Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: A ranar 30 ga Disamba, 1960, VF-121 "Pacemakers" a NAS Miramar ya zama na farko mai amfani da Phantom tare da F4H-1Fs (F-4As). VF-74 "Be-devilers" a NAS Oceana ya zama na farko da za a iya turawa a lokacin da ya karbi F4H-1s (F-4Bs) a ranar 8 ga Yuli 1961. Squadron ya kammala cancantar jigilar kaya a watan Oktoba 1961 da kuma Phantom na farko da aka tura shi tsakanin Agusta 1962 da Maris 1963 a cikin jirgin Forrestal. Rundunar ta biyu ta Amurka ta Atlantic Fleet da za ta karbi F-4Bs ita ce VF-102 "Diamondbacks", wanda ya dauki sabon jirgin sama a kan jirgin ruwa na Enterprise. Na farko da za a iya turawa Amurka Pacific Fleet squadron don karɓar F-4B shi ne VF-114 "Aardvarks", wanda ya shiga cikin Satumba 1962 cruise a kan USS Kitty Hawk. A lokacin da Tonkin Gulf ya faru, 13 na 31 da za a iya turawa rundunar sojan ruwa suna dauke da makamai tare da irin. F-4Bs daga Constellation sun yi aikin farko na Phantom na yakin Vietnam a ranar 5 ga Agusta, 1964, suna tafiya tare da 'yan bindiga a cikin Operation Pierce Arrow. Farkon nasarar Phantom ta iska a cikin yakin ya faru ne a ranar 9 ga Afrilu 1965 lokacin da F-4B daga VF-96 "Fighting Falcons" wanda Lieutenant (junior grade) Terence M. Murphy da RIO, Ensign Ronald Fegan suka tuka, suka harbe wani jirgin saman MiG-17 na kasar Sin "Fresco". Sa'an nan kuma aka harbe Phantom, mai yiwuwa ta hanyar AIM-7 Sparrow daga ɗaya daga cikin masu tsaronsa. Akwai ci gaba da rikici game da ko an harbe Phantom ta bindigogin MiG ko, kamar yadda rahotannin abokan gaba suka nuna daga baya, wani AIM-7 Sparrow III daga ɗayan Murphy da Fegan. A ranar 17 ga Yuni, 1965, wani F-4B daga VF-21 "Freelancers" wanda Kwamandan Louis Page da Lieutenant John C. Smith suka jagoranci ya harbe MiG na farko na Arewacin Vietnam.A ranar 10 ga Mayu, 1972, Lieutenant Randy "Duke" Cunningham da Lieutenant (junior grade) William P. Driscoll suna tashi da F-4J, alamar kira "Showtime 100", sun harbe MiG-17 guda uku don zama na farko na Amurka masu tashi a cikin yakin. An yi imanin cewa nasararsu ta biyar a wancan lokacin ta kasance a kan wani asirin Arewacin Vietnamese, Kanar Nguyen Toon, yanzu ana daukarsa almara. A kan...  Tambaya: Yaushe ne Phantom ya fara aiki?
8 ga Yuli, shekara ta 1961