 Around 15 RAF squadrons received various marks of Phantom , many of them based in Germany . The first to be equipped was No. 6 Squadron at RAF Leuchars in July 1969 . One noteworthy deployment was to No. 43 Squadron where Phantom <unk> remained the squadron equipment for 20 years , arriving in September 1969 and departing in July 1989 . During this period the squadron was based at Leuchars . 
