Activities of United States Navy pilots at Kaneohe Bay in Hawaii during World War 2. U.S. Navy pilot climbs into cockpit of an F4F airplane with engine running. Right behind him is a tall stand with a seat and a sign below reading:"Carrier Pilots Check In & Out HERE!" A group of fighter pilots, including LCDR James S. "Jimmy" Thach of VF-3, discuss flight plans. F4Fs parked on the flight line. Flight leader (Thach) begins to taxi out and is followed by 6 more. They line up abreast, and then commence an echelon formation takeoff.
U.S. Marine Corps advertisement for the Marine Air Reserve. Marine reservists are seen taking off in Grumman F9F Panther jet fighter airplanes. A formation of F9Fs in flight. The aircraft begin peeling off, one at a time.
A film based on U.S. Air Force O-1F Bird Dog liaison aircraft FAC (forward air control) operations against the Ho Chi Minh Trail by U.S. 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Lieutenant Colonel William F. Bretzius in an O-1F cockpit looks from side to side during a simulated aerial.
Operation Ranch Hand defoliant missions. Aerial views of U.S. Air Force UC-123B Provider aircraft spraying Agent Orange defoliant over jungle. Views from cockpit of U.S. Air Force F-100F Super Sabre. Close view of F-100 from the 615th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Phan Rang Air Base, in flight.
U.S. Navy Documentary highlights functions, duties and crew activities aboard 'The Fighting Lady', pseudonym for the USS Yorktown CV-10 in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A sign reads 'US Naval Communications'. Women work in a room on typewriters. TBF Avengers, F6F Hellcats, A-25, SB2C and SBF Helldivers fly out towards the carrier. Aircraft in flight with insignia of the United States. A ship 'The Fighting Lady' underway. Crewmen stand on the deck. A plane lands on the deck. Planes in flight in background. Wire barriers on the deck in case the plane fails to land on the resting gear. A landing signal officer on the deck. The plane lands on the ship's deck. People stand on the deck. The planes are to be rearranged for a take off. The skipper of the ship stands on the deck. The crew stand on the deck. The skipper reproofs the flight deck. He asks the deck crew to arrange the planes properly. A diagram of the carrier and an account of the hangar deck. A structure on the mid ship.
View of airfield at Chu Lai in Vietnam. U.S. Marine F-4A and F-4B Phantom II planes land on the runway. They deploy their drag chutes on the ground roll. A Marine A-4 also lands. (Vietnam War period).
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