File:F-4G VF-213 CVA-63 1966.jpg
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| Description | A McDonnell F-4G Phantom II (BuNo 150642) of fighter squadron VF-213 Black Lions about to be launched from the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) in 1966. The Phantom is one of the short-lived USN-F-4Gs, 12 were converted from F-4Bs with AN/ASW-12 two-way datalink communication system and approach power compensator which, coupled with the shipboard AN/SPN-10 radar and AN/USC-1 datalink allowed hands-off carrier landings. All surviving F-4Gs were rebuilt as F-4Bs in October 1966, one had been shot down over Vietnam. The designation "F-4G" was later reused for USAF "Wild Weasel" conversions of F-4Es. |
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| current | 19:10, 18 November 2007 | | 1,280 × 832 (153 KB) | Cobatfor (talk | contribs) | {{Information |Description=A McDonnell F-4G ''Phantom II'' (BuNo 150642) of figher squadron VF-213 ''Black Lions'' about to be launched from the aircraft carrier ''USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63)'' in 1966. The ''Phantom'' is one of the short-lived USN-F-4Gs, 12 |
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