“MEN OF MAINTENANCE: SOUTHEAST ASIA” 1960s AIR FORCE CREW CHIEFS IN VIETNAM F-105 THUNDERCHIEF 52054

Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. This 1960s color film produced by the United States Air Force offers a look at aircraft maintenance procedures and the often overlooked men who performed them during the Vietnam War era, using documentary footage and informal, macho narration to highlight the unique appeal and responsibility of what was once disparagingly known as the “grease monkey” profession, in a plea for respectability (15:05). The seal of the United States of America Department of the Air Force. Opening titles: “The United States Air Force presents Men of Maintenance Southeast Asia” (0:08). A Republic F-105 Thunderchief lands with a parachute following “a bombing run over North Vietnam,” according to narration. A flight crew climbs a ladder and meets with a crew chief (0:30). A maintenance debriefing with pilots and their commanding officers, “malfunction jun