Mustangs on a Carrier
Per request, USS Boxer CV-21 having F-51D loaded aboard at NAS Alameda, CA, for transport to East Asia in July 1950. On 14–22 July, the ship carried an emergency shipment of 170 Air Force and Navy aircraft, plus personnel and equipment, to the Korean War zone in a record 8½-day trans-Pacific crossing. #ussboxer #cv21 #f51 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari
USS Boxer CV-21 (1951)
A look back to September 1951 with USS Boxer CV-21 and two F4U-5N's of VC-3 flying past the carrier, during combat operations off Korea....
USS Boxer CVA-21 (1953)
A look back at USS Boxer CVA-21 off the coast of North Korea in July 1953. The aircraft are being repositioned forward in order to...
