Aircraft TA-4J parked at Naval Air Station Chase Field. TA-4J undergoes inspection. Pilot of TA-4J in cockpit. Man converses with pilot. Man at cockpit of TA-4J. Man gets down and inspects lower nose section of TA-4J. He inspects TA-4J landing gear.
Aircraft TA-4J parked outside hangar at Naval Air Station Chase Field. TA-4J undergoes inspection. Man works under TA-4J. Man in cockpit of TA-4J. Pilot in cockpit. Letters on side of plane read 'MAJ SMOKE BURGESS'. Co-pilot behind pilot in cockpit of TA-4J. Man refuels TA-4J. Man signals pilot in aircraft. Man moves away fuel pipe from plane. Truck is driven.
Ground-crew woman carries cockpit ladder to aircraft TA-4J at Naval Air Station Chase Field. TA-4Js parked in flight line at airfield. Pilot gets down TA-4J and converses with ground-crew woman. Pilot goes under TA-4J. View inside cockpit of TA-4J. Instrument panel in cockpit. Man works with equipment in lower section of TA-4J. Pilot and other men examine aircraft. Men check wings of TA-4J.
United States Marine Corps prepares soup in kettle, over open fire in front of bunker at Khe Sanh, Vietnam. Marines ladle soup from the kettle into cups and drink it. Views of the American flag fluttering on top of sandbags. (Vietnam War period).
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).
United States Marine Corps pilot of Squadron VMF (AW) 232 (Red Devils), wearing flight suit and a red helmet, sits in the cockpit of an F-8E Crusader aircraft in Da Nang Vietnam. The name "Wheatley" is stenciled below the cockpit. The pilot raises two fingers to indicate start engine. Ground crewman wearing noise suppressor headset acknowledges with two fingers.Ground crewman collects gear pins. Another ground crewman pulls chocks, hangs them on a rocket tube, and signals for the pilot to taxi. He pulls the chocks off the rocket tube as the aircraft taxis past, with its wings folded. The pilot, Major Cronkrite, unfolds wings and taxis to join the other F-8E, piloted by Wheatley, on the active runway. (Note: On June 20, 1967 Major Charles Ligon Cronkrite experienced mechanical problems during a mission and ejected over water. He did not survive.) (Vietnam War period).
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