Walk Around Photo Feature:       F-4S Phantom II

This is a walk around of an F4SPhantomII, I took these Photos at the Maps Air Museum in North Canton, Ohio in July 2015.

From the Museum Placard:

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a tandem two-seat twin-engined, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor fighter/fighter-bomber originally developed for the United States Navy my McDonnell Aircraft.  It first entered service in 1960 with the U.S. Navy.  Proving highlyt adaptable, it was also adopted by the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Air Force, and by the mid-1960s had become a major part of their respective air wings.

Quick Facts.

• Role:  Fighter/Interceptor, Fighter Bomber
• Manufacturer:  McDonnell-douglas Aircraft Corporation
• Produced: 1958 to 1981
• Number Built:  5,195
• First Flight:  May 27, 1958
• Introduction: December 30, 1960
• Retired:  June 1, 1996
• Cruise Speed:  585 mph
• Range:  1,615 miles
• Crew:  2

History of the Displayed Aircraft:

F-4S, Bureau Number 155764

• Jul 1968:   Build as F-4J at Mcdonnell-Douglas Aircraft, St. Louis Missouri.  Accepted by the United States Navy on 29 July 1968
• Jul 1968:   Fighter Squadron (VF)-21, Naval Air Station, (NAS),  Miramar, California
• Jul 1970:   VF-142, NAS, Miramar, California.  Deployed aboard U.S.S. Enterprise to Western Pacific (WESTPAC)/Vietnam/Indian Ocean Area of Operations.
• Oct 1971:    Fleet Air West Pacific Repair Facility (FAWPRA), Atsugi, Japan
• Jul 1972:   VF-213, NAS Miramar, California.
• Mar 1973:   VF-121, NAS Miramar, California
• Dec 1974:   VF-213, NAS Miramar, California.  Deployed aboard U.S.S. Kitty Hawk to Western Pacific (WESTPAC)/Vietnam/Indian Ocean Area of Operations.
• Dec 1975:  Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA)-251, Beaufort, South Carolina.
• Mar 1977:   VF-103, NAS, Oceana, Virginia.  Deployed aboard U.S.S. Saratoga to Mediterranean.
• Jul 1977:  VF-101, NAS, Oceana, Virginia. 
• Aug 1977:   VF-103, NAS, Oceana, Virginia.  Deployed aboard U.S.S. Saratoga to Mediterranean.
• Jul 1978:   VF-103, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS), Cherry Point, North Carolina.  Deployed aboard U.S.S. Saratoga to Mediterranean.
• Jan 1979:  VF-74, NAS, Oceana, Virginia. Deployed aboard U.S.S. Forrestal to Mediterranean.
• Jan 1982:  VF-171, NAS Oceana, Virginia
• Sep 1982:  Naval Aircraft Rework/Refit Facility (NARF), North Island, California.  Converted to F-4S
• Jun 1983   VMFA-251, Beaufort, South Carolina.  Deployed to MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina; Trondheim, Norway, and Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
• Apr 1989:  Withdrawn from service.  Scheduled to become part of Navy Drone Program.
• Jan 2003:  Drone program cancelled.  Aircraft dropped from Navy Inventory.
• Nov 2003:  Place on indefinite loan to MAPS from the United States Navy.