File:View of an airpower demonstration near the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA-34), in 1956.jpg

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English: View of an airpower demonstration near the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA-34), meaning that the ship's aircraft dropped live munitions on the sea to impress spectators. In the foreground is a Piasecki HUP-2 Retriever of Helicopter Utility Squadron 1 (HU-1) Det. M "Pacific Fleet Angels". HU-1 Det. M was assigned to Carrier Air Group 9 (CVG-9) aboard the Oriskany for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 11 February to 13 August 1956.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Oriskany (CVA-34) 1956 cruise book available at Navysite.de
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current06:36, 16 December 2018Thumbnail for version as of 06:36, 16 December 2018950 × 677 (541 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description={{en|1=View of an airpower demonstration near the aircraft carrier USS ''Oriskany'' (CVA-34), meaning that the ship's aircraft dropped live munitions on the sea to impress spectators. In the foreground is a Piasecki HUP-2 ''Retriever'' of Helicopter Utility Squadron 1 (HU-1) Det. M "Pacific Fleet Angels". HU-1 Det. M was assigned to Carrier Air Group 9 (CVG-9) aboard the ''Oriskany'' for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 11 February to...