Operations of U.S. Navy Carrier Group 5 (CVG-5) aboard the U.S. Aircraft Carrier, USS Valley Forge (CV-45) during the Korean War. View of interior of control room. F4U Corsair aircraft of Squadrons VF-53 and VF-54 being armed while parked on flight deck with wings folded. Several start engines and begin to taxi. Rockets are mounted under their wings and bombs under their fuselages. One is given signal and commences takeoff roll. Two AD-4 Skyraiders, of Squadron VA-55, also take off from the carrier. All the aircraft seen display the CVG-5 tail code "S."
U.S. Navy F9F Panther jet aircraft of Fighter Squadrons VF-51 and VF-52, parked with wings folded, on flight deck of the aircraft carrier, USS Valley Forge (CV-45), during Korean War. Some of the aircraft are being towed. All display the "S" tail codes of Carrier Group 5 (CVG-5). Pilots seated inside cockpits of the aircraft. One of the aircraft taxis and takes off from the flight deck. Two aircraft are catapulted from the ship.
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 Douglas AD Skyraiders taxi on the deck. Each momentarily stops and then taxis. Several aircraft taxi. Crewmen check the bombs underneath the wings. Next, four US Navy Chance-Vought F4Us Corsair fighter aircraft taxi and go.
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 operations aboard USS Valley Forge (CV-45) in Pacific Ocean during the Korean War. U.S. Navy Chance Vought F4Us Corsair fighter aircraft arrives and lands on the deck. U.S. Navy Douglas AD Skyraiders land on the deck.
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