A U.S. Navy Grumman F8F-2 <i>Bearcat</i> of Fighter Squadron 151 (VF-151) is loaded aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Boxer</i> (CV-21) at Naval Air Station Alameda, California (USA). VF-151 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 19 (CVG-19) aboard the <i>Boxer</i> for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 11 January to 13 June 1950. CVG-19 operated four squadrons of <i>Bearcats</i>. The carrier returned just two weeks before the outbreak of the Korean War. By the time, <i>Boxer</i> returned to Korea in August 1950, the F8Fs had been replaced with Vought F4U-4 <i>Corsair</i>s. Thus, the F8F missed a combat deployment. In the foreground is a Douglas AD-3 <i>Skyraider</i> from Attack Squadron 195 (VA-195) "Dambusters".
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/department_arch.html">U.S. Navy All Hands magazine</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah195003.pdf">March 1950</a>, p. 19.