F3D-2 Skyknight night fighter

US Navy

Maintenance on the Westinghouse APQ-35 radar of a Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight night fighter.

Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight night fighter of Marine night fighter squadron VMF(N)-513 Flying Nightmares parked at airfield Kunsan in the Summer of 1953. Note APQ-35 standing on the right and the radar housing beyond.

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