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About the McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II Marines
When test pilot Robert C. Little prepared to take off in the YF4H-1
prototype on May 27, 1958, few onlookers could have guessed at the
success story yet to unfold. Over thirty years from that faithful day,
the successors of that prototype, the Phantom series of aircraft, would
be protecting the skies over the free world and see adoption by eleven
nations including the U.S. Navy, Air Force and Marines. The Phantom II
was developed by McDonnell Douglas and first pitted against Voughts
F8U-3 Crusader III to see which aircraft would be the Navys next main
carrier-borne fighter. In 1959, the selection was made in favor of the
robust Phantom II. The early production model, the F4H-1F, underwent
various tests and training exercises, eventually leading to the F4H-1
model, which was deployed to several Navy and Marine divisions. In 1962,
in efforts to unify the names of Navy and Air Force aircraft, the F4H-1F
and F4H-1 became designated the F-4A and F-4B respectively.
Just after its adoption by the Navy, the Phantom II showed the world
what it was made of, breaking record after record, including top-speed,
altitude, and time-to-climb. To top off these results, the U.S. Navy ran
Project LANA, a transcontinental speed race. The roman L stood for the
number 50, for 50 th Anniversary of Naval Aviation. The contest was to
demonstrate the Phantoms shocking speed and reach. Based on this
impressive track record, and on comparative tests against Air Force
fighters at the time, it was decided that the next main fighter of the
Air Force would also be the Navys Phantom II. The F-4B version was
specially tailored to the needs of the Air Force, and became designated
the F-4C. Further improvements to that aircraft resulted in the F-4D model.
The Navy continued to make improvements to the Phantom II. Mounting the
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