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Air Force pilot and two weapon systems officers (WSOs),and one U.S. fighter flown by pilots who attained ace status in the 20th century. The Phantom has the distinction of being the last U.S. It served as the principal air superiority fighter for both the Navy and Air Force, and became important in the ground-attack and aerial reconnaissance roles late in the war. The F-4 was used extensively during the Vietnam War. Beginning in 1959, it set 15 world records for in-flight performance, including an absolute speed record, and an absolute altitude record. Later models incorporated an M61 Vulcan rotary cannon. The F-4, like other interceptors of its time, was designed without an internal cannon. It can carry more than 18,000 pounds (8,400 kg) of weapons on nine external hardpoints, including air-to-air missiles, air-to-ground missiles, and various bombs. The Phantom is a large fighter with a top speed of over Mach 2.2. Air Force, and by the mid-1960s had become a major part of their air wings. Proving highly adaptable, it was also adopted by the U.S. It first entered service in 1960 with the U.S. The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed for the United States Navy by McDonnell Aircraft. The F-4 was rolled right into the lobby of the Nugget Hotel (a first for PCAM) and was a huge hit with the current generation of Naval Aviators that have only seen Phantoms in museums, and it evoked sentimental memories from the veterans that flew the mighty F-4 Phantom II.McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II flight at Aviation Nation Air Show. By this time the F-4 Sim was in need of a total restoration and Mark had less than two weeks to get it done.

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In September 2014 our Director of Aircraft Acquisitions Mark Fajardin was asked to display the Blue Angels Simulator at the US Navy Tailhook Convention in Sparks Nevada. Since then our F-4N Simulator has had a successful career educating and inspiring our youth, supporting the military, and promoting aviation at events around the west coast. After that show the Sim was put into storage and forgotten until 2006 when it was offered to the Pacific Coast Air Museum. The military brought the Blue Angels Simulator to our 1998 air show for the first time, and it was a big hit.

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This Simulator was removed from the training building at Naval Air Station Fallon Nevada and the personnel at Intermediate Maintenance (AIMD) put a sheet metal skin around it, painted it in Blue Angels colors, and built a custom trailer to transport it on. Even though it looks like a real F-4N, it is not. Our Blue Angels F-4N Phantom II is a cockpit simulator used to train Phantom pilots.

The F-4 also flew with the US Navy Blue Angels (F-4J) and US Air Force Thunderbirds (F-4E) throughout the mid 1960’s and 70’S.

A total of 5,195 F-4’s were built from 1954 to 1979 serving with the US Navy, US Marine Corps, US Air Force, and numerous foreign nations. The F-4 Phantom II is a fighter-bomber with a top speed greater than Mach 2.2 and can carry more than 18,000 pounds of weapons including air-to-air missiles, air-to-ground missiles, and various bombs. In 1959 the Navy began training the first squadron of Phantom pilots, and in December 1960 the F4H-1F was introduced to the fleet off the coast of Virginia. The first prototype was flown in May 1958 and christened the “Phantom II” in honor of the FH-1 Phantom aircraft that first made McDonnell a viable company. Timmes, concurrently began refining its mission and detailed specifications would change the attack aircraft back to a fighter interceptor, and the F4H-1 was born.

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In 1954 the Navy issued a full scale development contract that would result in an attack aircraft designated the AH-1.

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The first iteration of the F-4 began in September 1953, when McDonnell engineers submitted a design proposal to the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics (BuAer) for an F3H-G/H, an update of the McDonnell F3H Demon. Blue Angels F-4N Phantom II Cockpit Simulator