This U.S. Air Force recruiting film “There is a Way” is about the Fighting Cavalier Squadron and their F-105s Thunderchiefs in Vietnam. This is Part 1 and was filmed in November 1966, most of the base footage is from Korat Air Force Base in Thailand. This film came about in a peculiar way: in 1965 with F-105 losses mounting, 469th TFS Thud pilot Capt. Tony Gangol started saying after each mission, “There ain’t no way” to complete a tour. The use of the phrase spread among F-105 pilots and alarmed commanders. “There Is A Way” shows pilots successfully completing 100-mission tours of duty.

Part 2. Pilots are ready for the next mission and board their planes. F-105s taxiing and in line, ready for takeoff. Pilots in the cockpits adjust their helmets (:09- 2:03). F-105s take off. Other airmen watch. F-105 races down the airstrip and into the sky (2:04-3:45). F-105 ready for takeoff. F-105s in formation in the sky. Air crew sit on the ground below and wait. Pilots fly and radio one another. Base monitors what’s going on. Their target, an SA-2 anti-aircraft missile system, can be seen through the clouds (3:46-6:15). Bombs are dropped from the air. Explosions on the ground below. Numerous bombs are dropped. Planes fly in the sky (6:16-8:09). Roscoe the dog rests in the base below. F-105s evade missiles fired at them. F-105s are back near one another in formation as they head back toward the base. Air crew watches the F-105s land (8:10-10:10). Crewman wave the planes over and direct them on the ground. Pilots remove their helmets and exit their 105s. Pilots walk over and get into truck that drives them (10:11-12:01). Pilots discuss. Over dinner, the men sit around and talk. An officer drives in a car and talks about pilots. Pilots talk on the tarmac (12:02-14:26). An officer drives in a car and talks about pilots. Pilots discuss the mission inside near the Mission Summary board. Pilot named Robinson talks about a particular mission (14:27-16:26). A pilot speaks about staying in the U.S. Air Force. Pilots sit around in civilian clothes (16:27-17:34). A pilot talks about staying in the USAF. Pilots talk about being careful with their bombs. A pilot talks about being hit with a missile and getting away, he had to eject (17:35-20:26). Pilots talk over dinner, they joke and laugh. A pilot is leaving and giving a speech about remembering the others. F-105s on the tarmac ready to go (20:27-22:12). Pilots happy after landing, having completed 101 missions, one drinks from a bottle of champagne (22:13-23:15). End credits (23:16-23:49).

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