![]() ![]() Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 333 (VMSB-333) was activated 1 August 1943 as at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. They were decommissioned on 31 March 1992. Known as the "Fighting Shamrocks" and “Trip Trey”, the squadron participated in action during World War II, the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm The squadron’s aircraft were easily recognizable by the row of three shamrocks painted on the vertical stabilizers of their aircraft. The paint scheme on our F-4J is that of the VF-114 Fighting Aardvarks, with their distinctive Aardvark on the tail - called "Zott" - a resemblance to the cartoon character in the "B.C" comic strip.Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 333 (VMFA-333) was a United States Marine Corps fighter squadron consisting of F/A-18 Hornets. The aircraft has most recently been in service against the Islamic State group in the Middle East. As of 2020, 62 years after its first flight, the F-4 remains in service with Iran, Japan, South Korea, Greece, and Turkey. Phantom production ran from 1958 to 1981, with a total of 5,195 built, making it the most produced American supersonic military aircraft. ![]() Israeli Phantoms saw extensive combat in several Arab–Israeli conflicts, while Iran used its large fleet of Phantoms, acquired before the fall of the Shah, in the Iran–Iraq War. The F-4 was also operated by the armed forces of 11 other nations. ![]() flight demonstration teams: the United States Air Force Thunderbirds (F-4E) and the United States Navy Blue Angels (F-4J). It was also the only aircraft used by both U.S. in the reconnaissance and Wild Weasel (Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses) roles in the 1991 Gulf War, finally leaving service in 1996. The F-4 Phantom II remained in use by the U.S. military air power throughout the 1970s and 1980s, being gradually replaced by more modern aircraft such as the F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon in the U.S. The F-4 continued to form a major part of U.S. Navy pilot and one radar intercept officer (RIO) became aces by achieving five aerial kills against enemy fighter aircraft. Air Force pilot, two weapon systems officers (WSOs), one U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps and became important in the ground-attack and aerial reconnaissance roles late in the war. It served as the principal air superiority fighter for the U.S. The F-4 was used extensively during the Vietnam War. Beginning in 1959, it set 15 world records for in-flight performance, including an absolute speed record and an absolute altitude record. Later models incorporated an M61 Vulcan rotary cannon. The F-4, like other interceptors of its time, was initially designed without an internal cannon. It can carry more than 18,000 pounds (8,400 kg) of weapons on nine external hardpoints, including air-to-air missiles, air-to-ground missiles, and various bombs. The Phantom is a large fighter with a top speed of over Mach 2.2. Proving highly adaptable, it was also adopted by the United States Marine Corps and the United States Air Force, and by the mid-1960s had become a major part of their air arms. It first entered service in 1961 with the Navy. The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed for the United States Navy by McDonnell Aircraft.
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