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| Keywords: F-4G Phantom II of VF-121 at NAS Miramar 1966.jpg A U S Navy McDonnell F-4G Phantom II BuNo 150642 of Fighter Squadron VF-121 at Naval Air Station Miramar California USA 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 <br> Note the camouflage This F-4G came from VF-213 which had been deployed with Carrier Air Wing 11 CVW-11 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63 to Vietnam from 19 October 1965 to 13 June 1966 The U S Navy experimented with aircraft camouflage and painted half of the aircraft of Attack Carrier Air Wing 11 CVW-11 with dark green colours to blend in with the Vietnamese jungle The results proved inconclusive for the U S Navy whereas the U S Air Force concluded that the camouflage was effective U S Navy planes would not be camouflaged until the 1980s <br> 150642 was converted back to an F-4B in October 1966 an again converted to an F-4N in October 1973 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 28568 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 7284 017 1966-07-17 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy F-4G Phantom II US Navy version Fighter Squadron 121 United States Navy Military aircraft at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar | ||||
