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| Keywords: F-4 Phantoms on USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) in 1966.jpg Two U S Navy McDonnell F-4G Phantom II aircraft of Fighter Squadron VF-213 Black Lions on the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63 during that carrier's deployment to Vietnam from 19 October 1965 to 13 June 1966 The U S Navy experimented with aircraft camouflage and painted half of the aircraft of Attack Carrier Air Wing 11 CVW-11 with dark green colours to blend in with the Vietnamese jungle The results proved inconclusive for the U S Navy whereas the U S Air Force concluded that the camouflage was effective U S Navy planes would not be camouflaged until the 1980s Two F-4B Phantoms of VF-114 Aardvarks are painted in the standard paint scheme <br>The destroyer USS Massey DD-778 is visible in the background http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 32498 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 7303 008 1966-06-27 photographer PHC R E Rutledge USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy F-4B Phantom II F-4G Phantom II US Navy version Aboard USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 Fighter Squadron 114 United States Navy Fighter Squadron 213 United States Navy Aircraft camouflage Vietnam War in 1966 USS Massey DD-778 | ||||
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