Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: The Marine Corps akagamuchira yayo yokutanga F-4Bs muna June 1962, pamwe "Black Knights" pamusoro VMFA-314 pana Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California kuva wokutanga operative dzechikwata. Marine Phantoms kubva kuVMFA-531 "Grey Ghosts" yakatumirwa kuDa Nang airbase kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweSouth Vietnam pamhenderekedzo musi wa10 Chivabvu 1965 uye pakutanga yakatumirwa kupa dziviriro yemhepo kuUSMC. Vakabva vatanga pedyo mhepo rutsigiro mishoni (CAS) uye VMFA-314 'Black Knights', VMFA-232 'Red Devils', VMFA-323 'Death Rattlers', uye VMFA-542 'Bengals' nokukurumidza akasvika nhandare yendege yepakutanga. Vafambisi veF-4 vakabvisa maMiG matatu emuvengi (maviri pavaive vachichinjana basa neUSAF) pamutengo we75 ndege dzakarasika muhondo, kunyanya kupfura pasi, uye ina mutsaona. VMCJ-1 Golden Hawks (zvino VMAQ-1 uye VMAQ-4 ine yekare RM tailcode) yakabhururuka yekutanga RF-4B pikicha yekuongorora basa musi wa3 Mbudzi 1966 kubva kuDa Nang uye yakagara ipapo kusvika 1970 pasina RF-4B kurasikirwa uye imwe yakakuvadzwa neAAA. VMCJ-2 uye VMCJ-3 (zvino VMAQ-3) yakapa ndege yeVMCJ-1 muDa Nang uye VMFP-3 yakaumbwa muna 1975 pa MCAS El Toro, CA ichibatanidza ese USMC RF-4Bs muchikwata chimwe chakazozivikanwa se "Maziso eCorps". VMFP-3 disestablished muna August 1990 pashure Advanced Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance System wakatangwa nokuda F / A-18D Hornet. The F-4 akaramba kushongedza murwi-kurwisa squadrons zvose Marine Corps vanoshingaira uye kuchengeterwa dzakabatana yose 1960, 1970 uye 1980 uye kupinda mangwanani 1990s. Mukutanga 1980s, squadrons izvi vakatanga kuchinja kuti F / A-18 Hornet, kutanga chete dzechikwata kuti akasuma F-4 kuna Marine Corps, VMFA-314 pana MCAS El Toro, California. On 18 January 1992, wokupedzisira Marine Corps Phantom, mumwe F-4S muna Marine Corps Reserve, akanga pamudyandigere kubudikidza "Cowboys" pamusoro VMFA-112, pashure iyo chikwata akanga re-akashongedzerwa pamwe F / A-18 Hornets.  Mubvunzo: Chii chiteshi vakanga Black Knights kwakavakirwa pa?
Marine Corps Air Station El Toro