B-52 At Utapao Air Base Thailand During The Vietnam War

Video Title :	B-52 At Utapao Air Base Thailand During The Vietnam War
Description :	This is a short clip. The entire video is 80 min. For more details go to http://www.militaryvideo.com/store/store.cfm This video is divided into three parts. Part one is narrated and follows a B-52 crew based at Utapao Air Base in Thailand. There are interviews with the crew and they are shown in an operational debriefing. Also seen is MACV at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, where B-52 targets are selected. Part two is not narrated (captions) and covers crew boardings, B-52D departures and returns, reception for 100 mission pilot, bomb handling and loading activities, duties of ground crew in preparation for aircraft departure, and gathering of drag chutes at end of runway. Unit is the 307th Strategic Wing. Part three is a short narrated segment focusing on Operation Linebacker II, launching of B-52s against Hanoi, N. Vietnam in an attempt to break the deadlock at Paris peace talks.
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Loosing a war requires your surrender. The US did not surrender in any war. They achieved there goal of stopping the spread of communism. I would say they won but you could also say it was a tie.

They didn't achieve their goal... Vietnam turned into a communist ruled country and later on, so did Laos and I think Cambodia Also, I'd rather surrender from a fight rather than run away, just my imo

whoop ass ? i seem to remember you lost in vietnam, cuba bay of pigs, lebanon, iran (hostages) and now are losing in iraq (?) and have lost in afghanistan already, but bush does not realise it yet. Mmmmmmmmm. Thanks for helping us defeat the Nazis though.

1st of all, all but one of those were not wars, and the objective of Vietnam was not as it seemed. And we were sucessful. All you need to know is the US used vietnam as a cover up to eliminate another threat which would eventually crumble 20 years later because of it.

If you were to argue that Soviet Russia was 'defeated' by Reagan's tough negotiations in Iceland, supremacy of programs such as the F117, B1B, AWACS, Trident and Tommahawk, meaning that the Russians realised that they couldn't compete with the west (well, the USA really) and give the population consumer goods then I would agree. But Vietnam as pivotal in the collapse of communism is unthinkable. Even the Russian debacle in Afghanistan (their Vietnam) had more of an effect. Cheers, MoT

LMAO. How about you believe what text books and media tell you then. Vietnam was deeper than what most people would begin to realize. For anyone to think the US would send thousands upon thousands of troops into Vietnam to defend a fledgling country (south vietnam) bareley the size of the American west coast is unbelievable. There is info that i am obligated not to discuss. If you want, i might via mail.

hey smartass...what did you gamble...did you stand up and fight or are you a fucking cunt...your comments are shit...when was the last time you had to stand up and fight...MMMMmmmmmm

i love this video i wannafly B-52s in the air force im 15 rite now and im workin on my privte pilots

dude, you have to learn how to spell first...gud luck.

My dad was a B-52 navigator in Utapao. This is really cool, thanks for posting!