IMPROVEMENT AND MODERNIZATION--RF-5A TURNOVER, BIEN HOA AIR BASE, VIETNAM Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

Covers operation of RF-5As by the Vietnamese Air Force. Includes scenes of USAF personnel instructing Vietnamese airmen in the operation of RF-5A photographic equipment. Also includes takeoffs of VNAF A-37s and O-2s. Reel 1 Vietnamese pilot walking to, preflighting, and boarding RF-5A in revetment. 56' AVs of VNAF RF-5A in flight through sometimes cloudy skies, and lowering gear on approach. 147' Bad footage. 159' SLATE: ROLL: R33C-X-006 163' MSs American and Vietnamese pilots leaving jeep, walking to VNAF RF-5A in revetment, and talking beside the aircraft. 189' Scenes of Vietnamese pilot strapping self in cockpit of RF-5A, and RF-5As and F-5Bs taxiing. 241' Runway and parked F-5s in revetment as seen from moving aircraft. (259') Scenes of Vietnamese pilots and airmen preflighting VNAF RF-5A. 347' SLATE: ROll: R33C-X-002. 355' Scenes of RF-5A making takeoff run and in flight to right in cloudy sky. 463' LSs pan right, RF-5As taking off. 477' Runoff. 487' Scenes of RF-5As taxiing, parking in revetment, and pilot debarking and signing report. 554' SLATE: ROll: R33C-1X-008. 557' Scene of Vietnamese airman installing camera in nose of RF-5A while USAF sergeant in cockpit operates controls. 637' Total footage in reel. Reel 2 MSs A-37 flying over. 8' Scenes of various VNAF aircraft taking off to right--armed A-37s, O-2s, RF-5As--also shows Braniff Boeing 707 taking off to right. 104' Scenes of VNAF RF-5As landing and taxiing in. 123' Scenes of VNAF RA-5A and F-5B taxiing to revetment area. 164' MS left VNAF RF-5A taxiing out. 172' Pan shots of VNAF RF-5As and F-5 taking off to left. 203' MS VNAF A-37s, armed with napalm, taxiing and turning. 215' MS three armed VNAF RF-5As taxiing and turning-- C-130 taking off in opposite direction in background. 242' Scenes of VNAF RF-5As parked and starting to taxi. 261' Scenes of VNAF F-5A taxiing and taking off and VNAF A-37, VNAF 0-2, C-7A, and C-130 taking off. 358' Scenes of RF-5A taxiing out and taking off. 428' RF-5As taking off. 453' ECUs FV camera mounted in nose of RF-5A. 459' Scenes of RF-5As taxiing to parking area and being pushed manually into hangar-- pilot debarks and goes over checklist with American advisor. 490' CUs Vietnamese airmen removing film magazine from RF-5A nose camera. 521' Total footage in reel. SLATE 8' IS to MS to LS pan left, three VNAF RF-5As and a VNAF 0-2, taking off, singly. (39') Runoff. (48') C-7As and VNAF 0-2s taking off to left. (78') Camera runoff to end. 100' Total footage in reel.

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities