Keywords: FH-1 Phantoms of VF-17A in flight 1948.jpg U S Navy McDonnell FH-1 Phantoms of Fighter Squadron VF-17A operating off the light aircraft carrier USS Saipan CVL-48 in 1948 During the exercises the planes made strafing runs on a floating target This was the first time that their guns had been fired from the air http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 20161 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 7238 006 1948-05 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy McDonnell FH Phantom Fighter Squadron 171 United States Navy |