Preparations for 1st mission flown by members of the 612th TFS (Tactical Fighter Squadron). Pilots put on gear. They come out. Pilot boards F-100D. He puts on helmet. (Vietnam War period).
United States Navy 7th Naval Fleet operations in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) underway in the South China Sea. A United States Navy aircraft F-4B whizzing by over flight deck during catapult from USS Coral Sea. Catapult crew member runs onto flight deck with a shuttle cover. A United States Navy aircraft A-4B Skyhawk on catapult. An officer gives signal in the foreground. Aircraft catted out. Fuel hose unrolled from a reel in catwalk and onto the flight deck. A United States Navy aircraft F-8D Crusader takes a wave off. A United States Navy aircraft A-3B Skyhawk catches a wire and makes an arrested landing. Aircraft rolls to a stop. The wire is released and wings are folded.
Operations aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Midway (CVA-41) in the South China Sea, during the Vietnam War. Pilot in flight suit walks fromUnited States Navy aircraft C-1A Trader on the flight deck. Sailors unload sacks of mail and several wooden crates from the aircraft. A sailor walks along the deck with a mail bag on his shoulder and a box under his arm. C-1A catted from angle deck. Flight deck officer gives go signal to an A-1H Skyraider loaded with bombs.
The U.S. 1st Cavalry Division prior to the Siege of Plei Me in Qui Nhon, Vietnam. UH-1 Iroquois helicopters land at Quinhon. A line of Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter on field. UH-1 Iroquois helicopter takes off as others warm up in the foreground. Line of Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter warming up. Soldiers walk near parked helicopters. M102 105mm Howitzer and a truck being loaded into the aircraft. A soldiers ties a string. (Vietnam War period).
Explosion of an unknown/unidentified atomic bomb or nuclear bomb device during a nuclear weapon test. Bright flash illuminates clouds with orange and red. Ball of fire erupting upward in night sky. Entire sky is illuminated. Explosion fading and sky growing darker around orange and red area at center of explosion. Part of a 1969 U.S. Air Force film reel, but the year and location of the test is unknown.
Crewman on ground stripped to waist, watches as UH-1B comes in for landing with boxes of ammunition. Boxes unloaded by U.S. personnel. Empty helicopter after boxes of ammunition unloaded from it, takes off.
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