Aircraft carrier ship USS Constellation (CVA-64) in the Gulf of Tonkin. A U.S. Navy A-4C Skyhawk aircraft lands at the flight deck. Another A-4C lands. A wire is released from a tail hook and the craft turns and taxis forward. A U.S. aircraft C-1A parked in the foreground. A pilot sits in the cockpit of an A-4C. A ladder alongside the cockpit. The A-4C turns up. Auxiliary Power Unit is connected to the right side. The A-4C taxis towards a blast fence. An A-4C is catapulted. Another A-4C is on the catapult. (Vietnam War period.)
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CVA-64) in the Gulf of Tonkin. Raised canopy of a U.S. Navy RF-8A Crusader aircraft. A pilot sits in the cockpit. A U.S. Navy A-4C Skyhawk aircraft taxis over the deck. A man holds a nose wheel tow car and guides the aircraft. The canopy of the aircraft is open. The A-4C aircraft taxis towards an elevator. Two A-4C s on the deck edge elevator. (Vietnam War period.)
Bomb handled aboard USS Constellation (CVA-64) at Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam. Ordnance men wheel Snakeye bombs. RA-5A aircraft parked in the background. Auxiliary power unit (APU) parked by aircraft. Aviation Ordnance men walk on flight deck. Snakeye bombs wheeled. A-4C aircraft spotted by a tractor. Aviation Ordnance men wheel Snakeye bombs on a cart. Pylon contains a bomb. A bomb cart wheeled under wing. A large rod is screwed in nose of bomb. Snakeye bombs attached to bomb. Steel rod is then unscrewed. Aviation Ordnance men use tools in tightening nuts on bombs. A fuse is screwed. Missile men wheel bomb cart carrying Sidewinder Missiles. A-4C aircraft loaded with bombs. A-4C aircraft stand in rows on the deck.
Trooper in sandbag bunker. Military ambulance moves up roadway. An ambulance moves down past gatehouse and circles to left. Buildings in the background, part of Tan Son Entrance Base complex. Men stand near jeep and other men stand near stone wall in the background with rifles. Small ambulance moves along roadway, truck bars most of road. Troopers talk on road. Trooper with armored vest, jeep passes directing traffic. Circle of smoke in sky from bombing in the distant background. Men off-load ammunition from UH-1D helicopter. They stack it in truck in the background. Vietnamese handle ammunition and carry it off, some ammunition lowered into UH-1D. UH-1D takes off from revetment. Two parachute flares in night sky, rows of white lights. An explosion occurs in the far background. (Vietnam War period).
American comedian Bob Hope performs for United Service Organization (USO) at Tan Son Nhut air base in Vietnam. Bob Hope's entertainment troupe walk towards the stage. General Nguyen Cao Ky walks with the entertainment troupe. General Westmoreland arrives with Bob Hope.
The USAF F-4D fighter-bomber being mounted with Mark 84 Laser-Guided Bombs (LGB) at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base (RTAFB) in Thailand during the Vietnam War. The load team mounts Mark 84 LGB on USAF McDonnell Douglas F-4D Phantom II fighter-bomber. The men insert safety pin in rack and tighten sway braces. The load team inserts the detonator and end plug.
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