Photo #: NH 97281
USS Boxer (CV-21)
Four F9F-2 "Panther" jet fighters roar past the carrier,
with dive brakes, landing gear and arresting hooks down, preparing
to land on board after returning from a mission over North Korea,
23 June 1951.
The planes and their pilots are from Fighter Squadron 721 (VF-721),
a Naval Reserve squadron formerly based at Naval Air Station,
Glenview, Illinois.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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