This painting by the renowned aviation artist R. G. Smith depicts the first known jet-to-jet night kill. On November 3, 1952, USMC Maj. William T. Stratton was flying an F3D-2 Skyknight night fighter, with MSgt. Hans C. Hoglind as radar operator, when t
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Thank you to the Mario Family Foundation for enabling the digitization of the U.S. Naval Institute’s Photo Archive. The physical photos in the Photo Archive are stored in the Mildred M. Mario Photo Archive Room located at the U.S. Naval Institute’s Headquarters in Annapolis, MD.

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