This official U.S. Navy photograph depicts a Grumman F9F-2 Panther, one of the Navy's first successful carrier-based jet fighters, prominently marked with the 'NE' tail code and modex 312. Entering service in the late 1940s, the Panther saw extensive combat during the Korean War and served as a workhorse of U.S. carrier aviation through the early-to-mid 1950s. Project: 218217