 RF-4Bs of VMFP-3 were permanently deployed aboard the aircraft carrier from 1975 to 1984.A six-plane detachment operated as part of Carrier Air Wing Five, although retaining their own tail code "RF".In 1990 Marine tactical reconnaissance was taken over by the Advanced Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance System carried by McDonnell Douglas F/A-18D Hornet aircraft of Marine fighter attack squadrons (VMFA).