File:F-4J of VF-213 on cat of USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) 1975.jpg

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Description A U.S. Navy McDonnell F-4J-30-MC Phantom II piloted by Lt. Paul Bennett of the Royal Navy and Capt. Gene Quist of the U. S. Air Force. This was the first time two aviators with such diversidfied backgrounds joined forces to record a flight. They were in an F-4J of Fighter Squadron VF-213 "Black Lions" on the catapult on board the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) operation in the South China Sea. VF-213 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 11 (CVW-11) aboard the Kitty Hawk for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 21 May to 15 December 1975.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.7303.042
Author PH1c W.B. Fair, U.S. Navy

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