Activities aboard USS Ranger. Crew members on flight deck of USS Ranger. Crewmen preflight F-14 aircraft. Pilot in cockpit of F-14 helmet painted in Wolfpack design. A crewman passes under nose of the aircraft. He works under and on one side of the plane. Crewman near tail hook under plane. Crew and pilot prepare for take off.
Activities aboard the USS Ranger aircraft carrier in Alameda, California. Three crewmen talk on flight deck of USS Ranger. Tail section of plane parked on flight deck. Two A-7E Corsair II aircraft in flight over sea. A-7E Corsair lands on flight deck of USS Ranger. Man signals pilot of plane. Man signals second A-7E Corsair II VA-25 landing on flight deck. An F-14A Tomcat makes touch-and-go landing on flight deck.
Activities aboard USS Ranger in Alameda, California. Aircraft F-14 Tomcat taxies on flight deck of USS Ranger. Carrier's island in the background. Crewman directs the aircraft on flight deck. One F-14 backs up on flight deck. One F-14 makes landing on flight deck. Man signals pilot to stop aircraft. F-14 taxis on flight deck.
Activities aboard USS Ranger in Alameda, California.Navy VF-1 Wolfpack Squadron F-14 lands on flight deck of USS Ranger. Airman signals pilot to stop aircraft. F-14 taxis along flight deck. F-14s parked on flight deck. Airman chains the landing gear of plane.
Activities aboard USS Ranger in Alameda, California. Airmen along flight deck of USS Ranger. F-14 aircraft taxis. Landing gears of aircraft while it taxis. Pilot and second aviator in cockpit of F-14 wearing helmets with VF-1 Wolfpack insignia. "Lt. Rick Jack Rack-attack" stenciled on front cockpit. Truck tows aircraft. A-7B Corsair II taxis on flight deck with folded wings. Airman directs planes on deck. Smoke emitted from aircraft. Turboprop Aircraft taxis.
Airman along catwalk of USS Ranger. Men walk in the background along flight deck. Landing gears of A-7B Corsair II aircraft while it taxis along flight deck. Airman climbs up from catwalk to carrier's flight deck. Trucks and aircraft parked along flight deck. F-14 Tomcat aircraft taxis along flight deck. Pilots get out of plane.