Flight Operations aboard USS Valley Forge (CV-45) in Pacific Ocean during the Korean War. U.S. Navy Chance-Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft taxis on the deck. Wings of the aircraft folded. Two sailors pull the aircraft from both the wing sides. They sit on the wings to set it.
Flight operations aboard USS Valley Forge (CV-45) in Pacific Ocean during the Korean War. U.S. Navy Grumman F9F Panther Jet aircraft flies over water. It tilts down and lands on deck. Another F9F Jet aircraft flies over water and land on deck.
Flight Operation aboard USS Valley Forge (CV-45) in Pacific Ocean during the Korean War. The signal crew member signals. U.S. Navy Sikorsky HO3S helicopter arrives and lands on the deck.
Operation Springboard in the Caribbean. U.S. Grumman S2F Tracker aircraft approaches a ship at 90 degree angle. It approaches the ship at 45 degree angle and lands on the deck of USS Valley Forge (CVS-45). It comes in for a landing and gets a wave off.
USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in the Caribbean. Pilots come up on the flight deck in an elevator and run towards their planes. Four U.S. Grumman S2F trackers aircraft on port catapult and on standby. They take off one by one.
USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in the Caribbean. Looking over the flight deck from the superstructure of the ship. U.S. Grumman S2Fs tracker aircraft get warmed up on the flight deck.
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