Three U.S. Navy officers confer on the flight line beside the nose of a radial-engine aircraft, circa late 1940s-1950s. The naval aviator wings and ribbon bars worn by two of the men reflect service records built during World War II and carried into the postwar Navy. Photographs like this one, drawn from a personal collection referencing stops at the Azores, Hickam Field, and England, document the far-flung deployments of naval aviation squadrons during the early Cold War period. Project: 218522