<p>Four U.S. Navy McDonnell F-4B <i>Phantom II</i> (BuNo 149460, 150450, 151430, 152208) of Fighter Squadron VF-14 "Tophatters" in flight. Operating the F-4B, VF-14 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>John F. Kennedy</i> (CVA-67) from November 1968 to December 1973.<br></p>
The photo was taken before 1973, as 149460 was retired to the MASDC as 8F0027 on 17 December 1972; 150450 was written off on 26 November 1973 while in service with VMFA-323; 151430 was converted to an F-4N and still in use as a ground target at China Lake in 2007. 152208 was converted to an F-4N and retired to the MASDC as 8F0101 on 12 March 1982.
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between 1968 and 1972 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1968-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1972-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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