Panguva yehondo, U.S. Navy F-4 Phantom squadrons vakapinda 84 hondo tours pamwe F-4Bs, F-4Js, uye F-4Ns. The Navy akati 40 mhepo-kuti-mhepo kukunda pamutengo 73 Phantoms akarasikirwa muhondo (nomwe kuti muvengi ndege, 13 kuti SAMs, uye 53 kuti AAA). An okuwedzera 54 Phantoms vakarasikirwa netsaona. Muna 1984, F-4 akanga pamudyandigere, uye 1987 okupedzisira F-4Ss vakanga pamudyandigere mu U.S. Navy deployable squadrons. On 25 March 1986, mumwe F-4S kuva VF-151 "Vigilantes", akava rokupedzisira basa U.S. Navy kushanda kubva anotakura ndege, muchiitiko ichi, Midway. On 18 October 1986, mumwe Naval F-4S kubva Naval Naval Fighter squadron V-202 "SuperF-4", sezvo rokupedzisira Phantom ndege dzakamboshandiswa pamhenderekedzo Air Force Reserve muna 1987.
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