U.S. Navy McDonnell FH-1 <i>Phantom</i>s of Fighter Squadron VF-17A operating off the light aircraft carrier USS <i>Saipan</i> (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.
U.S. Navy
1948-05
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