File:F-8s launching from USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) off Vietnam in 1967.jpg

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Description U.S. Navy Vought F-8C Crusaders of Fighter Squadron 24 (VF-24) "Red Checkertails" and F-8Es of VF-211 "Checkmates" pictured on the catapults and positioned behind jet blast deflectors during flight operations on board the aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) off the coast of North Vietnam on 3 March 1967. Both squadrons were assigned to Carrier Air Wing 21 (CVW-21) aboard the Bon Homme Richard for a deployment to Vietnam from 26 January to 25 August 1967. During this cruise, each squadron shot down four North Vietnamese MiG-17 fighters in air-to-air combat. However, both squadrons also lost eight Crusaders in combat and one during operations.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.7337.003
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