Film opens showing a blue crew bus moving on a ramp at U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand, during the Vietnam war. It stops near a B-52 bomber, and the crew members step from the bus. Some carry gear in A-3 bags. The crew members each begin their respective preflight inspections, as the aircraft commander looks over the aircraft's Form 1. Photographer slate is shown. Then the scene is retaken. The aircraft commander is seen looking over the bombs loaded on the aircraft.
U.S. soldiers seated in a terminal area at Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A TWA (Trans World Airlines) jet taxis to an unloading area at Bien Hoa Air Base. A soldier at the airfield with barracks bags kept near him. The TWA jet is stationary. Ground crewmen push aviation passenger stairs. A sign on the stairs reads 'Welcome Det 5 8 Aerial Port, Bien Hao Air Base, Republic of Vietnam'. A soldier at the air base with 'Concor' written on his helmet. U.S. airmen and soldiers get off from the aircraft. They assemble and sit in the terminal area. A close up of U.S. recruit Richard Gillispie with another soldier seated in chairs. Gillispie smiles.
A U.S. Army CH-54 Tarhe helicopter transports a downed A-1H Skyraider bomber to Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of a downed VNAF (Vietnam Air Force) A-1H Skyraider bomber on a rice paddy in Cai Be. A CH-54 Tarhe helicopter approaches the downed A-1H aircraft, lifts the wreckage and carries it off. The CH-54 helicopter in flight. It delivers the wreckage of the A-1H at Bien Hoa Air Base.
A U.S. Army CH-54 Tarhe helicopter transports a downed A-1E Skyraider bomber to Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A wrecked VNAF (Vietnam Air Force) A-1E Skyraider bomber. U.S. soldiers guard it. The CH-54 helicopter approaches the A-1E aircraft, hooks up and carries off the wrecked aircraft. The helicopter in flight carrying the wrecked aircraft. The CH-54 helicopter delivers the A-1E aircraft at Bien Hoa Air Base.
Casualties being loaded into U.S. Army UH-1B helicopters at Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during Vietnam War. Casualties being loaded into Army UH-1B helicopter. Wounded man seated in a chair, wearing bandages. Injured men being loaded into Army UH-1B helicopters with red cross markings. Helicopter flies from Bien Hoa Air Base and lands at air base. Views of pilot. Sign: 'Headquarters, 34th Tac Gp, K.D. Chien Thuat 34'. Soldiers seated in line. Casualties being taken off from UH-1B.
Preflight and post flight activities at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. Aerial view of Da Nang Air Base and fuel storage tanks on ground. Number of C-123 B Provider, United States Marine Corps F-4B Phantom, C-130B Hercules, Grumman HU-16B Albatross, F-100D Super Sabre and F-104C Starfighter aircraft parked on ground. United States Marine Corps tent area. Aerial view of the 23rd Air Base Group Headquarters. A building under construction near the ramp. Aerial view of cargo ships anchored at harbor area and native fishing boats on the beach. United States radar facilities atop a mountain. (Vietnam War period).
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