Four U.S. Navy Grumman F9F-8 <i>Cougar</i>s from Attack Squadron VA-56 "Boomerangs" in flight. VA-56 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 5 (CVG-5) aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Bon Homme Richard</i> (CVA-31) for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 12 July to 9 December 1957.
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U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv31-57/163.htm">[1]</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv31-57/index_023.htm">USS <i>Bon Homme Richard</i> (CVA-31) 1957 cruise book</a> available at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/index.html">Navysite.de</a>