C-123 OPERATIONS, TAN SON NHUT AB AND CAN THO AIRFIELD, VIETNAM Part 6

Description

Covers loading of supplies aboard C-123Bs at Tan Son Nhut AB, resupply paradrops over Special Forces Camps, offloading of captured weapons, evacuation of Vietnamese civilians and assault landings on airstrips in operations conducted by the 309th Air Commando Squadron. 1) Fuel drums being loaded aboard camouflaged C-123B by forklift (Vietnamese driver)--Maj. Robert L. Luikart supervising loading operations. 2) AVs INT C-123B showing paradrop of fuel drums to Specia1 Forces Camps. 3) AVs of canal separating Cambodia and RVN. 4) Camouflaged C-123B parked, engines starting, aircraft taxiing and three aircraft taking off. 5) Vietnamese offloading boxes of cargo and captured weapons from camouf1aged C-123B, special Forces personnel examining weapons. 6) Vietnamese civilians lined up to board camouflaged C-123, boarding aircraft, seated during flight and leaving aircraft. 7) AVs INT C-123B cockpit showing pilot's hand on thrott1e, takeoff run at Can Tho Airfield, paradrop passes, assault landings on field and on dirt airstrip. 8) Camouflaged C-123B taking off and landing at Can Tho Airfield. 9) Control tower with sign: CAN THO AIRFIELD. 10) AVs INT C-123B cargo compartment showing takeoff from airfield paradrop of supplies--pallets break apart during fall of after impact--smoke marker is visib1e but no camps. 11) Maj. Luikart and SSgt. Belland talking together at rear of camouflaged C-123B at airstrip. 12) AVs INT C-123B showing copilot and pilot at controls, navigator at desk. 13) Fuel drums and ammunition pallets being shoved out of parked C-123B. 14) Camouflaged C-123B taking off and landing on wet field. 15) Paradrops from C-123B. 16) Maj. Luikart and crew talking at rear of camouflaged C-123B.

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities