U.S. aircraft during on the USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) in Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam during Vietnam War. U.S. Navy pilots walk with different equipment on the deck. Number 65 in bold written on the lower portion of ship's island. Lieutenant Commander Paul D Stephenson walks towards an A-4F Skyhawk parked near the island. LCDR Stephenson gives his bag to crew. Pilot inspects the engines, climbs up and puts on oxygen mask. Pilot Stephenson lowers the canopy and takes off as the crew shows signal. On returning Commanding officer J L Nicholson congratulates Stephenson and both of them walk away.
Fire crews work to extinguish smoldering remains of multiple aircraft destroyed by fire on the deck and fantail area of the USS Enterprise in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Fire fighters hold fire hose and spray water over burnt aircraft. Two men climb up the aircraft and inspect. Some of the destroyed aircraft are A-7A and F-4J. Men walk and run all over the deck area. Several A-4FSkyhawk aircraft parked in background. Sailors observe several gaping holes on the bulkhead and deck from bombs that exploded during the fire. Fire hoses and water spread allover the flight deck while ship is moving slowly in the water with light visible wake. Portions of the deck sides are destroyed and crumbling. A forklift works to push aircraft debris off of the fantail and overboard.
On the deck of the USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) during a fire caused by detonation of a Zuni rocket. Scores of sailors manning fire hoses and working to put out fires raging on multiple aircraft parked on the deck. Thick black smoke in the air. F-4 Aircrafts parked on the deck shrouded in smoke.
Sailors work to extinguish final fires aboard USS Enterprise following massive fire triggered by detonation of a MK-32 Zuni rocket attached to an F-4 Phantom. Firemen with fire hoses near the ship's island. Smoke covers the deck area. Men hold fire hoses and stand in the water on the deck
Gulf of Tonkin,Vietnam. USS Forrestal (CV-59) following a massive fire due to electrical malfunction and detonation of a Zuni rocket. Ruins of damaged F-4B Phantoms and other aircraft scattered all over the deck area. Sailors appear exhausted. They survey damage and walk among ruins. Men with forklifts clear the debris from all over the flight deck area. Men walk through the remains and fire hoses spread all over the deck area. A sailor carries a fire axe.
Front entrance to Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo, New Mexico. A car entering the base as the guard salutes. F-4D Phantom Flight crew from the USAF 8th Tactical Fighter Squadron of the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing check in at the operations desk. They display the Black Sheep logo patch of the 8th Tactical Fighter Squadron on their flight suits. After signing in, they enter a briefing room where others are assembled. The Squadron Commander, a Lieutenant Colonel, briefs them on the planned "Crested Cap II" deployment route, to their NATO dual base, at Ramstein, Germany. He points out the flight path across the U.S. and across the Atlantic to Europe, on a map that also depicts places where refueling aircraft will be orbiting over the ocean. Views of the air crews putting on anti-exposure suits and equipment.
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