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VF-124 Stingarees squadron patch as worn on G-1 leather flight jackets during the Far Eastern cruise aboard USS Hancock CVA-19, 1955–56. Fighter Squadron 124 or VF-124 was an aviation unit of the United States Navy.
USS Hancock (CV/CVA-19) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. Hancock was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the namesake of Founding Father John Hancock , president of the Second Continental Congress and first governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
The combination of supersonic aircraft and modified World War II small deck, "27-Charley" carriers such as USS Hancock – VF-154's assigned carrier – was not easy on aircraft or pilots – VF-154 lost a full squadron of aircraft (14) and 20% of its pilots in the process. VF-154 F-8 Crusaders on the flight line at Moffett Field, circa 1958.
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25 February – HMS Ark Royal (R09) commissioned, incorporating an angled flight deck, two steam catapults, and a mirror landing system. [50] 6 April – USS Franklin D. Roosevelt recommissioned with angled flight deck, steam catapult and hurricane bow. [18] 14 May – Warsaw Pact formed. July – USS Midway decommissioned for modernisation. [27]
USS Intrepid showing her SCB-27C configuration.. The two sub-types of SCB-27 modifications were primarily a result of changes in catapult technology in the early-1950s. SCB-27A vessels used a pair of H 8 slotted-tube hydraulic catapults, while the later SCB-27C vessels were fitted with a pair of C 11 steam catapults, a British innovation (in fact the first four installed, on Hancock and ...
From 7 January to 3 October 1972, VF-211 was deployed on USS Hancock. On 23 May LT Jerry Tucker engaged a VPAF MiG-17 forcing the pilot to eject before he could fire. [4] On 20 June F-8J #150923 was hit by antiaircraft fire, the pilot ejected successfully and was rescued. [7] From 8 May 1973 to 8 January 1974, VF-211 was deployed on USS Hancock.
A bomb that struck the flight deck would likely penetrate and explode in the hangar deck, but the armour there could still protect the ship's vitals – including the engine spaces and fuel storage. The flight deck could also possibly fuze light bombs prematurely, which would reduce the chance of them going through the hangar deck.