The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Located west of National Route Two, Fire Support Base (FSB) Wattle was set in the Courtenay Rubber Planation, 25 km north north west of Nui Dat. A helicopter landing pad (foreground) is marked out in this jungle clearing. A Boeing Vertol CH-47 Chinook helicopter (centre) has landed behind earthworks as another approaches a landing site possibly designated by purple smoke set from a flare by ground troops. Several artillery pieces (right) are being set up while other soldiers observe all the activities underway.
Located west of National Route Two, Fire Support Base (FSB) Wattle was set in the Courtenay Rubber Planation, 25 km north north west of Nui Dat. A helicopter landing pad (lower right) is marked out i
Located west of National Route Two, Fire Support Base (FSB) Wattle was set in the Courtenay Rubber Planation, 25 km north north west of Nui Dat. A burn off to clear foliage is under way as grey smoke
A US Army Boeing-Vertol CH-47 Chinook helicopter delivering stores to 102 Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, at Fire Support Base Coral, which is just being established. Purple smoke indicates
Recovering a Bell Iroquois UH-1H helicopter serial number A2-769 of 9 Squadron RAAF following a forced landing after engine failure, six kilometres west of Ap Suoi Nghe (background left). Purple smok
A US Army Boeing-Vertol CH-47 Chinook helicopter delivering an M2A2 105 mm howitzer to 102 Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery at Fire Support Base Coral, which is just being established.
A BOEING/VERTOL CH-47C "CHINOOK" MEDIUM- LIFT HELICOPTER BEING FLOWN BY WING COMMANDER J.H. COX, COMMANDING OFFICER NO 12 (CHINOOK) SQUADRON. DURING A HANDLING DEMONSTRATION AT RAAF BASE AMBERLEY. IN
