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."