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01 is traditionally the CO's bird and 02 the XO's mount. Regardless, looks like darker gray paint scheme similar to F-15E is catching on:
091214-N-2735T-007 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 14, 2009) An AV-8B Harrier II jet powers up its engines before taking off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4). Nassau is underway with other elements of the Nassau Amphibious Ready Group and the embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) for a certification exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Coleman Thompson/Released)
VMA-231 appears to have its harriers in both the darker paint scheme and the traditional TPS gray:
Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 372, Marine Aircraft Group 40, Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan, refuel an AV-8B Harrier from Marine Attack Squadron 231 at the new fuel pits at CAMP DWYER, Afghanistanon Feb. 10, 2010.
Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 372, Marine Aircraft Group 40, Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan, refuel an AV-8B Harrier from Marine Attack Squadron 231 at the new fuel pits at CAMP DWYER, Afghanistanon Feb. 10, 2010.
Here's another of VMA 231
I like the dark grey myself.
Ace of Spades at work.
Byline: Ash
I like the dark grey myself.
Ace of Spades at work.
Byline: Ash
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The F-4 just looks awkward without tanks hanging below it.
Almost like a really really really fast fleet interceptor
It looks like an F4H
I think the F4H and the F-4A are the same aircraft. The Phantom was one of the first aircraft to use the Navy’s designation where the final letter indicates the version of an aircraft as opposed to the manufacturer (H=McDonnell). I don’t think the F-4As ever went to the fleet.
What museum is that?
What museum is that?
It's the USS Lexington in Corpus Christi. I toured the ole gal last year and was going through some pics I thought I'd post.
There was nothing better than picking up a "slick" F-4 without tanks or TERS at NARF, North Island and flying to Miramar... via W-291 to wring it out, and hopefully get jumped or jump someone. It was really awesome fast, slick.
Also, it looks to me like a later model F-4B, (which most were later modified to F-4Ns, and even later to F-4Ss ( given is chin sensor, and a BuNo higher than the F-4B pictured below:
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The flight deck is by far the worst part of the Lex. The rest is reasonably well kept. I don't know that the museum has the time or the money to take care of the most exposed part of the Lexington, which sucks.
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