366th Fighter Wing crew members in F4-E Phantom II at Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam. F-4E Phantom II Aircraft in flight. Missile under the aircraft. Pilots communicate with crew in control room. Pilot and co-pilot seated in the cockpit of F-4E Phantom II Aircraft.
A U.S. Air force F-100 Super sabre jet aircraft rounds out high in nose-high attitude, during attempted emergency landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The pilot applies power to go around without success as the F-100 enters a state known as a "Sabre Dance". The aircraft's right wing strikes the runway and it crashes on the runway in a ball of fire. (Note: This F-100 was being ferried from Palmdale, California, when it encountered problems, and the pilot elected to make an emegency landing at Edwards AFB)
U.S. Navy McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II crashes at Saint Louis, Missouri. F-4J test flight aircraft #155557 MAC 2833 lifts off from runway, climbs steeply and goes into a vertical attitude. Pilot and co-pilot eject. Plane continues climbing and levels off. F-4J crashes, wheels down, and explodes into a big fireball. Black smoke billows upward from flames, and drifts upward. (Both crew members survived the ejection: Pilot C. D. "Pete" Pilcher, Production Test Pilot, McDonnell Douglas Corporation; and Radar Observer Harvey A. Begay in backseat position.)
USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in Caribbean. U.S. Navy Grumman S2F aircraft at flight deck of ship. Engines of S2F start . Many men stand near aircraft in helmets and T-Shirts. S2F takes off.
F-105 D planes at Seymour Johnson Air Force base in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Crew chief signals to pilot and a man removes a ladder during the training. Planes taxi along the runway. Last plane to taxi out is an F-105 F.
Brigadier General James Stewart at Macdill Air Force Base in Florida, United States during his two week duty training period. Two grounds men work on an aircraft. Men gathered around F-4C aircraft. Brigadier General writes on a paper as men look at him. A sign reads 'Personal Equipment'. F-4C plane in a hangar at Macdill Air Force Base with ground crew in the foreground. A trailer moves across. Brigadier General climbs up and gets into the cockpit of F-4C aircraft.
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