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While the Tornado was in development, the RAF looked at interim measures to replace the Phantom, which had been in service for over a decade by 1980, and was beginning to suffer from fatigue issues; [146] one proposal was the lease or purchase of McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagles to re-equip No. 19 and No. 92 Squadrons, the units stationed in ...
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II [N 1] is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber that was developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy. [4]
From March 1976 to July 1992, No. 56 (Fighter) Squadron operated the McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2, flying from RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, becoming the penultimate unit to fly the type. Until 18 April 2008, the squadron was the Operational Conversion Unit for the Panavia Tornado F.3 at RAF Leuchars, Fife.
In turn, when the Phantom was replaced in service, its major roles required three separate aircraft." as above for the table in the "Aircraft replaced by and replacing the Phantom" section. Gone through list and dealt with all above areas. Hammersfan 23:42, 28 May 2016 (UTC) G'day, thanks, your changes look good. Thanks for your efforts.
Royal Navy Phantom in 1977. A total of 185 F-4 Phantoms were produced for and operated by the United Kingdom between 1968 and 1992.The Phantom replaced the de Havilland Sea Vixen in the Royal Navy fleet air defence role, and was initially procured to replace the Hawker Hunter in the close air support and tactical reconnaissance roles in the Royal Air Force.
Carried by the Blackburn Buccaneer and British Aerospace Harrier II, Hawker Siddeley Harrier, Hawker Siddeley Hawk, Hawker Siddeley Nimrod McDonnell Douglas Phantom, SEPECAT Jaguar Panavia Tornado and Panavia Tornado ADV. Skyflash - Obsolete medium-range semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile. In RAF service from 1978 to 2006.
This is covered in "Operators" and "Phantom locations" and "Aircraft replaced by and replacing the Phantom" as well as in the main body text. There are issues in between, but the Replacement section has a lot of issues, e.g. Contradictions between MRCA (Tornado) not being developed as an interceptor, and then in fact being developed thus.
A Spey-powered Phantom was not a new concept: McDonnell Douglas had considered the idea to meet the USAF TFX requirement, later satisfied by the General Dynamics F-111. [5] The Spey gave an increase of 10% in operational range, 15% increase in ferry range and better low-level acceleration, [ 5 ] however the increased drag of the engine ...