<p>A U.S. Navy Douglas F4D-1 <i>Skyray</i> (BuNo 134967) from Fighter Squadron VF-213 "Black Lions" in flight. VF-213 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 21 (CVG-21) aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Lexington</i> (CVA-16) for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 14 July to 19 December 1958.<br></p>
The <i>Skyray</i> is armed with AIM-9B <i>Sidewinder</i> missiles and flies a patrol during the 1958 Taiwan Strait Crisis.
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circa September 1958 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1958-09-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902</div>
U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv16-58/114.htm">[1]</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv16-58/index_006.htm">USS <i>Lexington</i> (CVA-16) 1958 cruise book</a> available at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/index.html">Navysite.de</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://collections.naval.aviation.museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery.php">U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation</a> photo No. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://collections.naval.aviation.museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display.php?irn=35328&amp;QueryPage=%2Femuwebdoncoms%2Fpages%2Fdoncoms%2FAdvQuery.php">1996.253.7327.038</a>