Airplanes, Military

An unidentified aircraft being catapulted off the USS Constellation flight deck. Other planes are also visible on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier.

Various aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Constellation. The aircraft on the far side of the flight deck include a McDonald Douglas F-4 Phantom II that is second from the left, a Vought F-8P Photo Crusader off to the far left and two Vought A-7 Corsair 2's flanking the Phantom II. The aircraft at the bottom of the image are A-1 Skyraiders.

Naval personnel salute as Navy Under Secretary Francis P. Whitehair deplanes at the Naval Air Station in San Diego, California.

Navy Under Secretary Francis P. Whitehair deplaning through naval guard at the Naval Air Station, Chincoteague, Virginia.

Navy Under Secretary Francis P. Whitehair introduced to Naval officers in Chincoteague, Virginia.

Navy Under Secretary Francis P. Whitehair (right) shown with unidentified Naval officers in Chincoteague, Virginia.

From left to right: unidentified Navy officer, Admiral William Leahy, Special Assistant to the President Edwin Locke, President Harry S. Truman, and Press Secretary Charles Ross standing in front of an airplane aboard the aircraft carrier U. S. S. Franklin Roosevelt. They are on board to observe fleet maneuvers conducted off the Virginia Capes.

Standing in front of airplanes, from left to right: Captain Taylor, unidentified, Captain Clark Clifford, Admiral William Leahy, Press Secretary Charles Ross, General Wallace Graham, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, William Hassett, President Harry S. Truman, Special Assistant to the President Edwin Locke (partly obscured), John Steelman, Brigadier General Harry Vaughan, and unidentified. They are aboard the aircraft carrier U. S. S. Franklin D. Roosevelt, during fleet maneuvers off the Virginia Capes.

Major General Louis W. Truman (foreground) with unidentified companion steps from his plane at Fort Lewis' Gray Field, Washington after two weeks at the Yakima Firing Center. General Truman was Deputy Maneuver Director for the 18,000 man military exercise entitled Exercise Dry Hills.

Crew of Navy R-4-D (left to right) Chief R. Pope, Lieutenant Commander F. Card, pilot; Lieutenant T.J. Beare, co-pilot, Radioman C.K. Fross. This photo was taken during President Harry S. Truman's ninth vacation trip to Key West, Florida.