--- merged: 26 Jun 2013 a las 13:19 --- An F3H Demon of Fighter Squadron (VF) 14 pictured in flight while operating from the carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA 42) on June 21, 1961, fifty-two years ago today.
An F9F Panther of Fighter Squadron (VF) 72 pictured launching from the deck of the carrier Bon Homme Richard (CV 31) for a strike against Korea on June 23, 1952, sixty-one years ago today.
The prototype XA4D-1 Skyhawk pictured taxiing at Edwards Air Force Base on the day of its first flight on June 22, 1954, fifty-nine years ago today.
An F-8D Crusader assigned to the Naval Ordnance Test Station at China Lake, California, pictured with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles loaded on it during an evaluation flight on June 26, 1963, fifty years ago today.
The aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA 42) pictured underway in the waters off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in July 1969, forty-four years ago this month.
Here are some views of the A2D Skyshark, which featured a T40-A-6 turboprop engine. Only eight were built before the cancellation of the program in 1953.
The very first Demon, XF3H-1 (Bureau Number 125444), pictured at the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation in St. Louis, on July 6, 1951, sixty-two years ago today. The airplane made its maiden flight the following month.
An F2H-2P Banshee assigned to Composite Squadron (VC) 62 pictured in flight over Oshin, Republic of Korea on July 10, 1953, sixty years ago today.
A flashback to the days when there was variety among the aircraft on U.S. Navy flattops, this image taken on July 10, 1980, thirty-three years ago today, shows Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 engaged in flight operations on board the carrier Ranger (CV 61) operating off the coast of Southern California.
Lieutenant Tom Reilly, a Landing Signal Officer (LSO) on board the carrier Hancock (CVA 19), races across the deck to avoid an approaching F7U-3 Cutlass in one of the most famous images ever shot on board a U.S. Navy flattop. This occurred on July 14, 1955, fifty-eight years ago today.
An F8F-1 Bearcat assigned to Carrier Qualification Training Unit (CQTU) 4 traps on board the light carrier Cabot (CVL 28) operating in the Gulf of Mexico on July 14, 1952, sixty-one years ago today.