Aircraft on the flight deck, preparing for launching, circa 1929-30. USS SARATOGA Planes in the foreground are Boeing F3B-1 fighters. In the background are fifteen Martin T4M-1 torpedo planes, of Torpedo Squadron Two (VT-2B)
The XF-5D, an armed photo recon version of the P-38, having two .50 cal machine guns to make sure the guy in the nose compartment was not just very nervous but utterly terrified.