U.S.LST-129 and the second USS Seaward (LST-278) next to each other, in rough surf at rock strewn Orange Beach III, Peleliu, in the Palau Island group, during World War 2. These two LSTs collided and suffered damage on October 2, 1944. View of airfield with U.S. F4U Corsair aircraft parked. An F4U landing on the runway. Another aircraft takes off. Construction equipment and tents seen on airfield. A PBY Catalina aircraft takes off. Change of sequence shows battlefield with bare trees. F4U aircraft flying low and slow, with landing gear extended, drop bombs, raising heavy smoke clouds, at Japanese positions just beyond a nearby ridge.
Aircraft land at Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam. Camouflaged Douglas C-47 Skytrain military transport taxis and makes take off run. Cessna O-1E lands. Camouflaged USAF C-130E lands. VNAF F-5A lands. North American Jet Fighter aircraft F-100Ds makes take off runs. U.S. army U-8D lands. North American Jet Fighter aircraft F-100Ds land. View of USAF C-7A landing. USAF DC-130A lands. (Vietnam War period).
United States Air Force Colonel Richard C Catledge visits the alert facility at Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam. F-100 parked on the ground at Air Base. Colonel Catledge walks past camouflaged F-100D. He salutes a security guard and enters ready room. Sign of 'F-100 Alert Facility Air Crew'. Colonel Catledge enters into the ready room and talks with pilots of 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing. Colonel Catledge seated at desk speaks. A pilot writes down on notepad and another pilot reads newspaper. (Vietnam War period).
Japanese Air show at Tokyo Haneda International Airport (Hanedakuko, Ota City, Tokyo 144-0041, Japan) or Haneda Air Force Base. View of Japanese and American airplanes. Miscellaneous airplanes are on display. Personnel attending the air show. C-54 'Skymaster' parked in hardstand. Four sets of three, training airplanes of the National Safety Force, possibly L5's and L-16's. Crowd watching the air show. Some Japanese men and children stand along edge or marked off area. Model airplane meet is held. Airplanes on display include Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star, Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw, Grumman SA-16A amphibian, Martin B-26 Marauder, Curtiss C-46 Commando, Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, and Douglas C-124 Globemaster II. Man operates model airplane. Contestants give last minute checks to their model airplane. Personnel push model gliders out on ramp prior to launch. Written on top of the glider wing 'JA-0067'. A formation of eight F-80's airplanes fly over area. F-84 makes pass over area. A formation of three sets of four P-84's airplanes fly over the area.
Aircraft carrier landing training for Navy pilots at Corpus Christi, Texas, United States. View of North American T-2 Buckeye aircraft performing simulated aircraft carrier deck landing on a land runway configured with a mirror optical system to simulate a real aircraft carrier landing. North American T-2 Buckeye in flight over Gulf of Mexico with point of view shot from inside aircraft as it approaches carrier deck of USS Lexington (CV-16) to practice carrier landing. View from USS Lexington flight deck as T-2 Buckeye aircraft perform arrested landings. Pilot exits the aircraft having completed basic training. Next, during advanced jet training at Kingsville, near Corpus Christi, Texas. Grumman F-9 Cougar jet aircraft seen landing on airstrip. Pilots in class learn using working mockups and in a procedures trainer. Instructors and students in classroom training. View of student in cockpit simulator. He demonstrates control panel to them and gives training of jet flight procedure and its handling in odd situations. Pilot and instructor in F-9 Cougar on runway as wings descend into position for flight. Aerial view of F-9 Cougar aircraft in flight.
Korean War footage: Aircraft lands on the flight deck of USS Essex in the Japanese sea, Korea. U.S. Navy F2H aircraft lands on the flight deck first. TBM aircraft lands next. AD lands on the flight deck. F9F lands the last. Men watch the planes.