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Cockpit of F-4 Phantom II. The F-4 Phantom is a tandem-seat fighter-bomber designed as a carrier-based interceptor to fill the U.S. Navy's fleet defense fighter role. Innovations in the F-4 included an advanced pulse-Doppler radar and extensive use of titanium in its airframe. [54]
VX-4 F-14 tail markings. January 1990 marked the end of the F-4 Phantom after nearly three decades of service with VX-4 and a few months later the F-14D Super Tomcat arrived. Also the same year they supervised the first operational test of the F-14D and the T-45 Goshawk. Throughout the year VX-4 developed tactics for the ALR-67 radar warning ...
Although gradual retirement of F-4 units started in 2017, a number of aircraft are still operational in multi-role missions with the 338 Squadron ”Ares” and the 339 Squadron "Ajax” based at Andravida Air Base. [10] The F-4E Phantom II PI2000 (AUP) has also been certified for use of GBU-27 Paveway III laser-guided bombs. F-4E Terminator 2020
An F-4 Phantom from VF-102 intercepting an Egyptian Air Force Tupolev TU-16 Badger over the Mediterranean Sea on 12 January 1971. VF-102 F-4J Phantom II circa 1977 In 1975 and 1978, VF-102 conducted cross-deck operations aboard HMS Ark Royal .
After that yearly combat cruises followed and VF-154 soon transitioned to the F-4 Phantom II and became part of Carrier Air Wing 2, where it remained until 1980. After a second cruise with USS Coral Sea, the squadron shifted carrier to USS Ranger and completing five more cruises to South East Asia. VF-154 F-4N Phantom II (right) aboard USS ...
A-7B from VA-146 and F-4J from VF-96 burning on USS Enterprise. Six squadron F-4Js were destroyed and ten crewmen killed during the USS Enterprise fire on 14 January 1969. VF-96 embarked aboard USS America for a deployment to Vietnam from 10 April to 21 December 1970. "Showtime 100", the VF-96 F-4J flown for three "kills" by Cunningham and Driscoll
The squadron later transitioned to the F-4N version of the Phantom, but it was scheduled to turn these in for the F-4J. From 9 March to 8 November 1973, VF-111 was deployed on USS Coral Sea . In 1975, both VF-51 and VF-111 received six F-4Js but, due to operational considerations regarding their next deployment, the two units reverted to the "N ...
The DACT detachment of VF-171 was located at NAS Key West, Florida, and flew the A-4 Skyhawk and the F-4 Phantom II. VF-171 assumed the Atlantic Fleet F-4 Fleet Replacement Squadron training role upon VF-101's transition to becoming the Fleet Replacement Squadron for the F-14 Tomcat.