File:RF4B VMFP3.JPEG

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Description Two McDonnellDouglas RF-4B Phantom II aircraft (BuNos 157346, 157349) from Marine Photo-Reconnaissance Squadron 3 (VMFP-3) pass over the mountains during a flight out of Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California. VMFP-3 was the last active-duty naval aviation unit to fly the F-4. Both aircraft were retired on 10 August 1990. 157349 is today on display at the National Museum of Naval Aviation at Pensacola, Florida (USA).
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Source U.S. DefenseImagery photo VIRIN: DN-SC-92-00913
Author Robert Lawson, USN
Date Photo was taken is not possible. This paint scheme discontinued from use mid 1987, in favor of "tactical grey" camoflage paint pattern as per the NavAir - 01 - 1A Manuals for the RF-4B aircraft.

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This image was made by Bob Lawson, Editor-in-Chief of THE HOOK magazine, on a flight 10 July 1990, in the course of preparing an article on VMFP-3, "The Last of a Breed," that appeared in the Fall 1990 issue of THE HOOK, the official publication of the Tailhook Association.

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