“Operation Babylift” 1975

Babies strapped in seats in 747 Jumbo jet enroute Clark AB to LAX. 

 

Photo: Robert Stinnett / Oakland Tribune, April 12, 1975. 

This was part of the orphan airlift, called “Operation Babylift” from Vietnam to the US that took place in 1975, primarily by World Airways. Via The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California