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Aircraft:
McDonnell Douglas F-4S Phantom II
- Reg: 157307 photos
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Serial #:
4018
- Airline: United States - US Marine Corps (USMC)
- Photo Date: Sep 19, 2019
- Uploaded: Apr 28, 2020
- Other Location - NASM Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center, USA - Virginia
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Del/18/12/1970 Former US Navy as 157307, Transferred to VF-31, NAS Oceana, VA. On May 18, 1972, the squadron started combat operations on Yankee Station, off the coast of Vietnam. While on a flight on June 21, 1972, its last day on station, 157307 was launched that day on a MIGCAP (MiG Combat Air Patrol) with VF-31s Executive Officer, Cdr. S.C. Flynn, USN, as pilot, and Lt. W.H. John as the Radar Intercept Officer (RIO). This was not their regularly assigned airplane. They spotted 3 MiGs and in the ensuing engagement shot down one MiG-21 with a Sidewinder missile (AIM-9). This action marked a first for the Saratoga Air Wing and for an East Coast fighter squadron. Preserved at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.
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Del/18/12/1970 Former US Navy as 157307, Transferred to VF-31, NAS Oceana, VA. On May 18, 1972, the squadron started combat operations on Yankee Station, off the coast of Vietnam. While on a flight on June 21, 1972, its last day on station, 157307 was launched that day on a MIGCAP (MiG Combat Air Patrol) with VF-31s Executive Officer, Cdr. S.C. Flynn, USN, as pilot, and Lt. W.H. John as the Radar Intercept Officer (RIO). This was not their regularly assigned airplane. They spotted 3 MiGs and in the ensuing engagement shot down one MiG-21 with a Sidewinder missile (AIM-9). This action marked a first for the Saratoga Air Wing and for an East Coast fighter squadron. Preserved at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.Camera
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Aircraft
- Reg: 157307 photos
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Aircraft:
McDonnell Douglas F-4S Phantom II
- Airline: United States - US Marine Corps (USMC)
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Serial #:
4018
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Photo Location
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Other Location - NASM Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center
- USA - Virginia
