Flight operations at Torokina Air Strip on Bougainville Island during World War 2. U.S. Marine First Lieutenant Marshall, and another airman stand and smoke by the tail of the bullet-riddled F4U Corsair aircraft that he just landed on Torokina airfield. The aircraft, Corsair number 25 (BuNo 17736) is from Lieutenant Marshall's unit, VMF-216. They examine the damage on the aircraft. Lt. Marshall, who suffered head injury from cockpit shrapnel is being given first aid in an army tent. Views of damage to the aircraft, including tattered wing, flaps shot up, holes in the fuselage, and huge pieces shot out of the rudder. ( This mission took place on 19 Dec 1943. After flying cover for B-24 bombers over Rabaul, Three U.S. Marine Corps F4Us flown by Capt. Lawrence 'Cloudy" Faulkner, and First Lieutenants Marshal and Guv Kemper, were surprised and engaged by 20-30 Japanese Zekes (Zeros) diving from behind clouds . Lieutenant Marshal was the sole survivor of the encounter.)
Activity on a flight line control at Phan Rang Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A team mounts a 750 pound general purpose (GP) bomb on a United States Air Force F-100D Super Sabre jet fighter aircraft. An airman in a truck uses a mobile radio. An airman puts a cooler hose into an F-100D aircraft intake. A load team performs routine maintenance of a 20 mm gun. A panel truck with a sign reading '615 Weapons Green 3'.
Activity on a flight line control at Phan Rang Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. An airman in a truck uses a mobile radio and writes on a chart. A truck with a sign '352 Flight Line Yellow 1'. United States Air Force F-100D Super Sabre jet fighter aircraft taxis. Another airman talks over a radio. The truck is driven away. An F-100D aircraft parked. Trucks with sign reading '614 Flight Line White 2'.
Spin test on the F-101A Voodoo a United States Air Force aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. F-101A Voodoo spins while in flight. The aircraft in flight as it under goes a spin test. Aerial view of the ground. The aircraft descends in air.
Tuft test on the F-101A Voodoo, a United States Air Force aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. F-101A Voodoo aircraft in flight. Nose of the aircraft seen while in flight. Tufts mounted on the right side of nose of the aircraft.
Tuft test on the F-101A Voodoo, a United States Air Force aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. F-101A Voodoo aircraft in flight. Nose of the aircraft while in flight. Tufts mounted on the right side of nose of the aircraft. Pilot in the cockpit of the aircraft in flight.
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