Keywords: Grumman F9F-8B Cougars VF-81 Aug1958.jpg Four U S Navy Grumman F9F-8B Cougar fighters of Fighter Squadron VF-81 Crusaders in August 1958 VF-81 was deployed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid CVA-11 to the North Atlantic from June to August 1958 as part of Air Task Group 101 ATG-101 VF-81 was then re-equipped with the Douglas A4D-2 Skyhawk and redesignated Attack Squadron VA-81 on 1 July 1959 In 1963 the squadron nickname was changed to Sunliners scan from Robert L Lawson ed The History of US Naval Air Power The Military Press New York USA 1985 ISBN 0-517-414813 p 132 US Navy cited as source 1958-08 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy Grumman F9F Cougar Strike Fighter Squadron 81 United States Navy |