MAKE A MEME
View Large Image
| View Original: | F-4G_Phantom_II_US_Navy_c1965.JPEG (2810x1880) | |||
| Download: | Original | Medium | Small | Thumb |
| Courtesy of: | commons.wikimedia.org | More Like This | ||
| Keywords: F-4G Phantom II US Navy c1965.JPEG A U S Navy pilot sits in the cockpit of a Naval Air Test Center McDonnell F-4G Phantom II aircraft BuNo 150489 parked on an elevator aboard the aircraft carrier USS America CVA-66 in 1967 The Phantom was 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 It was converted to an F-4B again in December 1969 and modernized to F-4N in March 1974 It was finally placed in storage at the Naval Weapons Center China Lake California on 27 August 1982 Notice the retractable radar reflector immediately ahead of the nose-wheel bay typical for the U S Navy F-4G U S DefenseImagery http //www defenseimagery mil photo VIRIN http //www defenseimagery mil/imagery html guid 30d8226e25a03ed58273a819823b38103671a929 DN-ST-88-00735 1967-10-15 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy F-4G Phantom II US Navy version Aboard USS America CV-66 Aviation in the 1960s | ||||
