A U.S. Navy Grumman F9F-2 Panther (BuNo 123469, nicknamed "Papasan") attached to fighter squadron VF-71, Carrier Air Group Seven (CVG-7), on the USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) flies over Task Force 77 engaged operations against North Korean targets on 1 August 1952.
The carriers were USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31), USS Essex (CV-9) (right) and the USS Princeton (CV-37).
"Papasan," 101/L, was usually flown by LCDR J. M. Hill, commander of VF-71 off the USS Bon Homme Richard.
RIMPAC 2012 with USS Nimitz and CSG11 along with ships from Australia, Canada, Chile, France, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Russia, Singapore
A long queue of aircraft taxiing to be loaded onto USS Yorktown (CV-5) at NAS North Island in June 1940.
USS Ticonderoga at Naval Air Station Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States, 30 May 1944
USS Essex, USS Ticonderoga, USS Yorktown, USS Lexington, USS Bunker Hill, and and USS Bon Homme Richard at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington, United States, 23 Apr 1948
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