Keywords: F9F-8 of VA-44 on USS Saratoga (CVA-60) in 1956.jpg A U S Navy Grumman F9F-8 Cougar of Attack Squadron 44 VA-44 Hornets pictured on the starboard bow catapult on board the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga CVA-60 during the carrier's shakedown cruise in the Caribbean Sea Note the jet blast deflector that instead of being raised from the flight deck is on a swivel device <br> VA-44 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 4 CVG-4 aboard the Saratoga for her shakedown cruise from 18 August to 15 October 1956 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 53811 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 7406 006 1956-08-25 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Grumman F9F Cougar Attack Squadron 44 United States Navy Aboard USS Saratoga CV-60 Blast deflectors aircraft carrier |