USS KITTY HAWK OPS Part 1

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1) CU Ordnancemen arming the A-6A with 500 lb. General Purpose bombs.2) CU Men working with the bombs. G to F3) CU Wire strap placed around mid section of bomb for hoisting.4) CU Man turning crank on the hand hoist. G5) MCU 500 lb. bomb being hoisted; man is holding the tail fins in BG.6) CU Man working the hand hoist.7) CU Bomb moving up onto the bomb rack (SV).8) MS Three ordnancemen working under wing of A-6A; second 500 lb. bomb is on a bomb cart being moved into position for hoisting.9) CU Man turning the hand crank on bomb hoist.10) CU 500 lb. bomb still on cart ready to be hoisted.11) CU Bomb being hoisted. G12) CU Ordnanceman standing by the bomb as it moves up under the bomb rack next to the first. G13) MS Two bombs under the wing; PAN, to men working with the third bomb underneath aircraft.14) CU Ordnanceman working with a safety wire on nose of bomb. G15) CU Men working around the A-6A arming aircraft with bombs. G16) MCU A-6A, with ordnancemen loading the bombs aboard aircraft.17) CU Bomb on bomb cart ready to be hoisted. G18) CU Ordnanceman wheeling a 500 lb. bomb in place under wing of aircraft. G19) CU Ordnanceman on deck looking on; two UH-2A "copters framed in BG.20) CU Red shirt looking on while the aircraft in being armed (SV).21) MLS Men working on aircraft aboard USS KITTY HAWK (CVA-63).22) CU Red shirt looking down over the bomb elevator (SV).23) CU Rocket pod coming up on bomb elevator to flight deck level.24) CU Ordnanceman wheeling rocket pod off elevator to BG.25) MS Rocket pods wheeled in place in FG and let loose; an F-4B is in BG.26) CU Two ordnancemen lifting a 250 lb. bomb from bomb cart and placing it onto another smaller bomb cart (SV)27) CU 250 lb. bomb on bomb cart with safety straps being placed around the body.28) MS Ordnancemen working around the bombs on flight deck; island structure in BG; two men lift another 250 lb. bomb from one cart and places it onto another cart.29) CU Ordnanceman putting a strap around the two bombs to keep them in place on cart.30) CU VA-113 pilot checking his aircraft prior to strike against No. Viet Nam.31) CU Pilot preflight checking his A-4E (SV).32) LA MS Looking up towards cockpit of A-4E with ladder in place.33) CU Pilot preflight checking his A-4E, walking around underneath the aircraft. G34) LA MS Pilot climbing up ladder to cockpit area, looking over the air intake of engine. G35) CU Green shirt working underneath the wheel well of aircraft; a white shirt moves in and begins working on the nose wheel well of the A-4E. G36) CU Electrician working in cockpit of an A-4E (SV). F37) LA CU Green shirt along the side of the cockpit. G to F38) CU A-4E, with a green shirt in cockpit.39) CU Man driving an APU over deck towards the side of an F-4B in BG.40) LA CU Green shirt climbing a ladder, working around after end of an engine of an A-1H (SV). G to F41) MLS Looking down along the side of an A-4E.42) MS Green shirt kneeling on a ladder looking into the cockpit. G43) LA MCU Green shirt working around under the canopy of the A-4E. G44) CU Man seated in cockpit with another green shirt standing on far side.45) LA CU Cockpit area of A-4E with a man seated in cockpit. G to F46) MCU Red shirt, one of the ordnancemen, preparing to load ordnance on rack of the A-4E (SV). G to F47) CU Ordnanceman installing Mk 24 flares on the A-4E (SV).48) MS Three flares mounted on the pylon under the A-4E.49) MS Ordnancemen loading Zuni rockets under wing of an A-4E.50) CU Zuni rockets in pods under wing of aircraft.51) CU Ordnancemen working over the rocket pods during the installation aboard the A-4E.52) ECU Two rocket pods, showing the exposed rockets in the pods; ordnancemen in BG works over the top of the pods. G53) CU Looking down over hands of man working over top of rocket pods. G to F

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General Records of the Department of the Navy

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities