The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II was one of the principal combat aircraft of the United Kingdom from 1968 to 1992. The UK was the first export customer for the US-built F-4 Phantom, which was orde
A Royal Air Force Phantom FG.1 of No. 43 Squadron in 1980
A Royal Air Force Phantom FGR.2 of No. 92 Squadron in 1990
A Royal Air Force Phantom F-4J(UK) of No. 74 Squadron in 1987
The first British Phantom (XT595) during a test flight in 1968
De Havilland Sea Vixen
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The de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen is a British twin-engine, twin boom-tailed, two-seat, carrier-based fleet air-defence fighter flown by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy from the 1950s to the early
McDonnell Douglas Phantom in UK service
…role, and the Hawker Hunter in the close air support role, while the Royal Navy (RN) sought an aircraft to assume the fleet air defence role from the de Havilland Sea Vixen. English Electric and Vickers had been working together on a high-performance strike aircraft, the TSR-2, which was intended for long-range, low-level…
The last airworthy Sea Vixen at RNAS Yeovilton, 2014
The DH.110 prototype WG236, in 1952
The third semi-navalised prototype demonstrating at the 1955 Farnborough Air Show
Two Sea Vixen FAW.1 (XJ571 & XN694) of 899 Sqn, one refuelling the other at a 1960s Farnborough Air Show