El Club del Phantom

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A U.S. Navy McDonnell F-4J Phantom II of Fighter Squadron VF-74 Be-Devilers escorting a Libyan Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 over Gulf of Sidra in August 1981. VF-74 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CV-59) for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 2 March to 15 September 1981.
On 19 August 1981, two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 attack aircraft fired upon and were subsequently shot down by two U.S. Navy Grumman F-14A Tomcats of VF-41, assigned to CVW-8 aboard the USS Nimitz (CVN-68).

 

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Personnel crowd "Vulture's Row" on board the British Royal Navy aircraft carrier Hermes as an F-4B Phantom II of Fighter Squadron (VF) 96 conducts flight operations on January 17, 1963, fifty-one years ago today. The pilot of the airplane was Lieutenant Richard F. Gordon, just months away from his selection as an astronaut, while the radar intercept officer was Lieutenant (junior grade) C. I. Webster.
 

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An F-4B Phantom II of Fighter Squadron (VF) 213 pictured just moments after trapping on the flight deck of the carrier Kitty Hawk (CVA 63) operating in the Gulf of Tonkin on January 28, 1968, forty-six years ago today.
 

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A rare photo of an RAAF F-4E with the AIM-7 Sparrow and AIM-9 Sidewinder.The RAAF carried out a trial for the USAF at Darwin to cold soak the
missiles at very cold temperatures at high altitude. ARDU assisted with the telemetry tasks.Climbing the crew ladder of 69-7211 "11" is
is FLTLT Bren Roberts (P) and tweaking the inertial navigation system is FLTLT Noel Ryan (AEO.(Photo:Noel Ryan)

 

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RAAF F-4E 69-0305 in company with RAAF 77 Sqn Mirage III0 A3-73 in October 1971.
Note that "05" is yet to be painted on the Phantom's tail.(Photo:Noel Ryan)

 
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