Astronaut Neil Armstrong is greeted by Vice Adm. Allen G. Myers, commander of Naval Air Forces (CNAF), before receiving a brief, along with other Korean War- era members of Fighter Squadron (VF) 51, the Screaming Eagles, on the current state of naval aviation. VF-51 is notable in Navy history as the first squadron to operate jet aircraft, conduct a jet carrier landing and fly jet aircraft in combat.

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Astronaut Neil Armstrong is greeted by Vice Adm. Allen G. Myers, commander of Naval Air Forces (CNAF), before receiving a brief, along with other Korean War- era members of Fighter Squadron (VF) 51, the Screaming Eagles, on the current state of naval aviation. VF-51 is notable in Navy history as the first squadron to operate jet aircraft, conduct a jet carrier landing and fly jet aircraft in combat.

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