File:FH-1 Phantoms of VF-17A in flight 1948.jpg

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Description U.S. Navy McDonnell FH-1 Phantoms of Fighter Squadron VF-17A operating off the light aircraft carrier USS Saipan (CVL-48), in 1948. During the exercises the planes made strafing runs on a floating target. This was the first time that their guns had been fired from the air.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.7238.006
Author U.S. Navy

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