keever - 1966

Item Set

Items

• Generals discuss Air Force operations
  Original caption: "Saigon - Generals Confer - Air Force Lt. Gen. Joseph H. Moore (1), Air Force Commander in Vietnam, and Maj. Gilbert L. Meyers, Air Force deputy commander in Vietnam discuss Air Force operations being conducted over Communist North Vietnam." Two American Air Force airmen sit together and talk. They are holding aerial photographs.
• Air Force F-4C Phantom rolling over
  Original caption: "Saigon - Phantom Strike - An Air Force F-4C Phantom pilot rolls over and dives towards a target in the northwestern mountains of Communist North Vietnam. Carrying a variety of ordnance, Phantom pilots flew most Air Force night strikes over the Communist North during the past year." Aerial photo of an American Air Force jet rolling over and flying over a jungle.
• Aerial photo of bombed Lang Met Highway Bridge
  Original caption: "Saigon - Destroyed Bridge - On their first mission northeast of Hanoi (Oct. 5, 1965) Air Force F-105 Thunderchief pilots destroyed the Lang Met Highway Bridge on Route 1A, 45 miles northeast of the Communist North Vietnam capital. During the past twelve months, Air Force pilots reported destroying over 300 bridges and damaging about 840 other in the Communist North." Aerial photo of a bombed rail bridge.
• US Air Force aerial refueling
  Original caption: "Saigon - Aerial Refueling - Enroute to a military target in Communist North Vietnam, a flight of Air Force F-105 Thunderchief pilots refuel from an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker. Thunderchief pilots have flown 75 percent of all Air Force strikes on the Communist North." Four Air Force planes in flight, three fighter jets and one cargo jet. One of the fighter jets is refueling form the cargo jet.
• Operation Mastiff American planes
  Original caption: "Operation Mastiff." A plane flying; shown above a tree limb.
• Operation Mastiff air bombing
  Original caption: "Operation Mastiff." Airplane dropping a missile. Seen above a tree branch.
• Operation Mastiff American soldier
  Original caption: "Operation Mastiff." Soldiers running through tall prairie grass.
• Operation Mastiff American soldier
  Original caption: "Operation Mastiff." A soldier poses beside a military truck.
• Operation Mastiff American soldier
  Original caption: "Operation Mastiff." Soldiers running through tall prairie grass.
• Operation Mastiff American soldier
  Original caption: "Operation Mastiff." A soldier poses beside a military truck.
• Operation Mastiff aerial photo
  Original caption: "Operation Mastiff." An aerial view of the landscape. Several roads lead to a triangle shaped building and a canal. (?)
• Operation Mastiff aerial photo
  Original caption: "Operation Mastiff." An aerial view of the ground, pockmarked and powdered from explosions.
• Operation Mastiff aerial photo
  Original caption: "Operation Mastiff." An aerial view of the ground, pockmarked and powdered from explosions.
• Operation Mastiff aerial photo
  Original caption: "Operation Mastiff." An aerial view of an explosion. Thick smoke spirals up over the forest.
• Operation Mastiff aerial photo
  Original caption: "Operation Mastiff." An aerial view of the forest. Patches of white powder and huge puddles remain from explosions.
• Operation Mastiff aerial photo
  Original caption: "Operation Mastiff." An aerial view of the landscape. Several roads lead to a triangle shaped building and a canal. (?)
• Operation Mastiff aerial photo
  Original caption: "Operation Mastiff." An aerial view of the landscape. Several roads lead to a triangle shaped building and a canal. (?)
• Operation Mastiff aerial photo
  Original caption: "Operation Mastiff." An aerial view of the landscape. Several roads lead to a triangle shaped building and a canal. (?)
• Operation Mastiff aerial photo
  Original caption: "Operation Mastiff." An aerial view of the forest. Patches of white powder remain from explosions.
• Operation Mastiff aerial photo
  Original caption: "Operation Mastiff." An aerial view of some trees and a field. The road is lined with white dust.
• Operation Mastiff American soldiers
  Original caption: "Operation Mastiff." A group of American soldiers running through an open field lined with trees. Three helicopters descend on the soldiers.
• Operation Mastiff American soldiers
  Original caption: "Operation Mastiff." A group of American soldiers running through an open field lined with trees. Some run to a grounded helicopter. A second helicopter has just lifted off, and a third is over the trees, leaving the scene.
• Operation Mastiff American soldiers
  Original caption: "Operation Mastiff." A group of American soldiers running through an open field lined with trees. One helicopter descends on the soldiers. Another is leaving the scene.
• Operation Mastiff aerial photo
  Original caption: "Operation Mastiff." An aerial view of densly wooded ground. Two white lines nearly cross through the center.
• Operation Mastiff aerial photo
  Original caption: "Operation Mastiff." An aerial view of the ground. Trees grow on either bank of a wide river.