airlift, military

America's cargo planes stand ready to carry people and equipment to any crisis, at any time, and in any place. They also fight forest fires, deliver emergency supplies, and refuel other aircraft in transit. No task seems too large for these powerful giants.

Traces the development of cargo planes and describes their uses in peace and wartime missions.

Describes that dramatic helicopter airlift, the largest in history, which during two days in 1975 carried thousands of Americans and selected South Vietnamese out of Saigon as the North Vietnamese marched to capture the city, thus ending the long Vietnam War.