Pictures of Cold War aircraft.

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A FORD! F4D

To be precise...
A Douglas F4D-1 Skyray of Fighter Squadron 13 (VF-13) "Night Cappers" approaching the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex (CVA-9). VF-13 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 10 (CVG-10) on Essex´s last deployment as an attack carrier to the Mediterranean Sea from 7 August 1959 to 26 February 1960.
U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News September 1960


Here is F4D of VF-74 aboard CVA-42 with its APQ-50A radar slid forward on its mounting rails for maintenance sometime between July 1957 and March 1958:

 
Ja but it's not a Cheby
 

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