File:Aircraft of U.S. Navy Air Task Group 3 in flight over a destroyer, in 1956.jpg

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English: Aircraft of the U.S. Navy Air Task Group 3 (ATG-3) in flight over a destroyer. ATG-3 was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La (CVA-38) for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 5 January to 23 June 1956. The following aircraft are visible (l-r):
  • a North American AJ-2 Savage of Composite Squadron 6 (VC-6) Det. J "Fleurs";
  • two McDonnell F2H-3 Banshees of Composite Squadron 3 (VC-3) Det. J "Blue Nemesis";
  • eight Grumman F9F-8 Cougars of Fighter Squadron 53 "Blue Knights".
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Shangri-La (CVA-38) Air Task Group 3 1956 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author U.S. Navy

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current07:10, 9 June 2018Thumbnail for version as of 07:10, 9 June 20181,299 × 587 (438 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description={{en|1=Aircraft of the U.S. Navy Air Task Group 3 (ATG-3) in flight over a destroyer. ATG-3 was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS ''Shangri-La'' (CVA-38) for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 5 January to 23 June 1956. The following aircaft are visible:>br> a North American AJ-2 ''Savage'' of Composite Squadron 6 (VC-6) Det. J "Fleurs";<br> two McDonnell F2H-3 ''Banshee''s of Composite Squadron 3 (VC-3) Det. J "Blue Nemesis"; eight G...