10,000 soldiers of United States 45th Infantry Division load their baggage into military trucks and bid good bye as they leave Fort Sill in Oklahoma. Troops move in trucks over a bridge as a plane flies overhead. People turn out in large numbers on streets to welcome the troops at their new headquarters in Abilene in Texas. Soldiers move to their tents. (World War II period).
Equipment being installed to track NASA Mercury spacecraft during earth orbits. A 60 foot dish being positioned on a pedestal by a crane at Eglin Auxiliary Field no.5 at Eglin air force base in Florida,United States. MPQ-31 antenna rotates.
A rack of Sidewinder missiles come up on the flight deck of United States Navy ship Bon Homme Richard in waters off California. Ordnance men move missiles across on a bomb sled to an FJ-3 aircraft of U.S. Navy Squadron VF-211 (Red Checkertails). Tail code "G" of Carrier Group 21 is also seen on an aircraft. Missiles being loaded under the wing of the aircraft.
United States Navy FJ-3 aircraft of U.S. Navy Squadron VF-211 (Red Checkertails) loaded with Sidewinder missiles under their wings sit on catapults ready for take off from aircraft carrier, USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) in waters off California. They display tail code "G" of Carrier Group 21. They are catapulted, one after the other. Another FJ-3 sets up on the port catapult and is launched.
United States Navy FJ-3 aircraft,with folded wings, loaded with Sidewinder missiles parked on port catapult of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) in waters off the California coast. The aircraft is from U.S. Navy Squadron VF-211 (Red Checkertails) and displays tail code "G" of Carrier Group 21. Flight deck personnel around the aircraft. With wings unfolded, the aircraft is catapulted from the carrier. Vapor from the catapult is seen after the aircraft is launched.
United States Navy FJ-3 aircraft of U.S. Navy Squadron VF-211 (Red Checkertails) being towed by a yellow tractor up the deck of the carrier, USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) in waters off coast of California. The aircraft displays "G" tail code of Carrier Group 21. In background is a McDonnell F2H-2P Banshee aircraft with tail code "PP" from composite squadron VC-61. FJ-3 plane armed with sidewinder missiles on underside of folded wings. Plane being towed to port catapult and parked on the deck.
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