An F-4B Phantom II from VF-21 from USS Midway (CVA-41) prepares to land aboard ship after completing a mission over North Vietnam, June 1965. The Navy’s first MiG kills in aerial combat came in June 1965—the first on June 17 when two F-4s from
Categories: 100 Years of Naval Aviation
 
 
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