Mon, Mar 16, 2009
Aero-Linx!
Scouring the information super airways can sometimes be a tough,
if educational, task for the Aero-News staff... but it also allows
us to check out some truly neat and exciting sites, so it's not
that bad a gig. On any given day, we may check dozens (and often
hundreds) of different sources for story ideas, and facts
confirmation. And, as is the nature of our business, much of this
is done on the Internet.
The ANN gang decided we probably shouldn't keep some of the neat
sites, info resources, and organizations we've discovered to
ourselves... so we decided to bring you Aero-Linx. These are the
sites that WE check out -- when we need added perspective, a new
spin on a day's topic... or just want to escape into
cyber-aero-space for awhile.
Look for some of our favorite sites, coming each day to ANN via
Aero-Linx.
Suggestions for future Aero-Linx segments are always
welcome, as well.
Aero-Linx: RF-4B Phantom II Society
The RF-4B Phantom was a Marine Corps Tactical Photo
Reconnaissance aircraft flown by both squadrons VMCJ-1,2,3 (1965 -
1975) and VMFP-3 (1975 - 1990). The first RF-4B flew on March 12,
1965, and deliveries of 46 examples took place between May 1965 and
December 1970. All of them went to the Marine Corps. The RF-4B was
first delivered to VMCJ-3 based at MCAS El Toro in May of 1965, and
soon after to VMCJ-2 at MCAS Cherry Point and to VMCJ-1 at Iwakuni
in Japan. VMCJ-1 based at Iwakuni in Japan took its RF-4Bs to Da
Nang in October of 1966. During the Southeast Asia conflict, three
RF-4Bs were lost to ground fire and one was destroyed in an
operational accident. In 1975, two years after combat in Southeast
Asia had ended, the surviving RF-4Bs were regrouped into a new
squadron, VMFP-3, based at MCAS El Toro. VMFP-3 stood down in
August of 1990, bringing Marine Corps operations of the RF-4B to an
end.
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