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Description A U.S. Navy McDonnell F-4B-26-MC Phantom II (BuNo 153915) of Fighter Squadron 161 (VF-161) "Chargers" in flight. VF-161 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 5 (CVW-5) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CVA-41) for a deployment to Vietnam from 10 April 1972 to 8 March 1973. Lieutenants Patrick Arwood and James Bell shot down a North Vietnamese Mikoyan-Gurevitch MiG-19 on 18 May 1972 flying 153915. The aircraft is today on display at the U.S. National Naval Aviation Museum at Pensacola, Florida (USA).
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. NNAM.1996.253.7293.013
Author U.S. Navy, photographed by a Vought RF-8G Crusader of VFP-63, Det.3.

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