AIR STRIKE REQUEST, CLOSE AIR SUPPORT OF ARVN COMBAT MISSIONS (OUTTAKES FR 319G), SOUTH VIETNAM Reel 2 · Part 3

Description

Coverage of air support activities in South Vietnam showing request originating in field and being radioed through channels to operations officers. Shows air strikes by 0-1E, T-28D and A-1H aircraft directed by radio from ground controller. Also includes scenes showing actual wounded US personnel being landed at Saigon by Army CV-2B and then transerred to MATS C-135A for trip to Clark AB. Reel 1 - 1) Scenes of US Army and Vietnamese personnel in Air Support Control room receiving request for air strike and checking wall map and aircraft status board. 2) Vietnamese personnel in local headquarters looking at wall map and speaking on phone. 3) Troop commander deploying squadron in jungle and talking on radio. 4) CU of PRC-lO radio. 5) Area headquarters building in village. 6) Vietnamese troops patrolling ditch around strategic hamlet. 7) AV of fortified village. 8) AV of village partially destroyed by Viet Cong raid. 651' Total footage in reel. Reel 2 - 1) Scenes of Vietnam Battalion Field Headquarters shows officer in jeep checking map and calling for air strike by radio. 2) Vietnamese colonel in Division Headquarters receiving call and checking map. 3) US Army CV-2B (AC-1A) Caribou taxing to stop -- shows Vietnamese civilians and US Army personnel on stretchers being transferred to ambulance. 4) US Army captain on stretcher being put aboard MATS G-135A for transfer to Clark AB. 5) Scenes of Vietnam officer talking on radio and directing air strike -- bomb burst in bg. 6) Scenes of T-28D flying overhead. 7) Scenes of C-123 cockpit during takeoff at Tan Son Nhut AB. 8) USAF and Vietnamese officers standing before aircraft status board talking. 9) Scenes of Vietnamese forward controller talking on radio -- 0-1E in flight overhead. 10) Scenes of T-28D and A-1H in simulated air support run overhead. 11) 0-1E dropping smoke bomb. 12) Vietnamese Army personnel checking map and calling for air strike. 792' Total footage in reel. Reel 3 - 1) Vietnamese and US personnel in Air Support Control Room discussing support request and checking map. 2) Vietnamese and USAF operations officers discussing air strike request. 3) Scenes of T-28D's making low passes overhead and dropping napalm (last 75 ft no good). 495' Total footage in reel.

Collection

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities