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Old 30th Aug 2020, 00:03
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If we're going back that far we may as well do "The Full Monty" and enjoy some more of the earliest surviving videos from the Phantom in RAF and RN service.

First Phantom FG1 delivered:


Phantom FG1 + Phantom FGR2 enter service - "about 170 are on order at a total cost of nearly 400 Million Pounds" - Bargain !


892 Sqn commissioning:


Some sporty arrivals here when 892 Sqn on the 83,000 ton USS Saratoga in 1969:


Trials on HMS Eagle - which never got the refit for operational deployments:




54 Sqn in Singapore:

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