The Marine Corps vakagamuchira 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 VMFA-531 "Grey Ghosts" vakapiwa Da Nang airbase pamusoro South Vietnam kuti kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva pamhenderekedzo musi 10 Chivabvu 1965 uye pakutanga vakapiwa kupa mhepo kuzvidzivirira nokuda USMC. Ivo nokukurumidza vakatanga pedyo mhepo rutsigiro mishoni (CAS) uye VMFA-314 'Black Knights', VMFA-232 'Red Devils, VMFA-323 'Death Rattlers', uye VMFA-542 'Bengals' pakarepo akasvika panguva yakare airfield. Marine Corps F-4B vatyairi vaizviti vatatu muvengi (vaviri MiGs apo pamusoro kuchinjana pamwe USAF) yose 1980 MC-11 "Grey Ghosts" vakatanga kushanda fighter squadron mu Da Nang airbase musi South Vietnam kuti mhiri kumabvazuva pamhenderekedzo South Vietnam musi 10 Chivabvu 1965 uye pakutanga 1990 vakagover
Marine Corps Air Station El Toro