McDonnell Douglas Phantom in UK service
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The United Kingdom operated the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II as one of its principal combat aircraft from 1968 to 1992. The UK was the first export customer for the Phantom, which was ordered in the context of political and economic difficulties around British designs for the roles that it eventually undertook. The Phantom was procured to serve in both the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA) and the Royal Air Force in several roles including air defence, close air support, low-level strike and tactical reconnaissance.
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McDonnell Douglas Phantom in UK service
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imp
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1966-06-27
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1967-02-17
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1984-08-10
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United States
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Fleet Air Arm
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Royal Air Force
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right
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F-4J
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F-4K
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F-4M
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Phantom in air superiority grey
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Phantom in grey-green camouflage
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F-4J Phantom F.3 ZE359
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F-4K Phantom FG.1 XV582
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F-4M Phantom FGR.2 XT914
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vertical
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right
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Initially delivered to air defence units in green-grey camouflage , the RAF later adopted a pale grey colour scheme for its Phantoms .
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Preserved UK Phantoms
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McDonnell Douglas F-4M Phantom FGR2, UK - Air Force AN0768772.jpg
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McDonnell Douglas F-4M Phantom FGR2, UK - Air Force AN1026412.jpg
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McDonnell Douglas F-4K Phantom FG1, UK - Air Force AN1137267.jpg
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McDonnell Douglas F-4M Phantom FGR2, UK - Air Force AN1451000.jpg
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McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom F3, UK - Air Force AN1516002.jpg
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1968-04-30
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1968-08-23
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1969-09-01
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1984-10-19
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Aircraft of the Royal Navy since 1945,
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1978-11-27
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1990-01-30
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1991-01-31
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Withdrawn
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Close air support
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Air defence interceptor
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Fleet air defence fighter
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Low level strike
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The United Kingdom operated the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II as one of its principal combat aircraft from 1968 to 1992. The UK was the first export customer for the Phantom, which was ordered in the context of political and economic difficulties around British designs for the roles that it eventually undertook. The Phantom was procured to serve in both the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA) and the Royal Air Force in several roles including air defence, close air support, low-level strike and tactical reconnaissance. Although assembled in the United States, the UK's early Phantoms were a special batch built separately with a significant amount of British technology as a means of easing the pressure on the domestic aerospace industry in the wake of major project cancellations. Two variants were initially built for the UK: the F-4K variant was designed from the outset as an air defence interceptor to be operated by the FAA from the Royal Navy's aircraft carriers, and the F-4M version was procured for the RAF to serve in the tactical strike and reconnaissance roles. In the mid-1980s, a third Phantom variant was obtained when 15 second-hand F-4J aircraft were purchased to augment the UK's air defences following the Falklands War. The Phantom entered service with both the FAA and the RAF in 1969. In FAA service, it had a secondary strike role, while in the RAF it was soon replaced in the strike role by other aircraft designed specifically for strike and close air support. By the mid-1970s, the Phantom had become the UK's principal interceptor, a role in which it continued until the early 1990s.
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*Air defence
**4 × AIM-7 Sparrow or Skyflash in fuselage recesses plus 4 × AIM-9 Sidewinders and 2 × Sparrow / Skyflash on wing pylons
**SUU-23/A gun pod on centreline pylon
*Strike
**Up to 180 SNEB 68mm unguided rockets;
**Mix of 500lb, 750lb and 1000lb free-fall or retarded bombs
**B28/B43/B57 tactical nuclear weapons
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*Ferranti AN/AWG-11 Multi-Mode Radar
*Marconi ARI18228 Radar Warning Receiver
*Marconi AN/ASN-39A computer
*AN/ARN-91 TACAN bearing/distance navigation system
*Cossor IFF
*STR-70P Radio Altimeter
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Rolls-Royce Spey 203
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low bypass turbofans
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at 40,000 ft
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1966
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1978-11-27
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