HVAR Photographs | World War II Database

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HVAR 5-inch air-to-surface rocket schematic	HVAR air-to-surface rockets mounted on a P-51D Mustang of the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan at Hofu Airfield, 1948.	F4U-4B Corsairs of Fighter Squadron VF-54 ‘Copperheads’ armed with HVAR air-to-surface rockets preparing for launch from the carrier USS Valley Forge, 1 May 1950 off Korea.	F4U Corsair fighter firing HVAR rockets, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, United States, United States, 15 Jun 1950; this was part of the review held for US President Harry Truman

F4U-4B Corsair fighter of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-214 being readied for a mission aboard USS Sicily, off Korea, Aug-Nov 1950, Note the HVAR rockets.	F4U-5N Corsair fighter of US Marine Corps squadron VMF(N)-513 at rest, Wonsan, Korea, 2 Nov 1950, photo 1 of 2. Note the HVAR rockets.	F4U-5N Corsair fighter of US Marine Corps squadron VMF(N)-513 at rest, Wonsan, Korea, 2 Nov 1950, photo 2 of 2. Note the HVAR rockets.	F4U-4B Corsair fighters of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-323 being equipped with 12.7cm napalm canisters and HVAR rockets aboard USS Badoeng Strait off Korea, 1 Dec 1950

Australian Air Force armorer cleaning the bore of a .50 caliber machine gun in the wing of a RAAF 77 Squadron P-51D Mustang in Korea, 1951. Note the HVAR air-to-surface rockets mounted under the wing.	Standard HVAR air-to-surface rocket wing loading on an A-26B Invader, probably Korea, early 1950s.	Wing-mounted HVAR air-to-surface rockets during the Korean War, circa 1951.	F4U-4 Corsair fighters of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-323 at an airfield at Seoul, Korea, 29 Apr 1951. Note the HVAR rockets on the Corsair in the background.

HVAR air-to-surface rockets being mounted on P-51D Mustangs of the 39th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at the Chinhae Air Base (now Jinhae), South Korea, May 51. Note the large rocket trailer in the foreground.	North American F-51D Mustang fighters of No. 2 Squadron of the South African Air Force at the Chinhae Air Base (now Jinhae), South Korea, 1 May 1951. Note wing-mounted HVAR air-to-surface rockets.	Armorers equipping a F4U-4B Corsair fighter of US Navy squadron VF-64 with Ram and HVAR rockets aboard USS Philippine Sea, off Korea, 21 May 1951	F4U-4 Corsair fighters preparing to launch from USS Boxer off Korea, Jul 1951

Stockpile of HVAR air-to-surface rockets at the Chinhae Air Base (now Jinhae), South Korea, home of the 18th Fighter-Bomber Group and their P-51D Mustangs, Oct 51.