New troops in Vietnam are shown how to hold weapons. Instructors teaches various positions to fire and ways to hold weapons.
South Vietnamese Regional forces or Popular forces being trained during the Vietnam War. Men of South Vietnamese Regional forces or Popular forces on a road with a two and a half ton truck in the background. Soldiers of Regional forces loaded onto the truck. Truck driver at steering as it moves along a road. Soldiers lined up.
South Vietnamese Regional forces or Popular forces being trained during the Vietnam War. Men of South Vietnamese Regional forces or Popular forces lined up during the training as a Vietnamese officer briefs them. An officer throws a concussion grenade. Officer throws a grenade with handle popping off. A Vietnamese instructor demonstrates a proper way of throwing a grenade to a Regional Force trainee within an enclosed area. Instructor throws a grenade which hits the target and explodes.
Security police QRT (Quick Reaction Team) members board V-100 vehicle at Pleiku Air Base, Vietnam. Another airman at his post. V-100 vehicle driven past perimeter guard tower. Tracers fired at night.
366th Fighter Wing crew members at Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam. Air crews of 366th Tactical Fighter Wing scramble to their F4E aircraft, sheltered in revetments covered with individual semicircular reinforced roofs.(Sound heard in first part of the clip is radio chatter unrelated to the images.) Crew chiefs help the pilots and backseaters (weapon systems officers) to strap in. Pilot seen and heard receiving, acknowledging, and dialing in the local altimeter setting. Closeup of sharks mouth painted on aircraft. Red rotating light on vehicle roof (unseen). Closeup of assorted airborne weapons slung under an F-4E. Crew chiefs remove safety pins and covers from weapons of both aircraft. Crew chief secures nose panel on aircraft.
Film opens showing a U.S. Air Force F-100 in flight. Its SE tail code identifies it as belonging to the 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 31st Tactical Fighter Wing, out of Tuy Hoa, Vietnam. This is a two-seater F-100F training aircraft employed as a fast Forward Air Controller (FAC) in Operation Commando Sabre. Its back seat is empty. Various views of the aircraft are shown, some with brilliant blue sky background. Background radio transmissions sound like a Navy or Marine GCA unit giving approach guidance to an aircraft. Beginning at TC: 01:50, an F-4E of the 366th Fighter Wing is seen, flying on the wing of the F-100. The flight of two continues in formation to the end of the film.