A United States Air Force Martin B-57B Canberra tactical bomber starting engines. Thick, dark smoke emits from bomber engines. United States Air Force crewmen service B-57B bombers at Bien Hoa Air Base during the Vietnam War. Aircraft mechanics remove safety pins from landing gear. A mechanic shows the safety pins to the pilot after removal. A crewman directs a bomber forward. Crewmen watch the B-57 aircraft taxiing. Ordnance seen consists of 500-lb and 750-lb bombs. Martin B-57 Canberra tactical bomber takes off from Bien Hoa.
United States Army instructor and pilot students of Cobra school conduct pre flight checking of AH-1G helicopter at Vung Tau air base, Vietnam. Students and instructors check various parts of the helicopter including its tail,wings,engine. (Vietnam War period).
Instructor of Cobra school along with students get into a AH-1G helicopter at Vung Tau air base,Vietnam. The rotor blades of the aircraft rotates as it prepares for take off. Another helicopter in the backdrop is seen taking off. Cobra helicopter moves backwards and then turn and flies away. (Vietnam War period).
An American planes land near tent area in Nha Trang in Vietnam. Planes taxi along the line after landing. United States 37th Air Base Group soldier keeps a vigil over the area with a gun on top of a building from behind sandbag mounds. (Vietnam War period).
Coverage of joint USAF - Navy participation in construction of air base at Phu Cat. Shows arrival of men and equipment. U.S. military men offload lumbar. Truck convoy en route to base construction site. Flatbed transport truck gets stuck in a mud hole. Erection of early facilities including mess hall, 120 kilowatt power generator and water purifier. Airmen and sentry dogs patrol base perimeter.
U.S. airmen and Vietnamese worker sandbag a cargo container. Sign on a building reads 'Post Office APO 96368'. RMK Staff and 819th Civil Engineering Squadron staff mess building at Phu Cat Air Force Base. Sign on the mess building reads 'Lunch Schedule Breakfast 0500-0630 Lunch 1130-1300 Dinner 1630-1930 Midnight 2300-2330'. Air tank near the mess building. U.S. Airman and Vietnamese worker dig ground with shovel near billet under construction. (Vietnam War period).
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