History

Korea: 1950 to 1953

By the end of the 1940s, the Blue Angels were flying their first jet aircraft, the Grumman F9F-2 Panther. In response to the demands placed on Naval Aviation in the Korean Conflict, the team reported to the aircraft carrier USS Princeton as the nucleus of Fighter Squadron 191 (VF-191), "Satan's Kittens", in 1950.

1951 saw the Navy use jet fighters in a bombing role, when two F9F-2B Panthers of VF-191, from USS Princeton (CV 37), attacked a railroad bridge near Songjin. They were each loaded with four 250- and two 100-pound general purpose bombs

Deployments

From	To	Carrier	Aircraft Type	Tailcode	Theatre
Nov 1950	May 1951	USS Princeton (CV-37)	Grumman F9F-2B Panther	B1	Korea
Mar 1952	Nov 1952	USS Princeton (CV-37)	Grumman F9F-2B Panther	B	Korea