File:F9F-6 Cougars on Yorktown 1953.jpg
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Four U.S. Navy Grumman F9F-6 Cougars of Fighter Squadron 24 (VF-24) "Corsairs" aboard the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CVA-10). VF-24 assigned to Carrier Air Group 2 (CVG-2) aboard the Yorktown for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 3 August 1953 to 3 March 1954. VF-24 was redesignated VF-211 on 9 March 1959. In 1960 the squadron nickname was changed to Fighting Checkmates. |
| Date | circa 1953 |
| Source | scan from Robert L. Lawson (ed.): The History of US Naval Air Power. The Military Press, New York (USA), 1985. ISBN 0-517-414813, p. 102. US Navy cited as source. |
| Author | USN |
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