Checkerboard Fury: 110,743 rounds on Deployment

From the February 1959 issue of Navy Aviation News comes this article about the month-long deployment of the Checkerboards of Marine Fighter Squadron (VMF) 312 to Cuba. Sent down south during the height of the Cuban Revolution, their 24 FJ-2 Furies flew 1,300 flight hours of diplomacy and fired over 110,743 rounds in air-to-air target quals from their Colt Mk