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VF-74, Fighter Squadron 74, Be-Devilers was an aviation unit of the United States Navy in service from 1944 to 1994. Originally established as VBF-20 on 16 April 1945, it was redesignated as VF-10A on
F4U-4s of VF-74 on USS Midway, 1945.
An F4D-1 Skyray of VF-74 on USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
An VF-74 F-4S intercepting a Soviet Tu-95 "Bear D" in 1982.
A F-4J of VF-74 during the deployment to Vietnam
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber that was developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the
VF-74
…three times, twice on board USS Intrepid and their final deployment was on USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. On 8 July 1961 VF-74 began to transition to the McDonnell Douglas F4H-1 Phantom II becoming the first deployable F-4 squadron, giving rise to their "First in Phantoms" motto. They deployed aboard USS Forrestal in August 1962 replacing…
QF 4 Holloman AFB
The McDonnell F3H-G/H mockup, 1954
Key figures in the F-4 development: David Lewis, Robert Little, and Herman Barkey
An F4H-1F aboard Independence, April 1960