Image:F-4B VMFA-531 ArkRoyal1.jpg

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Description

A U.S. Marine Corps F-4B Phantom II fighter (BuNo 151477) of USMC fighter-bomber squadron VMFA-531 Grey Ghosts on the HMS Ark Royal. VMFA-531 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Group 17 (CVW-17) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CVA-59) for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 22 September 1972 to 6 July 1973. However, the F-4B 151477, tail code AA-207, operated from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (R09) from 23 February to 6 March 1973. During that time it carried the squadron markings of No. 892 Squadron, Ark Royal´s F-4K squadron, on its fin.

Source

U.S. Navy sailor or employee [1]

Date

1973

Author

Photographer: Wes Johnson, USN/USMC

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Public domain This image is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

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