Activities at Phan Rang Air Base in Vietnam. Secretary of the Air Force, Robert C Seamans along with Gen. Lucius Clay,7th AF Commander and party. Dr. Seamans shaking hands with U.S. Air Force personnel and inspecting AC-119K aircraft along with other officials. Dr. Seamans boarding a T-39A plane for departure. T-39A taxis on air field. (Vietnam War period).
Demonstration of defensive measures used at perimeter fence to guard against enemy ground attack. A fence in the dark. Totem pole flare burns at night in dark. Totem pole burns. A man with a dog in the foreground. Burning pole in the background and a fence in far background.
U.S. Air Force Air cargo terminal at Travis Air Force Base, California. High priority (Red Ball Express) cargo is loaded onto a Boeing 707 aircraft for delivery to Vietnam. Upon arrival it is sorted for immediate delivery. Computer room of the 14th Inventory Control Center, featuring reel-to-reel tape decks and Hollerith punch card equipment. Aerial views of numerous medical facilities of the Army Medical Service, in Vietnam. A UH-1 Huey medical evacuation helicopter lands and wounded soldiers, on stretchers, are placed aboard, and flown to medical facilities for treatment. Inside an Air Ambulance helicopter, a personnel hoist, upon which a stretcher can be placed, is lowered to the ground. Also shown, is a search and rescue "jungle penetrator" that facilitates rescue of a downed pilot or other person from dense jungle where landing is impossible. The pilot is shown attached to hoist connected to helicopter.
A film based on U.S. Air Force O-1F Bird Dog liaison aircraft FAC (forward air control) operations against the Ho Chi Minh Trail by U.S. 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Lieutenant Colonel William F. Bretzius and 1st Lieutenant Richard S. Kroll talk together in front of an O-1F aircraft. Insignia of 23rd TASS (Tactical Air Support Squadron) on a flight jacket.
A film based on U.S. Air Force O-1F Bird Dog liaison aircraft FAC (forward air control) operations against the Ho Chi Minh Trail by U.S. 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. An O-1F aircraft piloted by Lieutenant Colonel William F. Bretzius in flight over mountains.
A film based on U.S. Air Force O-1F Bird Dog liaison aircraft FAC (forward air control) operations against the Ho Chi Minh Trail by U.S. 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. An O-1F aircraft piloted by Lieutenant Colonel William F. Bretzius lands and taxis on an airstrip. The pilot at the controls in the cockpit of the O-1F aircraft which is taxiing on the airstrip for a take off. The O-1F aircraft in flight.
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