HOWARD RUNDBERG MEMORIAL COLLECTION
No. 3925. McDonnell Douglas F-4S Phantom II (158360 c/n 4119) US Navy
Photographed over San Diego, California, USA, 1977, source unknown

McDonnell Douglas F-4S Phantom II

02/05/2005. Remarks by Howard Rundberg: "A program at NAS North Island, San Diego updated and converted numerous F-4Js to F-4Ss. It was analogous to a previous program, the Bee Line project, which converted F-4Bs to F-4Ns. F-4S number 158360 shown above in flight east of North Island and over Coronado Beach was the prototype airplane. The Navy F-4J carried AIM-7 Sparrow-III Missiles, AIM-9 Sidewinder Missiles and had the AWG-10 Weapons Control System including the APG-59 Radar. The F-4J had the same wide tire and thick inboard wing as the F-4D and subsequent USAF models. In the F-4 photos on the National Museum of Naval Aviation web site, the in-flight view is of an F-4J which did not have the IR dome."


Created February 5, 2005