Details: F-4B Phantom II - VF-51 Screaming Eagles, USS Coral Sea, Vie

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HA1963	Corgi	F-4B Phantom II - VF-51 Screaming Eagles, USS Coral Sea, Vie	£ 0.00
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	Hobby Master 1/72 scale HA1963: McDonnell Douglas F-4B Phantom VF-51 "Screaming Eagles", CVW-15, US Navy on board the carrier USS Coral Sea during the Vietnam War in the 1970s. Production run of 1,400 models. Length 9.75 inches Wingspan 6.25 inches On February 1, 1943 VF-1 Screaming Eagles were established and re-designated VF-51 in August 1948. In 1971 VF-51 received the F-4B Phantom II and spent most of the 1970s over Vietnam, where they shot down 4 MiG-17s while assigned to the USS Coral Sea. VF-51 had several USN firsts, first to fly jets, first to operate jets from carriers. In Korea they were the first to fly jets into combat and to score air-to-air victories. On June 16, 1978 VF-51s F-4s were replaced by the F-14A. The F-4 Phantom II first entered US Military service in 1960. It was designed as a fleet defense fighter for the US Navy but by 1963 it was adopted as the US Air Force primary fighter-bomber. Despite the size and weight of this Cold War icon the F-4 broke 15 world records and continued to hold five of them until 1975. Produced from 1960 to 1981 there were 5,195 Phantom IIs manufactured. Eleven countries other than the USA had the Phantom II in their inventory.

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