reading 'ASOC T.T.H.Q.K.T.' and 'CTOC T.T.H.Q.C.T.'. Corps Headquarters building in Pleiku.
Vietnamese women and children at the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens (2B Nguyen Binh Khiem Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City) in Saigon, Vietnam. Vietnamese children visit the zoo. They look at a python in the cage. Children drink an energy drink. United States soldiers take pictures of the Vietnamese children. Vehicles parked in front of the City Hall building. Men ride bicycles. Board reads Capitol Military Assistance Command'. Antennas on roof of the building. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Air Force aircraft bomb Vietcong targets near Bien Hoa Air Base in Bien Hoa, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of smoke rising from explosions in a jungle. U.S. Air Force aircraft in flight. Smoke continues to rise from explosions in the jungle. U.S. Air Force O-1 Bird Dog liaison aircraft in flight over the jungle.
U.S. aerial strikes over Vietcong positions near Bien Hoa Air Base in Bien Hoa, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Smoke billows up from aerial strikes made by U.S. Air Force aircraft. Smoke rises from explosions on the ground.
U.S. aerial strikes over Vietcong positions near Bien Hoa Air Base in Bien Hoa, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Smoke rises from aerial strikes made by U.S. Air Force aircraft. A fire burns in a smoke covered jungle.
United States Marine Corps pilot of Squadron VMF (AW) 232 (Red Devils), wearing flight suit and a red helmet, sits in the cockpit of an F-8E Crusader aircraft in Da Nang Vietnam. The name "Wheatley" is stenciled below the cockpit. The pilot raises two fingers to indicate start engine. Ground crewman wearing noise suppressor headset acknowledges with two fingers.Ground crewman collects gear pins. Another ground crewman pulls chocks, hangs them on a rocket tube, and signals for the pilot to taxi. He pulls the chocks off the rocket tube as the aircraft taxis past, with its wings folded. The pilot, Major Cronkrite, unfolds wings and taxis to join the other F-8E, piloted by Wheatley, on the active runway. (Note: On June 20, 1967 Major Charles Ligon Cronkrite experienced mechanical problems during a mission and ejected over water. He did not survive.) (Vietnam War period).
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