Midshipman 1st class Jerry Watson being instructed by Charles E. Ward about the use and functions of PLAT (Pilot Landing Aid Television System) camera on board United States Navy ship Bon Homme Richard in Gulf of Tonkin. Ward piers through the eye piece of the camera and swings it around. On the flight deck of the ship A-1H takes off while A-4C makes an arrested landing.
A-4C aircraft makes a recovery on board UnitedStates Naval ship Bon Homme Richard in Gulf of Tonkin after an air strike on North Vietnamese positions. Various other aircrafts F-8D,A-1H and A-1 G make a landing and taxi along the deck in evening. American flag flutters in the breeze as A-3B lands in the late evening.
Aircraft AC-47 takes off from runway at Bein Hoa Air Base. AC-47 in flight. Camouflaged AC-47 parked at air base. Crewmen aboard AC-47. Pickup trailer loaded with parachute flares arrives. Trailer is detached from truck. Crewmen place parachute flares in flare rack aboard AC-47.
Interiors of aircraft AC-47 shows crew members boarding plane. Last crewman aboard stores away ladder in tail compartment. Parachute flares in flare rack. AC-47 No 1 engine starts as seen from AC-47 door. Pilots at controls. Radio man and crewman attach lanyard wires to parachute flares.