Activities aboard USS Randolph (CV-15). Ordnance man works on torpedo attached to side of SH-3A helicopter. Ordnance man secures depth bomb to helicopter. Tow tractor moves over flight deck next to island. Another tractor comes from left towing an S2F (aka ""Stoof" by sailors). This plane is from squadron VS-27. Side view of the aircraft with name 'USS Randolph' on engine nacelle. Ship's island in the background. Tractor tows another S2F on flight deck. SH-3A helicopters in the background.
Activities aboard USS Ranger (CV-61). Digits '61' on island of the USS Ranger. Airmen converse on flight deck. Pilot in cockpit of aircraft F-14A on deck. Airman inspects lower section of F-14A. Man signals pilot from deck. Airman at landing gear of plane.
Activities aboard USS Ranger (CV-61). Deck crewman wearing green checkered helmet, walks along flight deck of USS Ranger. He performs preflight inspection of Grumman F-14 Tomcat landing gear, pulls its safety pins, and inspects its arresting gear, The F-14 aircraft taxis out for takeoff. Deck Crewman walks along flight deck, past line of parked Grumman A-6 Intruder aircraft. Deck crews seen around aircraft parked on deck. Helicopters and other support aircraft seen.
Activities aboard USS Ranger. Crew members on flight deck of USS Ranger. Crewmen preflight F-14 aircraft. Pilot in cockpit of F-14 helmet painted in Wolfpack design. A crewman passes under nose of the aircraft. He works under and on one side of the plane. Crewman near tail hook under plane. Crew and pilot prepare for take off.
Activities aboard USS Ranger in Alameda, California. Airmen along flight deck of USS Ranger. F-14 aircraft taxis. Landing gears of aircraft while it taxis. Pilot and second aviator in cockpit of F-14 wearing helmets with VF-1 Wolfpack insignia. "Lt. Rick Jack Rack-attack" stenciled on front cockpit. Truck tows aircraft. A-7B Corsair II taxis on flight deck with folded wings. Airman directs planes on deck. Smoke emitted from aircraft. Turboprop Aircraft taxis.
Component of U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam, 2nd Field Forces, 199th Light Infantry Brigade in fight with Vietcong. F-4 Phantom jets in far distance drop napalm. Explosions on ground. F-4 drops napalm. Explosion in woods. Military trucks and other vehicles parked in the foreground. Huge clouds of smoke rise from explosion. UH-1 helicopter on ground ridden with bullet holes. Wounded and dead Vietcong fighters on the ground. One of them is sitting up, a seemingly uninjured prisoner of war. (Vietnam War period).
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