<p>Aircraft of the U.S. Navy Carrier Air Group 2 (CVG-2) flying over their parent aircraft carrier USS <i>Shangri-La</i> (CVA-38). CVG-2 was assigned to the <i>Shangri-La</i> for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 13 November 1956 to 20 May 1957. Shown are (top to bottom):<br>
a North American FJ-3D <i>Fury</i> of Guided Missile Group GMGRU-1 Det.A;<br>
an FJ-3 of Fighter Squadron VF-24 "Corsairs";<br>
a Grumman F9F-8P <i>Cougar</i> of Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron VFP-61 Det.A "Eyes of the Fleet";<br>
an  F9F-8 of Attack Squadron VA-63 "Fighting Redcocks";<br>
a Vought F7U-3M <i>Cutlass</i> of Air Test and Development Squadron VX-4 Det.A "Evaluators";<br>
a McDonnell F3H-3 <i>Banshee</i> of VF-64 "Free Lancers";<br>
a North American AJ-2 <i>Savage</i> of Heavy Attack Squadron VAH-6 Det.A "Fleurs";<br>
a Douglas AD-5W <i>Skyraider</i> of Airborne Early Warning Squadron VAW-11 Det.A "Early Eleven";<br>
an AD-4Q of VA-65 "Fist of the Fleet";<br>
an AD-5N of All-Weather Attack Squadron VA(AW)-35 Det.A "Night Hecklers";<br></p>
an AD-6 of VA-65.
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U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv38-57/244.htm">[1]</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv38-57/index_016.htm">USS <i>Shangri-La</i> (CVA-38) 1956-57 cruise book</a> available at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/index.html">Navysite.de</a>