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| Keywords: F-4G VF-213 camouflaged Vietnam 1966.jpg A U S Navy McDonnell F-4G Phantom II aircraft BuNo 150484 of fighter squadron VF-213 Black Lions on the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63 during that carrier's deployment 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 Several aicraft in the standard grey/white paint scheme are visible in the background <br>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 used for USAF Wild Weasel conversions of F-4Es 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 32501 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 7303 010 1966-06-02 photographer PHC R E Rutledge USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy F-4G Phantom II US Navy version Aboard USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 Fighter Squadron 213 United States Navy Aircraft camouflage | ||||
