2018年12月16日 · A further 27 F-4Bs were “bought” from the Navy order for S 147.8 m on the understanding that the Navy would have them back once the USAF’s Phantom variant, the F-4C (originally F-110A Spectre under the pre-McNamara designations) began to roll off the line.

2025年1月24日 · (McDonnell Aircraft Corporation) U.S. Air Force F-110A Spectre 149405 armed with AIM-101 Sparrow missiles and Mk.82 500-pound bombs. (NARA) McDonnell built 5,057 Phantom IIs. They served with the United States Navy and Marine Corps, the U.S. Air Force, and many allied nations. The last Phantom II, an F-4E, was completed 25 October 1979.

2020年4月20日 · As Defense Secretary Robert McNamara’s push to create a fighter used across all branches of the military, the U.S. Air Force borrowed two Naval F-4Bs and temporarily designated them as the F-110A Spectre in January 1962.

The F-4C version was developed specifically for the Air Force and was externally similar to the Navy F-4B, including the tailhook. Differences included full dual controls, low pressure tires and deeper wheel wells, anti-skid braking, revised radar systems, and a refueling boom receptacle.

2024年10月27日 · The US Navy initially called the Phantom the F4H-1 and the United States Air Force called it the F-110A Spectre, but these were changed to F-4B and F-4C, respectively. This was as a result of the introduction of the Tri-Service aircraft designation system in 1962.

2024年8月13日 · Designated as the F-110A Spectre, the first Air Force derivatives were actually Navy F4H-1’s in disguise. In March 1962, the DoD announced that the aircraft would become the latest fighter and reconnaissance aircraft for the USAF.

24 January 1962: The McDonnell Aircraft Corporation delivered the first F-110A Spectre to Colonel Gordon Graham and Colonel George Laven, United States Air Force, at the McDonnell plant at St. Louis, Missouri. The F-110A was soon redesignated as the F-4C Phantom II.

2021年2月2日 · FLIGHTLINE 110: MCDONNELL F-110A SPECTRE. In 1962 the USAF ordered its own variant of the US Navy's F4H-1 fighter, which was briefly designated the F-110A Spectre before becoming the F-4C.

The F-110A was to be the tactical fighter version, with RF-110A being the tactical reconnaissance version. The name Spectre was assigned to the aircraft. In support of this program, the Defense Department instructed that McDonnell deliver two Navy F4H-1s to the Air Force for evaluation.

2020年8月20日 · Originally pitched by McDonnell to the Air Force as the F-110A Spectre, this smokey J-79 twin-engined beast was the Air Force's version of the famed, albeit Navy, F4H-1.