Brand: Air
Commander
Model: AC1011,
McDonnell F-4J Phantom II, US Navy VF-33 Tarsiers, AG200, USS Dwight D.
Eisenhower, 1978
Material:
Diecast
Type:
Military Aircraft
Scale:
1/72
Length: 26.6cm, Wingspan:16.2cm, Height:6.9cm
[Stock Available. Original, Brand new and
unused]
Features:
- Limited Edition 600 pcs
- Opening canopies
- Detailed cockpit with removable crew figures
- Realistic panel lines and antennas
- Historically accurate printed graphics (no decals)
- Movable rudder
- Removable weapons and external fuel tanks (drop tanks)
- Optional extended landing gear
- Display Stand included
- Highly detailed superior graphics
- No painting required
- Limited edition model with certificate of authenticity.
Background:
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat,
twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and
fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States
Navy. Proving highly adaptable, it entered service with the Navy in 1961 before
it was adopted by the United States Marine Corps and the United States Air
Force, and by the mid-1960s it had become a major part of their air arms.
Phantom production ran from 1958 to 1981 with a total of 5,195 aircraft built,
making it the most produced American supersonic military aircraft in history,
and cementing its position as a signature combat aircraft of the Cold War.
The final variant of the McDonnell Douglas Phantom II was the F-4J; an improved
version of the F-4B and was produced for the USMC and USN. There were
approximately 520 airframe built with the first operational flight taking place
in 1966. The F-4J was provided with stronger landing gear and modifications to
the inner wings and tail. The F-4J also received the new J79-GE-10 engines
providing 17,900 lbs of thrust.
Fighter Squadron 33 (VF-33) was an aviation unit of the United States Navy.
Originally established on 11 October 1948 it was disestablished on 1 October
1993. It was the second U.S. Navy squadron to be designated VF-33.
In 1964 the unit transitioned to the F-4 Phantom II and would fly the Phantom
for the next seventeen years alongside its sister squadron VF-102. The first
VF-33 Phantom was the F-4B, which they flew until 1967 at which time they moved
up to the F-4J which featured better radar, higher thrust engines, slatted
tailplanes, extra fuel cells and a larger main wheels to handle the increased
weight. Between 1965 and 1968 Carrier Air Wing Six made the shakedown cruise
and three deployments aboard the USS America.
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