AJ Savage planes with engines running on flight deck of USS Midway (CVB-41) in the Atlantic. AJ taxis onto the catapult. AJ on a starboard catapult catted off. AJ readied and catted off. F2H-3B plane towed onto the catapult. F2H-3B catted off port catapult.
Two ordnance men stand at bomb elevator aboard USS Constellation in North Vietnam. The elevator comes to flight deck level with bombs on a bomb cart. Ordnance men, one backing off with a bomb cart loaded with bombs. Man walks backwards over flight deck with two bombs on a bomb cart. AO backs off elevator with two bombs on a bomb cart. He wheels the cart over flight deck toward the aircraft. Bull pup attached under wing of an A-4C plane. A man in red shirt off to left and other men under wing of aircraft. The man in red shirt pulls on a bomb cart. Three bombs on pylon under A-4C. Bomb carts on flight area next to island ready for loading aboard aircraft. AO wheels two bombs. Red shirt man under wing of an aircraft. AO works with two bombs. Bombs and rockets on pylon. Men work around aircraft F4B, getting it ready for flight. Box on bomb cart loaded with fuses. AO wheels box. Two AO hoist up a section of the rocket pod and secure it to the rack. AO wheels up two bombs. AO works around under wing of aircraft. AO with his red shirt tied around his waist, working over after section of port engine. Flight deck area shows tractors moving about. Two F-4B planes stationary in the background. A-3B in the background. AO with a belt of 2Omm ammo walks.
Tonkin Gulf. Aircraft come in for landing. Down over deck, aircraft makes recovery. F-4J plane takes wave-off over deck. F-4J makes recovery.
Nine Thunder Tigers, Chinese National Acrobat team, in low altitude pass over runway in V-formation in Taiwan. The Thunder Tiger aircraft taxi and park. Pilot in cockpit of F-84G plane. Nose section of the parked F-84G's. Thunder Tiger pilot stands at attention and salutes. The Thunder Tiger pilots congratulated by Mr Charles H Shuff, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Chinese Air Force Commander in Chief and Lieutenant General Chen Chia Shang. The nine Thunder Tiger aircraft taxi for take off. Thunder Tigers fly by and turn in diamond formation. Thunder Tigers disperse as they perform a shell burst maneuver.
A diamond formation insignia on a CHINAT (Chinese National Acrobatics Team) pilot's sleeve in Taiwan. Pilot in cockpit section. The Assistant Secretary of Defense, Mr Shuff, walks with Chinese officers. Mr Shuff shakes hands with a Chinese officer. CHINAT Air Force F-84G planes taxi. CHINAT AF F-84G's taxi. Thunder Tigers, Chinese National Acrobat team, in diamond formation banks left and levels off. The underside of the Thunder Tigers in diamond formation as they roll to the left. Thunder Tigers in diamond formation.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh aboard USS Saratoga (CV-3) in the Pacific near the Panama Canal. Charles Lindbergh seen in a Boeing F3B-1 carrier based fighter bomber (BuNo A-7739) from Bombing Squadron VB-2B aboard the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga. Lindbergh visited the USS Saratoga on 8 February 1929. He was aboard for two days and while he was there he was invited to fly the new Boeing F3B-1. The VB-2B made him an honorary member of the squadron. U.S. Navy officers talk to Lindbergh on the deck of Saratoga, including Admiral Joseph Mason Reeves (aka "Bull" Reeves), A.P. Storrs, and W.V. Davis. Pilots pose for a photo with Lindbergh. Lindbergh seated in the aircraft. Squadron emblem of Felix the cat holding a spherical bomb is painted on side of plane. Plane takes off from the carrier deck. Lindbergh, U.S. Military and Navy officials aboard Saratoga talk to each other. Another naval ship can be seen in the sea. Bow of the aircraft carrier.