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.)
Vietnamese Major General Minh addressing the crowd at turnover of Soc Trang base from U.S. Army to VNAF. Other VIP's listening including General Abrams and Genearal Clay. Secretary of Air Force, Robert C. Seamans speaking at the microphone. Reporters and cameramen seen. All VIP's in attention position during National anthem performed by VNAF Band. Dr. Seamans and other VIP's leaving. (Vietnam War period).
Navigator work on documents aboard aircraft AC-47. Viet Nam Air Force officer and crewman attach lanyard wires to parachute flares. (Vietnam War period).
Men at Long Binh ammunition dump. Officers and soldiers examine barbed wire fence where Vietcong broke through to enter Longbinh ammunition dump. Lookout tower in the background. Ripped apart barbed wire. Jeep parked along road. Sand bags near barbed wire fence. Shoe of soldier on ground. Barbed wire torn apart by Vietcong who infiltrated through Longbinh ammunition camp. (Vietnam War period).
Bien Hoa Air Base in Saigon. OH-6A helicopters seen through barbed wire. Soldiers on tank. Army vehicles pass on bridge. Smoke rises in the background. Dead Vietcong on bridge. Vietnamese look through rubble. Smoking rubble in area. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Navy F-4B aircraft of Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) being launched from deck of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) in 1966. F-4B on catapult. F-4B launched. Steam rolls down catapult track. Blast fence lowered. Another F-4B taxis onto catapult. Personnel in background. F-4B being launched with after burners. Signal man in dungarees sending message on signal light. F-4B making recovery. F-4B on deck after recovery. Signal man sending message on signal light from rim of signal bridge. Red shirts wheeling bombs under aircraft. Activity on flight deck. Group of red shirted men. Island seen in far background. A-4C aircraft of Heavy Attack Squadron Four (VAH-4), Carrier Wing Five (CVW-5), taxiing over deck. Tow bars stacked. A-4C on deck. Tractor moves by. Aircraft being launched. Men leaving deck. Switch to the personnel on catapult. Steam rolling down the track. Green shirted men and red shirted men watch aircraft recover. Aircraft zips into the scene. F-4B's being lowered on deck edge elevator. Personnel and aircraft on flight deck.
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