Keywords: US Navy pilots of VF-17A at NAS Quonset Point in 1947.jpg The U S Navy's first jet pilots Pilots of Fighter Squadron 17A VF-17A pose with a McDonnell FH-1 Phantom fighter at Naval Air Station Quonset Point Rhode Island USA 12 August 1947 <br>Present are Back row L-R Lieutenant D Payne Lieutenant Commander W D Biggers Lieutenant C G Miller Lieutenant J Sullivan Lieutenant Commander R A Mayo Lieutenant E A Buxton;<br> Front row L-R Lieutenant D E Runyon Lieutenant Commander W W Brehm Lieutenant Junior Grade J Glover Ensign J Long and Lieutenant Junior Grade C C Dace Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-86000/NH-86374 html NH 86374 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1947-08-12 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy United States naval aviators Fighter Squadron 171 United States Navy McDonnell FH Phantom Naval Air Station Quonset Point |