USS Shangri La (CV-38) for Operation crossroads at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Landing Signal Officer (LSO) signals with paddles. A man looks with binoculars. 20 mm gun mounted in the foreground. Landing Signal Officer gives the plane a wave-off. U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat aircraft gets signal and lands. LSO signals with paddles to F6F. It lands on the flight deck in the background. F6Fs make landings on the flight deck of the Shangri La.
Midway-class aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Atlantic Ocean during Operation Long Step. U.S. Navy F4U-4 Corsairs lined up ready for a signal to take off. AD type aircraft and F4U-4s get the signal for take off. The airplanes take off. An LSO (Landing Signal Officer) brings in a F2H-2 Banshee. The Banshee taxis. An AD-4 Skyraider approaches the stern of the ship for landing aboard USS FDR. F2H Banshee airplanes in flight, awaiting turn to land aboard the aircraft carrier. They fly in formation over Baltimore-class heavy cruiser USS Columbus CL-74. Captain George W. Anderson CO (Commanding Officer) of USS FDR views operations from the bridge. Commander T.F. Caldwell enters with a message which they discuss.
U.S. Navy planes land on USS Enterprise (CV-6) underway as part of the task force to launch the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, Japan during World War 2. U.S. Navy F4F Wildcat fighter plane lands on Enterprise. A Destroyer Escort in the background. U.S. Navy SBD dive bomber plane lands on deck of Enterprise. F4F lands and noses over on deck. SBD receives a wave-off. SBDs and F4Fs lands aboard Enterprise.
F-8E Crusader of the U.S. Marine Corps Squadron, VMF (AW) 232 (Red Devils) at Da Nang Airbase, Vietnam, being armed with rockets. A ground crewman wearing noise suppressor headset, gives hand and arm signals. The wing of the F-8E is raised to maximum lift position. Ground crewman enters under the tilted wing of F-8 and checks it. Pilots leave ready room in trailer and proceed to their aircraft. An F-8C Crusader takes off. A C-117 USMC transport plane takes off. (Vietnam War period).
F-8E Crusader aircraft of U.S. Marine Squadron VMF (AW) 232, (Red Devils) taxiing from revetment with wings folded and canopy open. A ground crewman wears noise suppressor headset and walks forward. The F-8E taxis out and joins another F-8E on the active runway. They proceed to take off successively. They are heavily loaded and require unusually long takeoff distances. Armorer and ground crewmen stand near to an F-8E in a revetment. The armorer inspects 250 pound bombs mounted under the aircraft's wing. (Vietnam War period).
F-100F of the 612th TFS (Tactical Fighter Squadron) returns to Phan Rang Air Base in Vietnam. It clears active runway and taxis to parking space. Power shovel and construction in the background. Crew chief puts stairs at F-100 and talks with pilot (Captain). Pilot leaves cockpit of F-100. (Vietnam War period.)
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