SEVENTH FLEET FLYING BROTHERS

A U.S.-Asian Fighter Weapons Conference was held at Clark AFB, Philippines, in 1959. For this conference the Seventh Fleet put together a team for the competition called the "Flying Brothers".

The team was equipped with F8U-1 Crusaders but was unable to compete because the competition was in close air support, skip bombing, air-to¬ground rocket-firing, glide bombing and strafing.

Because of this the F8Us were replaced by A4 Skyhawks in subse¬quent competitions. Markings were red check marks with a white 7 and black FLEET on the forward fuselage and black FLYING BROTHERS on the tail.