Flight deck personnel surround an FR-1 Fireball of Fighting Squadron (VF) 41 after its nose gear collapsed during recovery on the escort carrier Bairoko (CVE 115) on March 12, 1946, sixty-eight years ago today. The FR-1 was a hybrid aircraft featuring a jet engine in the tail to complement its reciprocating engine.
AD Skyraiders pictured in the Overhaul and Repair Facility at Naval Air Station (NAS) Alameda, California, on March 15, 1950, sixty-four years ago today. Other aircraft types, including an F6F Hellcat and an F4U Corsair, are also visible.
F9F-2 Panthers of Marine Fighter Squadron (VMF) 314 pictured in right echelon formation on March 13, 1953, sixty-one years ago today.
F9F-6 Cougars of Fighter Squadron (VF) 24 pictured during flight operations on board the carrier Yorktown (CVA 10) operating off the coast of Southern California in March 1954, sixty years ago this month. Two airplanes are on the catapult while the pilots of two others wait for their squadronmates to get airborne and the lowering of the jet blast deflectors so they can taxi their airplanes into launch position.
An F8U-1 Crusader of Fighter Squadron (VF) 11 pictured during a catapult launch from the aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA 42) during operations in the Mediterranean Sea on March 10, 1960, fifty-four years ago today.
An F8U-1 Crusader of Marine Fighter Squadron (VMF) 323 makes a touch and go during flight operations on board the carrier Oriskany (CVA 34) on March 9, 1960, fifty-four years ago today.
Lieutenant (junior grade) H.B. Morgan of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 33, Detachment 62 pictured in the cockpit of his AD-5Q Skyraider as it is hooked up to the Number One catapult on board the carrier Independence (CVA 62) in March 1963, fifty-one years ago this month. Just after this image was taken, Morgan and his aircraft recorded the 20,000th launch on this particular catapult.
An A-7E Corsair II aircraft assigned to Attack Squadron (VA) 46 off the carrier John F. Kennedy (CV 67) refuels from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft while on a training flight during the cease-fire between Coalition and Iraqi forces following Operation Desert Storm on March 14, 1991, twenty-three years ago today.
AD Skyraiders pictured in the Overhaul and Repair Facility at Naval Air Station (NAS) Alameda, California, on March 15, 1950, sixty-four years ago today. Other aircraft types, including an F6F Hellcat and an F4U Corsair, are also visible.
F9F-2 Panthers of Marine Fighter Squadron (VMF) 314 pictured in right echelon formation on March 13, 1953, sixty-one years ago today.
F9F-6 Cougars of Fighter Squadron (VF) 24 pictured during flight operations on board the carrier Yorktown (CVA 10) operating off the coast of Southern California in March 1954, sixty years ago this month. Two airplanes are on the catapult while the pilots of two others wait for their squadronmates to get airborne and the lowering of the jet blast deflectors so they can taxi their airplanes into launch position.
An F8U-1 Crusader of Fighter Squadron (VF) 11 pictured during a catapult launch from the aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA 42) during operations in the Mediterranean Sea on March 10, 1960, fifty-four years ago today.
An F8U-1 Crusader of Marine Fighter Squadron (VMF) 323 makes a touch and go during flight operations on board the carrier Oriskany (CVA 34) on March 9, 1960, fifty-four years ago today.
Lieutenant (junior grade) H.B. Morgan of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 33, Detachment 62 pictured in the cockpit of his AD-5Q Skyraider as it is hooked up to the Number One catapult on board the carrier Independence (CVA 62) in March 1963, fifty-one years ago this month. Just after this image was taken, Morgan and his aircraft recorded the 20,000th launch on this particular catapult.
An A-7E Corsair II aircraft assigned to Attack Squadron (VA) 46 off the carrier John F. Kennedy (CV 67) refuels from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft while on a training flight during the cease-fire between Coalition and Iraqi forces following Operation Desert Storm on March 14, 1991, twenty-three years ago today.
