The Snapshots in Time Collection
U.S. Navy Carrier Jet Fighter '114/79' on Flight Deck, 1950s Era
A U.S. Navy jet fighter, marked '114/79,' comes in for a landing aboard an aircraft carrier's straight flight deck during the early Cold War era. Photographs like this document the rapid transition of naval aviation from propeller-driven aircraft to jets in the years following World War II. Project: 218217