This dim, atmospheric photograph, part of a color negative collection associated with Fighter Squadron VF-162 aboard USS Ticonderoga, captures the nocturnal rhythm of carrier flight operations during the Vietnam War. Though heavily underexposed, the silhouette of a propeller aircraft with its spinning prop disc conveys the constant activity, day and night, that defined life aboard a Vietnam-era aircraft carrier as squadrons launched and recovered aircraft in support of combat operations in Southeast Asia. Project: 218011