U.S. Navy Lockheed SP-2H Neptune aircraft at an airfield in Vietnam during Operation Market Time of the Vietnam War. SP-2H aircraft at VP-4 (Patrol Squadron Four) line area. A helicopter comes in and lands. The helicopter takes off. A large tent in mid background. Pilots and crew come out of the tent in flight gear. Officers and crew walk towards an aircraft.
U.S. Navy aircraft at an airfield in Vietnam during Operation Market Time of the Vietnam War. Two men in a control tower as they direct air traffic. Various aircraft parked on a line. A U.S. Army UH-1E Iroquois helicopter approaches a field. A U.S. Navy Lockheed SP-2H aircraft taxis for a take off. A U.S. Air Force C-124 Globemaster aircraft parked near the control tower. An aircraft flies past a mine sweeper at sea. SP-2H aircraft in flight over water.
U.S. Navy aircraft in Vietnam during Operation Market Time of the Vietnam War. A U.S. Navy Lockheed P-2H aircraft flies over a ship named 'Sally Mark'. The P-2H aircraft in flight as it flies over a merchant ship underway at sea.
U.S. Navy aircraft in Vietnam during Operation Market time of the Vietnam War. Nose of an aircraft parked at an air base. A sign on the cockpit of the aircraft reads 'C.P. LTJG E.J. Hopkins'. Another sign reads 'Lt. Swenson' and 'Lt. Hopkins'. Two flight crew men work on a tow bar. They hook the bar to the nose of the aircraft. A tractor backs down and the men hook up the bar to the back of the tractor. The tractor driver works on the controls as he moves the aircraft out of the turn up area. The tow bar being attached to the tractor. The aircraft being slowly moved to the turn up area. The tractor tows the aircraft. A crew member releases the tow bar from the tractor. The tow bar being released from the aircraft. A pilot climbs aboard the aircraft. Two crewmen stand by as the starboard engine is started. The port engine turns up slowly. A U.S. Navy Lockheed P-2H aircraft taxis out from a line. A U.S. Navy Phantom F-4B taxis down the line with a drogue parachute open.
U.S. Navy aircraft in Vietnam during Operation Market Time of the Vietnam War. Flight crew gathered around Lieutenant Commander B.D. Johnson as he gives a pre flight talk. Flight crew on the line next to a U.S. Navy Lockheed SP-2H aircraft. A tractor backs down to the tow bar of the SP-2H aircraft. The SP-2H aircraft being towed by a tractor. A crewman stands nearby as port engines start up. The SP-2H aircraft on the line as engines rev up. A crewman stands next to the aircraft. A Vietnamese Navy observer looks out of the window of the SP-2H while in flight.
U.S. Navy aircraft in Vietnam during Operation Market Time of the Vietnam War. A Vietnamese Navy observer writes down on a pad in his lap. U.S. Navy Lockheed SP-2H aircraft in flight and a winding river below. The SP-2H in flight over a heavy cloud cover. The Vietnamese observer on a radio with an area map in his lap. A crewman works with a practice depth charge. Three U.S. ships underway in the Gulf of Tonkin during underway replenishment. An LST (Landing Ship Tank) and a fleet oiler ship underway. A pilot at the controls in the cockpit. Three ships underway at sea as seen through a window during a fly by. Two crewmen. Lieutenant Commander B.D. Johnson talks over a microphone. A forward observer with a map lying across the lap. Lieutenant Junior Grade Webber looks through binoculars while seated in the bow of the aircraft. Lieutenant Junior Grade Webber works on a navigational chart. Crewmen get ready for 'Gold dust' mail and magazine drop to USS Woodpecker, a patrol boat. USS Woodpecker underway. A smoke marker burns on water off the port side of the ship. A freighter underway at sea. The port side of a merchant ship underway at sea.