The U.S. Navy McDonnell F-4B-17-MC <i>Phantom II</i> (BuNo 151440) of Fighter Squadron 96 (VF-96) "Fighting Falcons" jettisons LAU-3 rocket pods over the South China Sea before landing after a mission in Vietnam. VF-96 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Ranger</i> (CVA-61) for a deployment to Vietnam from 5 August 1964 to 6 May 1965.
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circa 1965 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1965-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/department_arch.html">U.S. Navy All Hands magazine</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah196506.pdf">June 1965</a>, p. 38.