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