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| Keywords: McDonnell F-4Bs dropping bombs 1971.jpg Two McDonnell Douglas F-4B Phantom II fighters of fighter squadron VF-111 Sundowners foreground and VF-51 Screaming Eagles drop four Mk 82 500 lb/227 kg bombs each in 1971/72 Both aircraft werd deployed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea CVA-43 during a deployment to Vietnam in 1971/72 The F-4Bs are also armed with AIM-9D Sidewinder missiles The relatively small weapons load was typical for Coral Sea due to the limited catapult capacity scan from Robert L Lawson ed The History of US Naval Air Power The Military Press New York USA 1985 ISBN 0-517-414813 p 152 US Navy cited as source 1971/72 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy F-4B Phantom II Aerial photographs of F-4 Phantom II in flight AIM-9 Sidewinder Fighter Squadron 111 United States Navy Fighter Squadron 51 United States Navy Mark 82 bomb Bombing during the Vietnam War | ||||
