F7U-3M Cutlass aircraft of Attack Squadron (VA) 86 pictured on the flight deck of the carrier Forrestal (CVA 59) during flight operations in the Atlantic in 1956, fifty-eight years ago.
An F9F-6 Cougar of Fighter Squadron (VF) 24 pictured on the port bow catapult of the aircraft carrier Yorktown (CVA 10) while the pilot of another squadron aircraft awaits his turn during flight operations at sea on October 2, 1953, sixty-one years ago today.