AIR STRIKES, AN KHE AB, VIETNAM Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

Coverage of Forward Air Controller (FAC) activities while attached to 1st Cavalry at An Khe AB. Film shows pilot briefing, preflighting O-1E and O-1G aircraft, AV's of actual air strikes by F-100D's and scenes of living conditions at An Khe. Film includes interview with Maj Gen John Norton 1st Cavalry Commander. Reel 1: 1) Major Rogers and Lt. Col. Sadler (wearing 1st Cavalry arm patch) discussing air strike, looking at map. 2) Scenes of FAC pre-flighting O-1G, boarding aircraft and securing gear. 3) O-1G engine start, aircraft taxiing to runway and taking off. 4) S/Sergeant in control room talking on phone, taking message, then talking on radio. 5) Army and USAF personnel looking at aerial photos. 6) AV's of F-4C dropping GP and napalm bombs on smoke markers fired by O-1E. 7) AV's of truck convoy. 8) Runway as seen from cabin of O-1E during takeoff. 9) CU O-1E pilot during flight. 10) AV O-1E in low flight over jungle. 11) AV's of An Khe AB and camp, including 155mm gun emplacement under construction. 12) CU's officers entering sandbagged CP at An Khe. 13) AV 1st Cavalry insignia painted on hillside. 769': Total footage in reel. Reel 2: 1) Army and USAF officers standing beside O-1G checking orders prior to mission. 2) Pilot preflighting aircraft, then starting engine. 3) O-1G taxiing down flight line. 4) Army and USAF officers entering hutment. 5) FAC getting flight gear from flight line hut, walking to O-1E. 6) Maj. Gen. John Norton, 1st Cavalry CG talking. 7) Army UH-1D in field, lifting off. 8) MS sign: WELCOME TO CAMP RADCLIFF -- NAMED IN HONOR OF MAJOR DONALD G. RADCLIFF, KIA 18 AUGUST 65 -- FIRST AIR CAVALRY VIETNAM CASUALTY. 9) USAF and Army officers checking map. 10) USAF pilot in mess hall eating, then walking to quarters. 11) Pilot talking to crew chief and preflighting O-1E. 12) AV's of F-100's strafing and bombing targets in jungle -- smoke rising from GP bomb bursts. 13) O-1E taking off overhead, followed by C-130E and another O-1E. 14) AV's showing marker rocket smoke, GP bomb bursts, then napalm drop from F-100D's. 742': Total footage in reel. Reel 3: 1) Maj. Gen. John Norton debarking Army UH-1D, talking. 2) Two USAF captains shaking hands, getting into jeep and driving away from flight line. 3) Pilot donning flak suit, checking map and boarding O-1E. 4) O-1E taxiing down flight line, then parking. 5) MS Gen. Norton answering questions. 420': Total footage in reel.

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities